Software (Media Players, Middleware, Browsers, Stacks, …) News

Sigma Designs and 4Home to Deliver Home Control STB Reference Design
Aug 10, 2009 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced a partnership with 4Home. As a result of the partnership, Sigma will be able to offer set-top box suppliers a home control solution based on 4Home's software platform and Sigma's Z-Wave technology.
News categories: Sigma Designs, 4Home, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Skycast and Quincy Digital Select Mirics OneSeg Receiver
Aug 10, 2009 – Mirics Semiconductor has added ISDB-T OneSeg support to its FlexiTV multi-standard PC TV receiver and struck agreements with PC TV accessory providers Quincy Digital of Korea and Skycast of Brazil.
News categories: Mirics, Quincy Digital, Skycast, Brazil, Japan, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Software

Costa Rica's ICE to use Minerva, Widevine and Amino for IPTV
Aug 4, 2009 – Costa Rica's ICE will soon sign a contract with system integrator ITS for the deployment of its IPTV service. Middleware will come from Minerva Networks with conditional access from Widevine and set-top boxes from Amino Communications (AIM:AMO).
News categories: Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Amino Communications, Widevine, Minerva Networks, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Costa Rica, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

MIPS Makes Android™ Source Code Available to Public
Aug 3, 2009 – MIPS Technologies (NasdaqGS: MIPS) is working to define standardized Android-based platforms for consumer devices such as set-top boxes, digital TVs, mobile internet devices (MIDs), home media players and VoIP systems.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart TV

RVU Alliance Forming to Accelerate Development Of Remote User Interface Technology
Aug 3, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) and Samsung (Seoul: 005930) are forming an alliance to develop a specification for a 'pixel accurate' Remote User Interface (RUI) that will form the core of the RVU technology.
News categories: RVU Alliance, Digital TV, Home Server, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Miniweb, Metrological and Intel Collaborate to Provide Converged TV & Internet Video Experience
Aug 3, 2009 – Miniweb and Metrological Media Innovations have announced that the companies have collaborated to provide Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) CE 3100 powered devices with converged internet and broadcast video services for a high-quality TV experience.
News categories: Miniweb, Metrological, Intel, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Sky to launch 3D TV in 2010 following record Sky+HD growth
Jul 30, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that the number of customers choosing Sky+HD has increased to 1.313 million following record growth. In the next step in the Sky+HD journey, Sky has announced that it will launch the UK's first 3D channel next year.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

LG to Bring VUDU HD Movie Service to Broadband HDTVs
Jul 29, 2009 – LG Electronics (Seoul: 066570) will be the first to introduce broadband HDTVs with the instant-access high-definition (HD) movie service from VUDU. VUDU on-demand movies will be available on LG's TVs with 'NetCast Entertainment Access,' beginning next month.
News categories: VUDU, LG Electronics, Digital TV, Media Player, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Echostar offering to license out Sling technology
Jul 28, 2009 – According to Cable Digital News, EchoStar (Nasdaq:SATS) is in discussions to license its 'SlingLoaded' video place-shifting technology to third-party set-top box suppliers, TV makers, and other digital media providers.
News categories: EchoStar, Digital TV, Licensing, Middleware, Placeshifting, Set Top Box, Smart TV