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

Panasonic Announces First Line of DivX Certified® HDTVs
Feb 26, 2009 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) has announced the first line of DivX Certified® HDTVs from Panasonic (Tokyo:6752; NYSE:PC), available in Europe. The Panasonic VIERA® 1080p full-HD flat panel TV enables consumers to playback DivX® video directly on the television.
News categories: DivX, Panasonic, Digital TV, Europe, Media Player, Smart TV

Technisat Licenses Redkey™ 2 From Strategy & Technology
Feb 26, 2009 – Strategy & Technology Client Systems has announced that it has licensed its RedKey™ 2 MHEG-5 interactive TV middleware to TechniSat. RedKey 2 is a software receiver engine that adds MHEG-5 interactive TV middleware to set-top boxes and IDTVs.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, TechniSat, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box

Codetel teams with Alcatel-Lucent to launch IPTV in the Dominican Republic
Feb 25, 2009 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Compania Dominicana de Telefonos (Codetel) has launched a nationwide IPTV offering, providing subscribers across the country with high-quality TV programming, VoD and other multimedia services.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, CODETEL, Victor Agnellini, Oscar Peña, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, IPTV, Middleware

OpenTV Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results
Feb 25, 2009 – OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV) has announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008. For the full year, revenues were $116.5 million, 5.9% higher than revenues of $110.0 million in 2007.
News categories: OpenTV, Middleware, Results

Tele Columbus and PrimaCom Choose NDS MediaHighway®
Feb 25, 2009 – NDS has announced that Tele Columbus and PrimaCom have selected NDS' advanced MediaHighway® middleware solution to power their pay-TV business, further reinforcing MediaHighway's leadership in the German pay-TV industry.
News categories: NDS Group, Tele Columbus, PrimaCom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Middleware, Set Top Box

ADB Group Reports Record Financial Results For 2008
Feb 24, 2009 – ADB Holdings (SIX: ADBN) has reported ADB Group's financial results for the full year 2008. High-definition TV (HDTV) product sales grew significantly, accounting for 72% of the Digital TV Equipment segment's revenue, up from 57% in 2007.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, DVB-MHP, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Nexstreaming brings Live TV to the iPhone
Feb 23, 2009 – Nexstreaming has announced the commercial availability of its NexPlayer™ mobile video player for the Apple iPhone. The player offers premium quality for video and music streaming through Mobile Operator Networks and also through Wireless Internet.
News categories: Nexstreaming, Media Player, Mobile, MWC24, Streaming

Broadcom Extends chumby® Platform to Internet-Connected TVs, Set-Top Boxes and Blu-ray Disc® Players
Feb 23, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) and chumby® have announced the integration of the chumby rich media Internet platform into Broadcom's latest digital television (DTV), set-top box (STB) and Blu-ray Disc® system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions.
News categories: Broadcom, chumby, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Chunghwa Telecom selects ANT Browser for Taiwanese TV Service Expansion
Feb 19, 2009 – ANT Software (London:ANTP) has announced that Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has chosen the ANT Galio Browser as the user interface platform upon which to develop a successor to Chunghwa Telecom's successful Multimedia on Demand (MOD) Service.
News categories: ANT Software, Chunghwa Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Taiwan