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

BBC iPlayer now supports H.264
Aug 12, 2008 – Starting this week, the BBC will be encoding iPlayer content in H.264 format at 800Kbps. In addition, the media player will support hardware acceleration in full-screen mode, giving a greatly improved image at lower CPU usage than before.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, UK

ADB Group Reports Record First-Half 2008 Financial Results
Aug 12, 2008 – ADB Holdings (SWX: ADBN) has reported results for the first half of the year 2008. High-definition TV (HDTV) product sales accounted for 67% of the Digital TV Equipment revenue, up from 49% in the first half of 2007 and 57% in the entire year 2007.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

EchoStar™ Signs tru2way™ Host Device License Agreement with CableLabs®
Aug 11, 2008 – EchoStar Technologies (NASDAQ:SATS) signals its intent to build set-top boxes for the cable industry with its recent signing of the tru2way™ Host Device License Agreement with CableLabs®.
News categories: EchoStar, CableLabs, tru2way, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

DivX Certifies High-Definition Chip from Broadcom for HDTVs and Set-Top Boxes
Aug 11, 2008 – DivX (NASDAQ:DIVX) has announced the high-definition (HD) DivX Certification™ of Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM)'s BCM7405 system-on-a-chip (SoC).
News categories: DivX, Broadcom, Digital TV, Media Player, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Taiwan Cable Operator KBRO Launches HD Services Highlighting Alticast's MHP Solution
Aug 11, 2008 – Alticast, the primary DVB-MHP provider for kbro, a leading Taiwan cable operator, has announced that it has successfully passed all Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) and is ready to commercially deploy the first MHP set-top boxes in Taiwan.
News categories: Alticast, kbro, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Taiwan

Ocean Blue supports Hong Kong MHEG-5 Profile
Aug 8, 2008 – Ocean Blue has developed support for the Hong Kong MHEG-5 Profile in its middleware for set-top boxes and IDTVs, giving consumer electronics manufacturers a quick route to market.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

MultiChoice South Africa to launch HD service with Pace in time for 2008 Olympics
Aug 8, 2008 – Pace (LSE:PIC) is supplying its TDS850IMC HD personal video recorder (PVR) for the launch of MultiChoice South Africa's high definition (HD) service.
News categories: Pace plc, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa

OpenTV Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 7, 2008 – OpenTV (Nasdaq: OPTV) has announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2008. For the quarter, revenues were $26.8 million, an increase of 17% over revenues of $23.0 million for the second quarter of 2007.
News categories: OpenTV, DVR, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box

ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 Supports DMB-TH, the New Digital TV Broadcast Standard in China
Aug 6, 2008 – ArcSoft has announced that its TotalMedia 3.5, a media hub which combines TV, video recording and editing, media conversion, and more, in one easy-to-use program, now supports Terrestrial Digital Multimedia TV/Handle Broadcasting (DMB-TH).
News categories: ArcSoft, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories