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

BNS set to design HD IPTV platform for Indonesia's PT. Multi Kontrol Nusantara (MKN)
Jul 16, 2008 – Asia's leading IP solutions provider BNS has been appointed by Indonesian telecommunications provider PT. Multi Kontrol Nusantara (MKN), a subsidiary company of Bakrie Group, to design and procure a turnkey HD & SD IPTV service platform.
News categories: BNS, Multi Kontrol Nusantara, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, Indonesia, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

ANT and Unihan Partner to Target Japanese IPTV Market
Jul 16, 2008 – ANT Software (London: ANTP) has announced that Unihan (Taipei: 2357) has licensed ANT Galio Browser for its new set top boxes. The first customer for the new set-top box is Cool.revo who plans to roll-out innovative new IPTV services in Q1 2009.
News categories: ANT Software, Unihan, Cool.revo, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

Infineon Announces World's First DSL CPE Solution Supporting Concurrent Erasure Decoding and Retransmission for High Quality IPTV
Jul 15, 2008 – Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX) has announced enhancements to its portfolio of ADSL2+ and VDSL2 solutions for customer premise equipment (CPE) that optimize support for such applications as IPTV.
News categories: Infineon, KTL Laboratories, BBWF, Broadband, CPE, IPTV, Semiconductor, Software

UpdateLogic® Obtains Licensing Agreement with SANYO Manufacturing Corporation for UpdateTV® Firmware Update Solution
Jul 15, 2008 – UpdateLogic has announced that Sanyo (Tokyo: 6764) Manufacturing has licensed its UpdateTV solution for its digital TVs. The UpdateTV technology enables Sanyo digital TVs to transparently and automatically download firmware upgrades nationwide.
News categories: UpdateLogic, Sanyo, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Smart TV, Software, Terrestrial, USA

SkyLife Broadens Relationship with NDS by Selecting VideoGuard® and MediaHighway® for New HD Service
Jul 14, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting (SkyLife) has extended its relationship with NDS by selecting NDS' VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) and MediaHighway® middleware for its new HDTV service.
News categories: NDS Group, SkyLife, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Korea, Middleware, Satellite

Ocean Blue supports Freeview+ PVR software & HD standard
Jul 10, 2008 – Ocean Blue Software has announced full support for the UK DTG hard disk based set top software standard and rebranding to Freeview+ with updated versions of its software for STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) and NXP chipsets.
News categories: Ocean Blue Software, Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

WhereverTV Delivers Hundreds of International Television Channels to Any Standard TV with the Introduction of the WhereverTV Receiver
Jul 9, 2008 – WhereverTV, a pioneer in delivering international television programming available on the Internet directly to TVs, has announced the launch of the WhereverTV Receiver and service at the SINO Consumer Electronics Show.
News categories: WhereverTV, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Edgeware and Dreampark Announce Joint Integration to Enable Advanced nPVR and Time Shift TV
Jul 8, 2008 – Dreampark and Edgeware have announced the completion of a joint integration project. The combined offering enables a wide range of interactive features including nPVR, Time Shift TV, Start Over TV, Historic EPG and Scheduled Recordings.
News categories: Dreampark, Edgeware, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware

China Digital TV Chosen as Mobile TV Solution Developer by State Administration of Radio Film and Television
Jul 2, 2008 – China Digital TV Holding (NYSE: STV) has announced that the Company has been designated as a mobile TV solution developer by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT), China's regulatory body on broadcasting.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, SARFT, China, Middleware, Mobile