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

Next generation BBC iPlayer launches
Jun 25, 2008 – The BBC has unveiled a new-look BBC iPlayer which fully integrates radio and TV in one interface, as the service records over 100 million requests to view programmes in the six months since its launch.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, UK

Sigma Media Processors Power Advanced Communications' IPTV Set-top Boxes Across Japan
Jun 25, 2008 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) and Advanced Communications (Adcom) have announced that Sigma's SMP8654 media processors will be used to power Advanced Communications' IPv6 set-top boxes (STBs) currently being deployed throughout Japan.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Adcom, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

UpdateLogic® to Provide Update Services for Tru2way™ Interactive Cable Devices
Jun 24, 2008 – UpdateLogic has announced support for tru2way™ technology - the rapidly emerging Java-based set of specifications that enables a wave of new interactive digital and high-definition video services.
News categories: UpdateLogic, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

IPTV middleware spending spree expected
Jun 24, 2008 – Communications market research firm Infonetics Research has reported that the combined Internet protocol television (IPTV) and switched digital video (SDV) equipment market increased 12% sequentially to $1.3 billion worldwide in 1Q08.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

ASEAN reaches agreement on specifications for Set-top Boxes and Analogue Broadcasting Switch-off
Jun 19, 2008 – The 6th ASEAN Digital Broadcasting (ADB) Meeting in Singapore successfully concluded with officials agreeing on a common set of technical specifications for Standard Definition and High Definition digital set-top-boxes for ASEAN.
News categories: ASEAN, Brunei, Cambodia, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Set Top Box, Singapore, Terrestrial, Thailand, Vietnam

Telstra Selects Streamezzo to Power Interactive TV Offering
Jun 18, 2008 – Streamezzo has announced that Telstra has selected Streamezzo's software platform and professional services team to design, develop and deploy the first fully interactive Mobile TV service in Australia.
News categories: Streamezzo, Telstra, Australia, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile

Digisoft announces availability of eRental Movie Download Platform
Jun 17, 2008 – Digisoft.tv has announced the general availability of it's eRental Movie Download Platform. The solution enables customers to download HD and SD movies from an in-store kiosk to a portable storage device for later viewing at home.
News categories: DigiSoft, BroadcastAsia, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

AmiNET130 completes certification with Minerva's iTVManager platform
Jun 16, 2008 – Amino (London AIM: AMO) has announced at the NXTcomm08 Show in Las Vegas that its AmiNET130 Set-Top Box (STB) has been certified by Minerva Networks for the delivery of broadband television services.
News categories: Amino, Minerva Networks, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Verimatrix Announces Mobile TV Content Security Solution for Pay-TV Operators
Jun 16, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced the full profile of its comprehensive VCAS™ for Mobile TV solution to enable operators to deliver a seamless pay-TV service over mobile phones and other mobile Internet devices (MIDs).
News categories: Verimatrix, Tata Elxsi, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile