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

MRG's Global IPTV Market Leaders Report Reflects Market Resilience
May 13, 2008 – The new worldwide IPTV Forecast from MRG, Inc. confirms that the increased revenues of Telcos and IPTV Operators remain in positive financial territory, and are not negatively impacted by the global turmoil in the credit, oil and housing sectors.
News categories: MRG, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

NDS Selected by Cox Communications to Implement its Next-Generation, Set-top Box User Interface
May 13, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has been chosen by Cox Communications to implement its next-generation video user interface (UI).
News categories: NDS Group, Cox Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

OpenTV Rapid Porting Program Joined by STMicroelectronics
May 12, 2008 – OpenTV (NASDAQ:OPTV) has announced that STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has joined OpenTV's 'Rapid Porting Program,' the OpenTV-led effort to provide rapid, high quality ports of OpenTV middleware to a wide range of chipsets and set-top boxes.
News categories: OpenTV, STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

FVT of Chile wins interactive TV contract in the US
May 8, 2008 – Chilean company FVT will integrate Amino (London: AMO) STBs, Verimatrix content protection and GoBackTV technology for ESEK iTV, a New York-based system that will provide TV channels to residential TVs through set-top-boxes, PCs, notebooks and cellular phones.
News categories: FVT, ESEK iTV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Orb First to Enable Live TV on iPhone
May 8, 2008 – Orb Networks has announced the world's first way to stream live TV to the iPhone and iPod touch. For the first time, iPhone users can enjoy the immediacy of live sporting events and fast-breaking news on their phone.
News categories: Orb Networks, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Placeshifting, Streaming

CableLabs® Announces New Tru2way™ Retail Host Device License Agreement
May 5, 2008 – CableLabs® and Samsung have announced their agreement on a new tru2way™ license that provides consumer electronics device manufacturers a streamlined license for their retail products to interface to 2-way interactive cable networks.
News categories: CableLabs, Samsung Electronics, ATSC 3, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Licensing, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Pace Micro Technology to Showcase Its Family of Products for the Americas at NCTA's 2008 Cable Show May 18-20 in New Orleans
May 5, 2008 – Pace Micro (LSE:PIC) has announced plans to exhibit its family of products for the US, Canadian, and Latin American markets at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association's (NCTA) 2008 Cable Show in New Orleans, May 18-20, 2008.
News categories: Pace Micro, Cable TV, Conditional Access, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

NDS Group plc Reports Third Quarter Results
May 1, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. NDS had 86.9 million active digital TV smart cards, 83.1 million cumulative middleware clients deployed and 12.1 million cumulative DVR clients deployed.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

videantis introduces new scalable video solutions up to HD for mobile devices
Apr 30, 2008 – videantis GmbH has announced the addition of the new v-MP20x0MOB product line of scalable video solutions to its growing portfolio of multi-standard video IP solutions.
News categories: videantis, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP