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

OpenTV surpasses major industry milestone of 100 million enabled devices worldwide
Feb 19, 2008 – OpenTV is pleased to announce that more than 100 million OpenTV-enabled digital set-top boxes and televisions have been deployed worldwide.
News categories: OpenTV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Technisat Licenses S&T's RedKey MHEG engine
Feb 18, 2008 – Strategy & Technology (S&T) Client Systems has announced that TechniSat Digital, the leading German receiver equipment manufacturer, has licensed the company's RedKey™ MHEG engine.
News categories: S&T, Technisat, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Orb Opens Architecture, Licenses Technology to CE Manufacturers
Feb 14, 2008 – Orb Networks has announced a licensing program that will allow manufacturers and service providers to aggregate content from virtually anywhere - connected devices, online and broadband services powered by the internet, and wireless networks.
News categories: Orb Networks, Digital TV, Media Player, Placeshifting, Router, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

DivX Grants Mobile Certification to New MtekVision Media Processor
Feb 13, 2008 – DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIVX) has announced a licensing deal with Mtekvision to grant DivX® Mobile Certification to a new media processor chipset used in a variety of mobile platforms.
News categories: DivX, Mtekvision, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor

Orb Networks Continues Phenomenal Growth, Surpasses 5M User Mark
Feb 12, 2008 – Orb, which unlocks media stored on a PC and enables users to their enjoy music, videos, webcams, and anything from the web on any device with an internet connection, has announced that it has surpassed the 5 million registered-user milestone.
News categories: Orb Networks, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Media Player, Placeshifting, Smart Home, Streaming, Subscribers

Expway's FastESG™ Solution Selected by ICO Global Communications for Mobile TV Services
Feb 12, 2008 – Expway has announced that ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (NASDAQ:ICOG) has selected Expway FastESG™ for the alpha trial of its ICO mim™ service, which will use the DVB-SH standard.
News categories: Expway, ICO Global Communications, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Satellite, USA

Nagravision, Quantum and Magneti Marelli introduce QTM TV, world's first DVB-H/DVB-T Mobile TV in-car entertainment receiver at MWC08
Feb 11, 2008 – Nagravision, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) company, Magneti Marelli and Quantum have introduced QTM TV, the world's first DVB-H/DVB-T Pay-TV Mobile set top box for Automotive Applications.
News categories: Nagravision, Magneti Marelli, Quantum, Automotive, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

NDS VideoGuard Mobile™ Content Security Now Integrated with Expway FastESG™ for Mobile TV
Feb 11, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced the integration of NDS VideoGuard Mobile™ conditional access (CA) technology with Expway's FastESG™ Electronic Service Guide (ESG).
News categories: Expway, NDS, 5G, CAM, Conditional Access, DRM, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24

Ericsson's IPTV solution chosen by Valtech
Feb 10, 2008 – Valtech Communications Inc, a supplier of next-generation triple-play services in Canada, has chosen Ericsson's (NASDAQ: ERIC) IPTV solution.
News categories: Ericsson, Valtech, Broadband, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware