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

Telefonica and GestureTek developing gesture-recognition for Imagenio platform
Feb 8, 2008 – GestureTek has announced that it is developing a system with Telefónica for the telco's 'Imagenio' IPTV platform that can recognise user hand signs via the set-top box (STB).
News categories: GestureTek, Telefónica, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Spain

Newport Media Announces Acquisition of Mobile TV Middleware Developer WRG
Feb 8, 2008 – Newport Media has announced the acquisition of industry leading DVB-T/H middleware company WRG Inc. Based in Bundang, Korea.
News categories: Newport Media, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Korea, MandA, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Smart TV

SIDSA opens the 'EnterTV' DVB-H one-stop-shop for manufacturers of Portable and Mobile TV devices
Feb 7, 2008 – SIDSA opens the 'EnterTV' DVB-H one-stop-shop for manufacturers of Portable and Mobile TV devices, integrating its own IC with the best-in-class third party solutions to provide Portable and Mobile TV device manufacturers with fast time to market.
News categories: SIDSA, Nexstreaming, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor

VIACCESS, 27M Technologies and NEC Electronics reduce time to market of Pay TV set top box designs
Feb 5, 2008 – Viaccess, 27M Technologies and NEC Electronics have announced the availability of a manufacturer's kit based on NEC's EMMA2SL and EMMA2SL/P MPEG2 decoders, drastically reducing the time to market of STBs which incorporate Viaccess CA technology.
News categories: 27M Technologies, Viaccess, NEC Electronics, Jan Mårtensson, François Moreau de Saint-Martin, Daniel Tannière, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Opera unleashes innovative technology in latest mobile Web browser - Opera Mobile 9.5
Feb 5, 2008 – Opera Software has announced the release of Opera Mobile 9.5 - the latest version of its web browser for feature phones and smartphones. Participants at Mobile World Congress 2008 will be the first to experience the improved functionality of Opera Mobile 9.5.
News categories: Opera Software, Mobile, MWC24, Software

Viasat Extends and Broadens Partnership with NDS to Embrace Suite of Solutions for High Definition TV
Feb 5, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) and Viasat have inked a new agreement whereby NDS is to commence supplying Viasat with market-leading MediaHighway® middleware, XTV® DVR technology, and a customized EPG to secure and power its new HD pay TV service.
News categories: NDS Group, Modern Times Group, Conditional Access, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, Finland, Middleware, Norway, Satellite, Set Top Box, Sweden

enCentro launches affordable and high-quality IPTV Solutions
Feb 4, 2008 – Based in Europe, enCentro is a new player in the international IPTV market with range of products that promises to revolutionise the IPTV Market in terms of affordability, reliability and scalability.
News categories: enCentro, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware

Discretix, VisualOn And Axel Technologies Offer Joint Mobile TV Solution
Feb 4, 2008 – Three prominent names in the mobile handset software space -- embedded security solutions leader Discretix, multimedia application provider VisualOn, and mobile TV middleware developer Axel Technologies -- have partnered to provide a pre-integrated Mobile TV solution for handset OEMs.
News categories: Discretix, Axel Technologies, VisualOn, CAM, Digital TV, DRM, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24

Dreampark delivers IPTV Middleware to Spain with bcSistemas
Jan 31, 2008 – Dreampark has announced the first delivery of its Dreamgallery™ middleware to Spanish triple-play operator, TV Almansa through the cooperation with Spanish system integrator bcSistemas.
News categories: Dreampark, TV Almansa, bcSistemas, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Spain