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

Oregan™ Launches Moka™ - A Hybrid Digital TV Foundation Platform, Delivering Convergence of Internet and Digital Broadcast Standards
Dec 12, 2007 – Oregan Networks has announced the availability of a customisable white label device foundation solution and a system integration toolkit for creation of multiroom media gateways with web and broadcast connectivity.
News categories: Oregan Networks, STMicroelectronics, CES2025, Digital TV, Gateway, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

ACMA calls for comments on the development of digital television codes and standards
Dec 12, 2007 – The Australian Communications and Media Authority is seeking the views of interested parties on how ACMA and the industry should approach the development of codes and standards for digital television.
News categories: ACMA, Discussion Paper, Australia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Terrestrial

Macrovision Agrees to Acquire Gemstar-TV Guide
Dec 7, 2007 – Macrovision Corporation (NASDAQ: MVSN) and Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST) have announced a definitive agreement for Macrovision to acquire Gemstar-TV Guide in a cash and stock transaction.
News categories: Macrovision, Gemstar-TV Guide, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, MandA, Middleware, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Italy's Wind launches IPTV service with Alcatel-Lucent
Dec 6, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Wind has launched a nationwide commercial IPTV offering based on Alcatel-Lucent's market leading solutions and the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia platform.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Wind, Microsoft, Frédéric Rose, Khaled Bichara, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Italy, Middleware

GestureTek Inc. and Telefónica announce strategic partnership and investment agreement
Dec 5, 2007 – GestureTek, world leader and patent holder in computer vision and gesture-recognition technology for presentation, information and entertainment systems, has announced a strategic investment in the company by Telefónica SA, Spain's leading telecommunications operator.
News categories: GestureTek, Telefónica, MandA, Middleware, Mobile

Adobe Delivers Flash Player 9 with H.264 Video Support
Dec 4, 2007 – Adobe Systems (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Flash® Player 9 Update 3 software, previously code named Moviestar. Adobe Flash Player 9 now includes H.264 standard video support and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio capabilities.
News categories: Adobe Systems, Free Flash Player download, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming

Ocean Blue Develops 'Deep Hibernation' software to tackle rising standby power consumption
Dec 4, 2007 – Ocean Blue Software, the digital TV specialist, has developed an intelligent, "deep hibernation" system for digital TVs and set-top boxes to reduce standby power consumption.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Energy Saving Trust, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Telia Stofa Selects Motorola Hybrid Set-Top Box for Denmark
Dec 3, 2007 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has confirmed that Telia Stofa has selected the Motorola hybrid cable/IP set-top box (STB) for the launch of its Danish cable/IP video service - a first for the cable industry.
News categories: Motorola, Telia Stofa, Broadband, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

TI Delivers First Single-Chip, Real-Time HD Video Transcoding Solution with DaVinci™ Technology
Dec 3, 2007 – To allow consumers to seamlessly move content across their video end products, Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) is offering a new DaVinci™ technology digital media processor for video transcoding in media gateways, multi-point control units, digital media adaptors, video security DVRs and IP set-top boxes.
News categories: Texas Instruments (TI), Digital TV, DVR, ICs, IPTV, Media Player, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming