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

DivX Mobile Ecosystem Continues to Expand
Sep 12, 2007 – DivX (NASDAQ:DIVX) has announced a licensing agreement allowing QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM) to include DivX® technology in a range of QUALCOMM video-enabled chipsets.
News categories: QUALCOMM, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor

Expway's innovative software for TV over mobile now deployed in more than 1 million mobile devices worldwide
Sep 11, 2007 – Expway has announced that its FastESG™ client software has been deployed in more than one million DVB-H mobile telephones and portable media players worldwide.
News categories: EXPWAY, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Mobile, Results

Silicon & Software Systems (S3) Delivers Complete Right-First-Time Set-Top Box SoC Platform for NXP Semiconductors
Sep 11, 2007 – Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3) has announced that it provided a full suite of IC, software and hardware design capabilities to NXP enabling the delivery of their latest STB100 System-On-Chip (SoC) based platform for consumer Set-Top Box (STB) applications.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3), NXP, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Software, Terrestrial

Alticast Partners with S&T For Next Generation MHEG5/MHP/Blu-Ray Hybrid Solution
Sep 10, 2007 – Alticast and S&T have announced a strategic software partnership for next generation HDTV integrated digital TV and set-top box software. The partnership will target IPTV, MHEG5, MHP and Blu-ray markets.
News categories: S&T, Alticast, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, IBCShow, IPTV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

OpenTV Integrated Browser Solution Selected by Jupiter Telecommunications for Video-On-Demand Launch
Sep 10, 2007 – OpenTV (Nasdaq: OPTV) has announced that Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM; JASDAQ: 4817) has selected OpenTV Integrated Browser™ as the standard browser for its next generation Video-on-Demand (VOD) and interactive television services launched in September.
News categories: OpenTV, Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Software

Vidanti Shows New DVB-S2 Satellite TV and IPTV Hybrid Solutions at IBC
Sep 10, 2007 – Vidanti is showing a live demonstration of integrated Definition (HD) satellite TV, video-on-demand over IP, web browsing and Voice-over-IP at its booth in IPTV world sector at IBC.
News categories: DVB-S2, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Cabot Communications becomes first DVB middleware provider to achieve Freeview Playback Group 1 and 2 compliance
Sep 9, 2007 – Cabot Communications has announced that Aurora XT, Cabot's DVB middleware suite, has achieved Freeview Playback Group 1 & 2 compliance. Cabot is the first software vendor to achieve this accreditation and the middleware is already validated on multiple platforms and chip sets.
News categories: Cabot Communications, DVR, IBCShow, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Cabot Communications and NXP Semiconductors announce joint collaboration on 'Connected Home' interoperability technology
Sep 9, 2007 – Cabot Communications has announced that it is working in partnership with NXP Semiconductors in a technical collaboration exploring the integration of advanced 'Connected Home' interoperability software into Aurora, Cabot's DVB middleware suite.
News categories: Cabot Communications, NXP, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Newport Media, RMI and Softronix Combine to Offer Price-Performance Advantages for MobileTV Providers
Sep 8, 2007 – Raza Microelectronics®, Inc. (RMI) has announced that Mobile TV focused companies Newport Media and Softronix Corporation, have been added to the most complete MIPS-Based™ eco-system, the RMI® Partner Alliance (RPA).
News categories: RMI Corp, Newport Media, Softronix, Digital TV, DTMB, IBCShow, ISDB-T, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet