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

Sony unveils first U.S. Walkman video players
Aug 30, 2007 – Sony has taken the wraps off two new Walkman® players that not only support audio - but for the first time in the United States - video.
News categories: Digital TV, DRM, Media Player, Tablet, USA

OpenTV Defines the Television Experience at IBC 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – OpenTV Corp. (Nasdaq: OPTV) defines the television experience with a showcase of its latest solutions at the International Broadcaster Conference (IBC) on stand 1.281 at the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam, from September 7 to 11, 2007.
News categories: IBCShow, Middleware, Software

Alticast Exhibits its Latest Technologies for Interactive TV at IBC 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – Alticast will reveal its latest technologies for interactive TV based on open standards during this year's IBC. For the first time in public, Alticast will demonstrate its next-generation altiExcite channel navigation solution, created for VOD, PVOD, NVOD and other broadcast content.
News categories: DVB-MHP, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Gemstar-TV Guide Releases Digital Terrestrial Service in Spain
Aug 29, 2007 – Gemstar-TV Guide International (NASDAQ: GMST) has announced that the company has released its digital services in Spain under an agreement with Veo Television S.A., one of Spain's leading digital terrestrial channels.
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Spain, Terrestrial

Orca Interactive Launches Unique Combined IPTV and WebTV Solution With Blockbuster Israel
Aug 29, 2007 – Orca Interactive (LSE:ORCA) has announced that it is first to market with a unique combined IPTV and WebTV solution. Orca is delivering its innovative new WebTV technology to Blockbuster Israel, enabling the leading content provider to deliver advanced digital content services to its subscribers.
News categories: Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Israel, Middleware, Software, Streaming

PCCW reports interim results for 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – PCCW Limited has announced stronger growth of its core telecom, media and ICT business segments in the first half of 2007 as the Company began to reap the benefits of its quadruple-play strategy. now TV's installed base was 818,000 at the end of June, up 35 percent from a year earlier.
News categories: PCCW, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Subscribers

Motama's software technology will be used in future digital home entertainment products from Bang & Olufsen
Aug 28, 2007 – Bang & Olufsen has chosen Motama as its competence partner to provide key software technology for its future products for digital home networks. With its Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware (NMM), Motama offers a unique and powerful approach to digital media networking that provides the innovative features and high quality required for Bang & Olufsen's distinctive high-end consumer products.
News categories: Middleware, Smart Home, Smart TV

Accedo Broadband launches interactive services for AmiNET130
Aug 28, 2007 – Accedo Broadband has announced that a range of its interactive services including games, karaoke and video art, have been integrated with the AmiNET130 IPTV Set-top-box (STB) from Amino Communications (Amino).
News categories: Digital TV, Gaming, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box, Software

Facebook Adds Personal Internet TV Channel Service with Pyro.TV
Aug 28, 2007 – Now millions of Facebook users have the ability to customize their own personal Internet TV viewing experience with Pyro.TV. Vibe Solutions Group has announced that its innovative Pyro.TV video channel service has been integrated with Facebook Platform, the Internet's leading online social network.
News categories: Digital TV, Software, Streaming