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

Minerva Networks and ADB HD MPEG-4 AVC IPTV Solution
May 22, 2007 – Minerva Networks and Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) have announced the certification and immediate availability of Minerva’s iTVManager IPTV services management platform and ADB’s new ADB-3800W high definition (HD) IPTV set top box. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Internet Video-to-TV Solutions To Deliver $1.5 Billion in Service Revenue by 2012
May 17, 2007 – While the majority of consumers who watch online video today do so on a PC, the ultimate destination for much of this content will be the TV. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Media Player, Set Top Box, Streaming

Ortikon's IPTV Middleware in full-scale operative use at Welho
May 17, 2007 – Finland’s largest Cable TV operator SW Television/Welho has launched its IPTV service for households in the Helsinki metropolitan area 15.5.2007. The service is based on ORTIKON ACE® IPTV Middleware. More …
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, Finland, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

OpenTV Reports First Quarter Results
May 9, 2007 – OpenTV (Nasdaq: OPTV) has announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2007. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Results

Sun Unleashes Java-based Middleware Products
May 9, 2007 – Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW) has previewed JavaFX, a new family of Java technology-based products. The first of these, JavaFX Mobile, is a complete mobile phone software system available via OEM license. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box

Russia - OpenTV Powers High Definition TV for NTV-Plus
May 8, 2007 – OpenTV (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced that NTV-Plus, Russia’s first and only direct-to-home satellite TV operator, will launch high definition television services using OpenTV’s advanced digital television solutions. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Russia, Satellite

Ocean Blue developing MHEG return channel software
May 2, 2007 – Ocean Blue Software is completing development of new MHEG return channel software to allow set-top boxes to connect to broadband, opening new opportunities for interactive “”red button”” services.” More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box

NDS Group plc Reports Third-Quarter Results
May 1, 2007 – NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. More …
News categories: Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Results

Zodiac Releases PowerRamp, High-performance, Small Footprint Java Middleware for Legacy Set-Tops
Apr 30, 2007 – Zodiac Interactive, an Emmy Award winning developer of iTV applications, games and services-oriented middleware for cable, satellite and IPTV, has announced the availability of its Java Middleware solution, PowerRamp™.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Software