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

Irdeto and CyberLink Partner to Provide Secure Digital TV Solutions
Feb 12, 2007 – Irdeto and CyberLink have announced the integration of Irdeto's mobile conditional access solution into CyberLink's Mobile DTV solution.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24

S3 to launch onHandTV™ TSC software at 3GSM 2007
Feb 9, 2007 – Silicon & Software (S3) has launched its Transport Stream Controller (TSC). Targeted at silicon manufacturers, the TSC dramatically reduces the time-to-market and development cost by abstracting complex DVB-H receiver control functions.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Frontier Silicon and S3 demonstrate world's first turn-key solution for multi-mode mobile DTV
Feb 8, 2007 – At the 3GSM World Congress, S3 and Frontier Silicon demonstrated a reference design for Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) incorporating Frontier Silicon's Paradiso (FS1030) DVB-H/DVB-T/T-DMB/DAB-IP mobile TV receiver IC, and S3's onHandTV™ MDTV client software.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems, Frontier Silicon, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

New Penthera™ Mobile Broadcast Software Gives TV Fans Anytime, Anywhere Access
Feb 7, 2007 – Penthera Technologies has announced Penthera Mobile Broadcast Platform™ Version 2.0, which enables error-free broadcast delivery of any media file to broadcast-enabled mobile devices.
News categories: Penthera, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24

Belgium - Quarter of a million Telenet Digital TV RGU's
Feb 5, 2007 – Telenet has announced that it has passed the milestone of 250,000 digital TV customers. This success is partly due to the successful Christmas campaign that the Mechelen-based company ran.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Major Cable Operators Sign Up for OCAP Technology Licenses
Jan 31, 2007 – Major cable operators Comcast and Time Warner Cable have executed required agreements to license essential OpenCable™ Applications Platform (OCAP™) intellectual property and obtain security certificates for OCAP applications.
News categories: Via Licensing, OpenCable, CableLabs, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, USA

NDS Group plc Reports Second Quarter Results
Jan 30, 2007 – NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS), a majority owned subsidiary of News Corporation, has announced its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2006.
News categories: NDS Group, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Results

IBM, Cisco soft launch IPTV in Europe
Jan 30, 2007 – IBM and Cisco Systems have 'soft launched' an IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) with HD, video on demand, and other capabilities at a demonstration center at the IBM Industrial Solutions Center in La Gaude, outside Nice, France.
News categories: IBM, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Middleware

Penthera and Telegent Systems Team to Remove Hurdle for Mass Market Adoption of Mobile TV
Jan 30, 2007 – Penthera Technologies and Telegent Systems have announced a technology agreement that will make it easier for consumers to access TV content from their mobile phones and other portable devices, while increasing revenue possibilities for carriers.
News categories: Telegent Systems, Penthera, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor