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

Panasonic And Comcast To To Test Interactive Digital Cable-Ready Televison
Jan 7, 2007 – Panasonic and Comcast have announced they will begin joint testing on an interactive digital cable-ready high-definition plasma television based on the OCAP specifications that cable operators have begun to deploy.
News categories: Panasonic, Comcast, ATSC 3, Cable TV, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV

Hitachi Introduces Streaming Media Software Technology for Digital Video Recording Products
Jan 5, 2007 – Hitachi has announced that it has developed new software technology targeted toward DVR applications. The software is designed to manage the mix of HD video streaming and file operations, such as EPGs or background downloads present in STB applications.
News categories: Hitachi Global Storage, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box

Broadcom Debuts Cable STB IC With HD AVC/VC-1 Decoding, Channel Bonding and Downloadable Security
Jan 4, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced a cable STB chip that includes support for DOCSIS®/EuroDOCSIS 2.0 cable modem specifications, as well as downstream channel bonding compatible with the upcoming DOCSIS 3.0 specification.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, ICs, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Macrovision Acquires Mediabolic, Inc.
Jan 3, 2007 – Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq: MVSN) has announced that, effective January 1, 2007, it acquired Mediabolic, Inc., a leading provider of software solutions for connected consumer electronics devices, such as televisions, set-top boxes and digital video recorders.
News categories: Macrovision, Digital TV, MandA, Middleware, Smart Home

NDS and CyberLink Join Forces to Securely Deliver TV Entertainment to PCs
Jan 3, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) and CyberLink have partnered to integrate NDS VideoGuard PC technology with CyberLink's PowerCinema home entertainment solution for PCs. This integration establishes the PC as a key device in the pay-TV experience.
News categories: Cyberlink, NDS, CES2025, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming

Introducing 4HomeMedia Broadband Software and Services Platform
Jan 2, 2007 – 4HomeMedia will, at CES, unveil ControlPoint, an advanced user-interface (UI) for managing all connected home systems, and an underlying server which can remotely render the UI on any compatible device.
News categories: 4HomeMedia, Broadband, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart Home

Sky Italia ordered to license set-box software to rivals
Dec 19, 2006 – Italy's communications authority has ordered News Corp's satellite pay-TV unit Sky Italia to licence its set-top box encryption software to rival set-top suppliers, authority sources said.
News categories: Sky Italia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Italy, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

T-Online Hungary Selects Alcatel and Microsoft for IPTV Pilot
May 15, 2006 – T-Online Hungary has announced that it has selected Alcatel and Microsoft TV as the suppliers for an IPTV pilot project, based on the combination of the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform and Alcatel's services integration solutions.
News categories: Alcatel, T-Online Hungary, Microsoft, Monika Maurer, Andras Tudos, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Middleware

Deutsche Telekom's T-Online to Offer High-Definition IPTV Service over Cisco IP Next-Generation Network
Apr 28, 2006 – Deutsche Telekom and Cisco have announced that T-Online's 'T-Home' service is based on the Cisco IP NGN architecture and is delivered with Cisco IP set-top boxes (STBs) supporting the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Microsoft, Mike Volpi, Kai-Uwe Ricke, Enrique Rodriguez, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Spain