UK (United Kingdom, Great Britain & Northern Ireland) Digital TV News

Pace Micro Technology plc Market update
Sep 14, 2007 – Pace (LSE:PIC) is continuing to perform well and the Board now expects that the outcome for the shortened 2007 year will be significantly ahead of its existing expectations.
News categories: Pace Micro, DVR, Finance, Results, Set Top Box, UK

Reference Parameters for Digital Terrestrial Television Transmissions in the United Kingdom
Sep 13, 2007 – Ofcom has published an updated version (Issue 4) of its "Reference Parameters for Digital Terrestrial Television Transmissions in the United Kingdom".
News categories: Ofcom, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

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

Inuk Networks launches world's first PC-based virtual set-top box; delivering a true TV experience to the PC
Sep 7, 2007 – Inuk Networks has announced the commercial launch of its igloo virtual set-top box software product. igloo enables IPTV platform operators to deliver a true television set-top box experience to a desktop or laptop computer or Mac using standards-based, technology-agnostic software.
News categories: Inuk Networks, Widevine, Digital TV, IPTV, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Software, Streaming, UK

IP Vision Signs Agreement with Entriq for Hybrid Platform
Sep 7, 2007 – IP Vision, the UK's independent hybrid DTT/IPTV specialists, has announced an agreement with Entriq, the world leader in pay media, to build a fully integrated service for the delivery of on-demand video content directly to digital terrestrial TV receivers.
News categories: Broadband, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

Pace & Inxstor showcase place-shifting technology for operators
Sep 7, 2007 – Pace Micro (LSE:PIC) and Inxstor, developers of a unique embedded secure place-shifting system, are demonstrating at IBC2007 how content stored on a personal video recorder (PVR) in the home can be accessed using 'place-shifting' technology over the internet.
News categories: Pace Micro Technology, Inxstor, Broadband, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, IBCShow, Media Player, Middleware, Placeshifting, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Software, Streaming, UK

Inuk Selects Widevine to Secure UK's First IPTV Deployment to PCs
Sep 7, 2007 – Widevine has announced that UK-based Inuk Networks has chosen Widevine Cypher® for the PC to protect and enable its secure delivery of premium broadcast channels and video-on-demand content for its Freewire service -- the nation's first PCTV deployment launching this month.
News categories: Widevine, Inuk Networks, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Streaming, UK, Watermarking

XMOS Semiconductor secures $16 million for Software Defined Silicon
Sep 6, 2007 – XMOS Semiconductor, the creator of Software Defined Silicon (SDS) chips, has secured $16 million of Series A venture capital funding. The funding is being provided by Foundation Capital and existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners and DFJ Esprit.
News categories: XMOS Semiconductor, Digital TV, Semiconductor, UK, Venture Capital

DVB-T2 to enable HDTV post-switchover
Sep 4, 2007 – DVB-T2 is the name for a new digital terrestrial TV standard which is an upgrade of the current DVB-T system that is used for Freeview...
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial, UK