UX (User Experience, User Interface, EPG) News

Digital TV Labs opens 'HbbTV App Lab'
Apr 23, 2015 – Digital TV Labs has launched the world’s first independent 'HbbTV App Lab' to assist HbbTV application developers in testing their applications on a wide range of real HbbTV devices to ensure interoperability in the real world.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, Andy Hickman, Digital TV, HbbTV, QoE, Worldwide

Amino certified for YouTube on TV on latest IPTV/OTT device range
Apr 16, 2015 – Amino’s latest range of IPTV/OTT devices now support YouTube on TV. The A150/A550 and Live Advanced Media Platform device series both completed certification approval and will now include the YouTube on TV HTML5 application.
News categories: Amino, YouTube, Donald McGarva, Apps, Digital TV, HTML5, Set Top Box, Streaming, Worldwide

ViXS announces 2nd generation Golden Reference Decoder for broadcast
Apr 8, 2015 – ViXS Systems (TSX: VXS) has announced the availability of the industry's next generation Ultra HD 4K HEVC Golden Reference Decoder (GRD2) tool, critical to the testing, validating, debugging and deploying of UHD 4K content for the broadcast industry.
News categories: ViXS Systems, John Pomeroy, NABShow, QoE, Semiconductor, Worldwide

ARHT unveils glasses-free holographic 3D TV
Mar 5, 2015 – ARHT Media (TSX VENTURE:ART)(OTCQB:ARHTF) has unveiled their new line of digital display products branded ARHT TV. This new line of digital display product is the Company's next step in the evolution of their patent-pending multi-plane projection displays.
News categories: ARHT Media, Paul Duffy, Digital TV, Metaverse, Worldwide

2D-to-3D conversion software success for ETRI and NHNZ
Mar 1, 2015 – Global production house NHNZ is now offering highly cost-effective 3D content after completing a 3-year-long collaboration with Korean tech giant ETRI to create new 2D-to-3D conversion software.
News categories: NHNZ, ETRI, Wayne Poll, John Crawford, Digital TV, Metaverse, Software, Worldwide

OpenVault and FourthWall partner on set-top box diagnostic data
Jan 22, 2015 – OpenVault and FourthWall Media have announced an agreement for OpenVault to license set-top box diagnostic data from FourthWall. The data will be integrated with OpenVault's cable modem data for reports on video and data network health for MVPD customers.
News categories: FourthWall, OpenVault, Bill Feininger, Rich Evans, Cable TV, Middleware, QoE, Set Top Box, Worldwide

ATEME and ST demonstrate interactive 360° TV at CES
Jan 6, 2015 – ATEME has announced that LiveSphere, a live video broadcast solution that captures, stitches, streams and displays video to provide an interactive consumer experience, is now possible on the TV in the living room, allowing a viewer to dynamically change their field of view using a remote control.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, ATEME, LiveSphere, Ismail Allalcha, CES2025, Digital TV, Media Player, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

SENSIO launches Ultra HD format for 3DTV
Jan 5, 2015 – SENSIO (TSX VENTURE:SIO) has announced the launch of SENSIO 3D/4K, its 3D format optimized for ultra-high definition (UHD) 3DTVs. The format is compatible with all video compression codecs including HEVC.
News categories: SENSIO, Nicholas Routhier, CES2025, Digital TV, Metaverse, Smart TV, Worldwide

Latest Opera TV solution to debut on Android TVs in 2015
Jan 5, 2015 – The industry’s first Blink-based TV rendering engine, by Opera Software, will ship on the latest Smart TVs and entertainment devices based on Android L: on televisions from Sony and connected-TV devices from TCL.
News categories: Opera Software, Sony Corp, TCL, Aneesh Rajaram, Android TV, CES2025, Digital TV, HTML5, Smart TV