Digital TV News: AVIA

Videon distributes software platform for Intel Media Server reference design
Dec 24, 2013 – Videon Central has announced a new software platform with its latest Avia Media Player supporting Chromecast, an optimized DVB solution from Futarque, Hillcrest Labs’ Freespace® motion control technology and a complete software development kit from Intel.
News categories: Videon Central, Intel Corp, Michael Daulerio, Ran Senderovitz, Digital TV, Gateway, Home Server, Middleware, Semiconductor

Intel Launches Reference Design for Media Processors at TV Connect 2013
Mar 18, 2013 – At TV Connect, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) will launch the Intel® Media Server Reference Design (MSRD). The MSRD is both a hardware and software design kit for OEMs and system integrators that allow them to develop Intel-based set-top boxes and media servers.
News categories: Intel Corp, Digital TV, Gateway, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Netflix Launches in The United Kingdom And Ireland
Jan 9, 2012 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland, offering instant and unlimited access to a broad range of entertainment for the monthly price of 5.99 Pounds Sterling in the UK and euro 6.99 in Ireland.
News categories: Netflix, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Ireland, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet, UK

East African Community Ministers Want Digital Broadcast Migration Expedited
Nov 14, 2011 – At the EAC's 9th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Transport, Communications and Meteorology (TCM), ministers directed Partner States to expedite the process of putting in place legislation for the implementation of digital TV broadcasting.
News categories: East African Community, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Set Top Box, Tanzania, Terrestrial, Uganda

Egypt awards triple-play licences to LinkOne and TeleTech consortia
Jul 16, 2010 – Egypt's National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has decided to award LinkOne and TeleTech consortia two licenses for the construction and operation of Access Telecommunications Networks in Closed Compounds.
News categories: National Telecom Regulatory Authority, Egypt, IPTV