Digital TV News: Alice

Onda Unveils the World's First Combined DVB-H/HSDPA Product for Notebooks for Italy's TIM, Jointly Developed With Siano and CyberLink
Oct 24, 2007 – ONDA Communication has unveiled the world's first Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) PC card that supports both DVB-H and HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) modems for the PC and notebook markets.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, ONDA Communication, CyberLink, Digital TV, Italy, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor, Streaming

CyberLink Power2Go 6 Offers Drag-and-Drop Data Burning for Windows® Vista™
Oct 3, 2007 – CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) has announced the release of CyberLink Power2Go 6, the all-media disc burning software.
News categories: CyberLink, Blu-ray, DVD, HD-DVD, Software, Streaming

Telecom Italia launches "UNICA", the first quadruple play offering
Oct 1, 2007 – Telecom Italia launches the first Quadruple Play offering "Unica", based on broadband and IP technology. The package allows users to make calls from the same telephone either through the fixed-line or mobile network, to surf the Internet and to access Alice Home TV content.
News categories: Telecom Italia, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Mobile

NDS Partners with VBox and Cyberlink to Deliver the First Fully Converged TV and PC Platform to 'Yes'
Sep 4, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it is working with VBox Communications (VBox), Cyberlink and 'yes' to deliver on the promise of convergence - enabling the ubiquitous PC to become a secure and full-featured media center.
News categories: NDS Group, VBox, Cyberlink, 'yes', Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBC2023, Israel, Middleware, Satellite, Streaming

IPTV becomes a disruptive influence in the European pay-TV market
Aug 29, 2007 – Well over 60 IPTV services operated across Europe at the end of the second quarter of 2007, with more to launch in the second half of the year. Whilst some major Western European states are used to competing with so many players, others are unfamiliar with such a jam-packed market.
News categories: Screen Digest, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Spain, Subscribers, UK

DVD Recorder Sales Rise as Player Sales Fall
Aug 29, 2007 – As worldwide DVD player shipments started to decline in 2006, shipments of DVD recorders continued to rise steadily, reports In-Stat. Sales of DVD player units declined from 126.4 million in 2005 to 124.8 million in 2006, and DVD recorder sales rose from 14 million in 2005 to 16 million in 2006, the high-tech market research firm says.
News categories: Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder

CyberLink and Marvell Show DVB-T on a PDA Phone
Jun 7, 2007 – CyberLink (5203.TW) has partnered with Marvell® to demonstrate CyberLink's DVB-T solution on PDA phones at Computex 2007.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Smartphone, Terrestrial

IPTV Expected to Make Big Gains in Asia
May 29, 2007 – Competition between IPTV and cable/satellite TV is heating up in Asia, with IPTV poised to gain significant market share over the next several years, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Asia, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Japan, Market Research

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