Digital TV News: Mozilla
Panasonic and Mozilla to collaborate on Firefox OS for Smart TVs
Jan 6, 2014 – Panasonic and Mozilla have announced that the two companies have agreed to form a partnership to develop and promote the new Firefox OS, an open platform based on HTML5 and other Web technologies, for next generation smart TVs.
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Mozilla, Panasonic, Yuki Kusumi, Dr. Li Gong, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV
Hillcrest Labs Turns Kylo® Web Browser for TV Over to Open Source Community
May 15, 2012 – Hillcrest Labs has announced that it has released the source code for the Kylo® Web browser to the open source community. Kylo is a free, Mozilla-based TV browser uniquely designed to view online content on TVs connected to the Internet.
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Hillcrest Labs, Middleware, Streaming
Ooyala Joins the WebM Project and Adopts VP8 Support
May 19, 2010 – Ooyala has announced that it is working with Google, Mozilla, Opera, YouTube and other major software and hardware manufacturers to support the WebM project and open sourcing of VP8.
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Ooyala, WebM, Media Player, Streaming
Hillcrest Labs Introduces Kylo™: The Web Browser for Television
Mar 22, 2010 – Hillcrest Labs has launched the Kylo™ browser - a web browser for TV. Developed for households that connect their PCs or Macs to the TV, Kylo lets users visit any site on the web with a browser that was specifically designed to be viewed from a distance.
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Hillcrest Labs, Smart Home, Software, Streaming
Mozilla and Wikimedia Join Forces to Support Open Video
Jan 27, 2009 – Mozilla has awarded a grant of $100,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation to help coordinate improvements to the development of Ogg Theora and related open video technologies. Mozilla and Wikimedia share a strong commitment to open standards.
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Theora, Vorbis, Wikimedia Foundation, Mozilla, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming
ZeeVee's Free Zviewer™ Internet Video Browser for the Big Screen
Nov 3, 2008 – Internet video enthusiasts now have a powerful springboard to the vast and rapidly expanding universe of online video content thanks to ZeeVee's new Zviewer software -- available as a free download in a limited beta.
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ZeeVee, Digital TV, Media Player, Software, Streaming, USA
Theora video backend for Firefox landed
Aug 4, 2008 – It was announced at the Mozilla Summit that Firefox will include native Theora and Vorbis support for the HTML 5 media elements.
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Firefox, Theora, Vorbis, Digital TV, Streaming
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