Digital TV News: NETGEAR

HomePlug, HomePNA and MoCA Networking Nodes Shipments Surpass 40 Million in 2010
Apr 26, 2011 – The demand for more bandwidth-consuming applications is causing service providers to turn to wired networking solutions, propelling non-Ethernet home networking node shipments past the 40 million units in 2010, says In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Gateway, Market Research, Router, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Home network market up as new devices create 'digital homes' and allow media sharing
Apr 7, 2011 – Infonetics Research has released its new quarterly Home Networking Devices market forecast report. Pace (LSE: PIC), which recently acquired 2Wire, now leads the residential gateway market.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Digital TV, Gateway, Home Server, Market Research, Router, Smart Home

Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results
Dec 1, 2010 – Virgin Media (NASDAQ, LSE: VMED) has unveiled details of Virgin Media TV powered by TiVo® (NASDAQ: TIVO). The user interface will combine the live TV schedule with catch-up TV, on-demand programming and applications, alongside a personal video recorder.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

NETGEAR Introduces 3DHD Wireless Technology for Sending High-Definition Video to Home Theaters
Nov 5, 2010 – NETGEAR (Nasdaq: NTGR) has announced availability of its 3DHD Wireless Home Theater Networking Kit (WNHDB3004), the first solution capable of reliably delivering jitter-free 1080p high-definition video streams throughout the home with no new wires.
News categories: NETGEAR, Smart Home

CableLabs® Joins with SCTE to Demo 'Tools' at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo® SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2010
Sep 29, 2010 – CableLabs® will join with the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) to host a booth featuring a number of operational tools and support software at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo® in New Orleans October 20-22.
News categories: CableLabs, SCTE, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, Gateway, Middleware, USA

NETGEAR® Launches NeoTV™ HD Media Players
Aug 31, 2010 – NETGEAR® (NASDAQGM: NTGR) has announced the NeoTV 350 HD and NeoTV 550 Ultimate HD Media Players, enabling users to play their videos, photos, or music directly on their HDTVs whether the media is stored locally, on the home network, or the internet.
News categories: NETGEAR, Australia, Canada, Europe, Media Player, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

BigBand Accelerates IP Video Convergence with Key Partners
May 11, 2010 – BigBand Networks (NASDAQ:BBND) has announced that it has expanded its set of IP video partners. The combined solution includes a media hub from Entone, program guides from Orca, security from Verimatrix and IPTV solutions from Western Mediabridge.
News categories: BigBand Networks, Entone, Orca Interactive, Verimatrix, Western Mediabridge, Content Distribution, Content Protection, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Residential Gateways Outperform Cable, DSL and Broadband Routers
May 5, 2010 – Residential Gateways showed stronger growth in 4Q09 than other areas of the broadband CPE market, reports In-Stat, accounting for nearly 37% of the market. Revenues were $567 million and unit shipments were 9.05 million.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable Modem, CPE, Gateway, Market Research, Router

TV Widgets/Apps Key to Monetizing OTT Video
Apr 20, 2010 – Most consumer electronics (CE) device manufacturers are introducing software platforms that support widgets--also called TV applications, reports In-Stat. This sets the stage for a burgeoning new market.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming, USA