Digital TV News: Highgate

IWEDIA Middleware announces that Comedia middleware is now Audio Description-ready
Apr 11, 2008 – IWEDIA Middleware has announced that its Comedia middleware now supports Audio Description.
News categories: IWEDIA, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Testronic Labs Launches Digital TV Testing Service
Apr 10, 2008 – Testronic Laboratories has announced a new digital testing service to broadcasters, IRD and set top box manufacturers and related digital television software and service providers.
News categories: Testronic, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Software

Ocean Blue develops software for High Definition interactive TV
Apr 9, 2008 – Ocean Blue Software will shortly be releasing the first digital terrestrial TV system to provide High Definition interactive services.
News categories: Ocean Blue Software, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

IWEDIA Middleware to accompany the booming market in high definition (HD) devices
Mar 3, 2008 – IWEDIA has announced dedicated editions of its Comedia middleware specifically targeted at HD set-top boxes and 'digital ready' HD TV sets.
News categories: IWEDIA, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Technisat Licenses S&T's RedKey MHEG engine
Feb 18, 2008 – Strategy & Technology (S&T) Client Systems has announced that TechniSat Digital, the leading German receiver equipment manufacturer, has licensed the company's RedKey™ MHEG engine.
News categories: S&T, Technisat, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

MediaTek adopts Ocean Blue MHEG-5 software
Jan 29, 2008 – Ocean Blue Software and MediaTek have completed a software engineering project to adapt the Ocean Blue Voyager MHEG-5 & DSMCC software to the MediaTek DVB platform.
News categories: Ocean Blue, MediaTek, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, UK

STMicroelectronics Introduces Full High-Definition Integrated Digital TV Platform Supporting Worldwide Standards
Jan 4, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the DTV150, which provides demodulation, MPEG-2 HD and SD decoding, full HD video processing, high quality audio, and the video switching functions, for integrated digital TV (iDTV) sets worldwide.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Ocean Blue Develops 'Deep Hibernation' software to tackle rising standby power consumption
Dec 4, 2007 – Ocean Blue Software, the digital TV specialist, has developed an intelligent, "deep hibernation" system for digital TVs and set-top boxes to reduce standby power consumption.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Energy Saving Trust, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Digital TV Labs Launches DVB-T Receiver RF Test Suite for Top 50 Trouble-Spots Across Europe
Nov 21, 2007 – Digital TV manufacturers can now guarantee front-end receiver performance in Europe's most challenging DVB-T locations, with the launch of the first lab-based Radio Frequency (RF) test suite for benchmarking digital terrestrial receivers against the top 50 DVB-T trouble spots across Europe.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, Digital TV, Europe, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, TV Services