Digital TV News: On Digital Media

NEC Licenses DivX Plus™ HD for EMMA™ chips
Aug 18, 2009 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) and NEC (TSE: 6723) have announced a multi-year licensing agreement covering the integration of DivX Plus™ HD technology into NEC Electronics' 'Enhanced Multi-Media Architecture' (EMMA™).
News categories: DivX, NEC Electronics, Licensing, Media Player, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Big Growth Ahead for Connected HDTVs, Blu-ray Players and Digital Media Adapters
Jun 1, 2009 – Connectivity will be a force to reckon with according to Yankee Group's connected device forecast, which predicts more than 60 percent of U.S. households will have a home network by 2013.
News categories: Yankee Group, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Industry Leaders to Create Global Standard Enabling 'Buy Once, Play Anywhere' Consumer Experience for Digital Media
Sep 12, 2008 – A consortium of more than 20 leading companies have announced the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), a digital media framework that will enable consumers to acquire and play content across a wide range of services and devices.
News categories: Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Streaming

South Africa - ODM awarded pay-TV licence
Jul 21, 2008 – On Digital Media (ODM) has been granted a pay-TV broadcast licence by ICASA (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa).
News categories: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, On Digital Media, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa

Sarnoff Launches New Digital Test Pattern at NAB Show
Apr 8, 2008 – Sarnoff will showcase its Digital Test Pattern, an easy-to-use tool that enables the accurate evaluation and calibration of a wide range of digital television equipment, at the National Association of Broadcasters Show, April 14-17, in Las Vegas.
News categories: Sarnoff, Digital TV, NABShow

China - DAB-based Mobile Phone TV Gains Traction
Mar 12, 2008 – Beijing Jolon Digital Media Broadcasting has revealed that there are currently already more than 10 different handsets (and many consumer electronics products) supporting DAB-format mobile television on sale in more than 400 mobile phone retail outlets.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers, Tablet

SecureMedia Protects The Caribbean's First IPTV Deployment
Jan 14, 2008 – SecureMedia has announced that Bonairean telecom operator Telefonia Bonairiano NV (Telbo) has launched 'mitv', its new Digital TV over ADSL 2+ network protected by the Encryptonite ONE System.
News categories: SecureMedia, Telefonia Bonairiano (Telbo), Broadband, Caribbean, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands

NXP Powers Sling Media's New SlingCatcher Set Top Box
Jan 7, 2008 – NXP has announced that it is supplying Sling Media with the processing power to drive the new SlingCatcher, a next generation digital media device that seamlessly delivers broadcast, broadband and personal content to your TV.
News categories: NXP, Sling Media, Broadband, CES2024, Digital TV, Media Player, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

TI Delivers First Single-Chip, Real-Time HD Video Transcoding Solution with DaVinci™ Technology
Dec 3, 2007 – To allow consumers to seamlessly move content across their video end products, Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) is offering a new DaVinci™ technology digital media processor for video transcoding in media gateways, multi-point control units, digital media adaptors, video security DVRs and IP set-top boxes.
News categories: Texas Instruments (TI), Digital TV, DVR, ICs, IPTV, Media Player, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming