Digital TV News: OpenTV

Taiwan Broadband Communications selects NAGRA OpenTV 5 Connectware
Apr 9, 2015 – NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC) has selected NAGRA’s OpenTV 5 connectware to power its next generation digital TV platform. TBC will deploy a platform combining broadcast and Internet TV services while ensuring content remains secure on any device.
News categories: NAGRA, Taiwan Broadband Communications, Jean-Luc Jezouin, Jimmy Chen, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Taiwan, TV Everywhere

EchoStar and NAGRA make SmarDTV into a joint venture
Mar 31, 2015 – Kudelski (SIX: KUD.S) and EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) have announced that EchoStar will become a shareholder in SmarDTV. EchoStar's operations in Steeton, U.K. and Madrid, Spain will be transferred to SmarDTV.
News categories: Kudelski, EchoStar, SmarDTV, André Kudelski, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, MandA, Set Top Box, Spain, UK, Worldwide

Kudelski and Netflix enter long term business relationship
Jan 13, 2015 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and the Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD:S) have announced that they have entered into a product relationship enabling Kudelski to pre-integrate its NAGRA anyCAST content protection and OpenTV connectware products with the Netflix service.
News categories: Kudelski, Netflix, Digital TV, Middleware, Patent, Streaming, Worldwide

Nagra enables hybrid OTT and DTT service for Vodafone Spain
Oct 13, 2014 – NAGRA (SIX: KUD.S) has announced that its QuickStart Hybrid solution is enabling a combined over-the-top (OTT) and digital terrestrial television (DTT) offering for Vodafone España.
News categories: NAGRA, Vodafone, SmarDTV, Thierry Legrand, Isaac Mendoza, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Spain, Streaming, Terrestrial

Unotel iON TV pay TV launches in Brazil
Sep 30, 2014 – Unotel Telecom's pay-TV platform iON TV is to launch in Brazil on October 1st. The service combines satellite pay TV with free-to-air terrestrial and online content. The service is provided to customers via Unotel's ISP partners.
News categories: Unotel Telecom, KAON, iON TV, Brazil, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Telefónica selects KAON as partner for TV service
Sep 11, 2014 – KAONMEDIA (KOSDAQ:KAON MEDIA) has announced that Telefónica has selected KAON as official partner for its TV business. Since July 2014, KAON has started to supply DTH set-top boxes to Telefónica Chile.
News categories: KAON, Telefónica, Javier Lucendo, Brazil, Chile, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBC2023, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Sigma Designs introduces 4K HEVC set-top box chipset
Sep 11, 2014 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced the SMP8758 SoC, designed to support UltraHD (4K) resolution using HEVC (H.265) compression technology for next-generation set-top boxes.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Mustafa Ozgen, Digital TV, IBC2023, ICs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Worldwide

Nagra Anycast and OpenTV selected by DEN Networks
Sep 10, 2014 – NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that DEN Networks, India’s largest cable provider, has selected NAGRA anyCAST content protection and OpenTV middleware to enable their next generation pay-TV offering.
News categories: NAGRA, DEN Networks, Jean-Luc Jezouin, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Set Top Box

MStar Semi adds OpenTV 5 support to Set-Top-Box platforms
Sep 10, 2014 – MStar Semiconductor has announced that its set-top box system-on-chip (STB SoC) solution driver is now validated for NAGRA OpenTV 5, the most powerful set-top box connectware from NAGRA.
News categories: MStar Semi, NAGRA, Dennis Lai, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide