Entropic Communications, a specialist in semiconductor solutions for the connected home, has announced its MoCA (Multimedia over Coax) silicon and software solution will power the echoBox, a new Ethernet-over-Coax Network Adapter, offered by European equipment maker, Asheridge Communications. Smart TV’s, HD set-top boxes and online gaming consoles in the home require a fast, reliable Ethernet connection with the highest quality [...]
Satellite operator SES has teamed up with a range of industry partners to develop SAT-IP, an IP-based satellite reception technology that demodulates and converts satellite signals to IP for further in-home distribution to any IP-enabled device. Unveiled at the annual SES Industry Days, the SAT-IP communications protocol is established as a new standard for satellite in-home distribution. A live demo [...]
Broadcom Corporation has revealed that Devolo, the in powerline communications specialist, has selected the BCM60321 HomePlug AV Powerline Communications (PLC) system-on-a-chip (SoC) for the ‘Duo’ home networking product line. Devolo’s new PLC adapters feature dual Ethernet ports and let users easily connect multiple devices using existing in-home electrical wiring. Based on Broadcom’s 40nm single-die technology, the devolo dLAN 200 AV [...]
The Broadband Forum, DECT Forum, HGI, Open IPTV Forum, Open Mobile Alliance and the Small Cell Forum held a successful workshop to investigate shared issues and opportunities to enhance support of services in the home. Hosted by the Open Mobile Alliance, the Home Environment Services workshop convened immediately preceding the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and identified shared focus [...]
With its TV division losing out to competitors such as Apple, LG and Samsung, Sony is turning to the secondary device market to restore its fortunes. Sony Computer Entertainment is launching ‘nasne’, a new networked recorder and media storage device with built- in 500GB hard disk drive (HDD) and digital terrestrial and satellite broadcast tuners. nasne will become available in [...]
According to a report from TDG, eight in ten US broadband households now use a home network, meaning they are able to access a growing variety of net-based video and applications on a growing number of devices. Nearly 40 per cent of home network routers are now located in the primary living room, more than twice the number found in [...]
Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, revealed that its Horizon gateway STB will begin roll out this Spring. Speaking at Cable Congress, Fries said it would be available in Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and The Netherlands before the end of 2012. The price to subscribers would be revealed soon, he said, adding that the box “was not that expensive”. He explained [...]
Residential gateways are expected to become the new hub of the so-called digital living room when they take over from set-top boxes, with the vigorous gateway market projected to triple from 2012 to 2015, according to a report from information and analytics provider IHS. Shipments of residential gateways and thin client boxes that act as receivers are miniscule at present, [...]
Canadian cable communications and entertainment company Rogers Communications has unveiled NextBox 2.0, a suite of new features designed to transform the home entertainment experience, allowing people to access live and recorded TV programmes from any room in the home. The initiative better allows it to compete with telco BCE’s Fibe IPTV service. “Canadians are increasingly looking for seamless, easy-to-use and [...]
Google is planning to launch an own-brand home entertainment system, an Android device that would allow users to download music and other content and stream it to devices around the home with a smartphone or tablet acting as controller The move is revealed at in a recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to carry out testing on a [...]
