Advanced Television

Middleware

Funai selects Widevine

Widevine, a provider of digital entertainment solutions, has revealed that Funai Electric, manufacturer of consumer electronics sold in the US under the brands Philips, Magnavox, Sylvania and Emerson, will incorporate Widevine's adaptive streaming, virtual DVD/Blu-ray-like controls and DRM solution on their Internet connected devices. With Widevine’s video optimisation and DRM platform, telecom, cable, satellite and […]

April 7, 2010

Ooyala makes online video more secure

Ooyala, a provider of end-to-end video platform applications and services, has announced the integration of token-based authentication for the delivery of premium video content online. Unlike other well-known video platforms, Ooyala allows publishers to restrict the delivery of a video based on pre-defined user and server-side rules. Ooyala offers several ways to protect content including […]

March 31, 2010

STMicroelectronics launches single-Chip STB IC

STMicroelectronics has introduced a new variant of the STi5197 single-chip STB IC, a feature-optimised version targeting markets in China and Asia. This new variant, called the STi5197L is designed for cable STBs and enables efficient development and fast time-to-market for OEMs developing basic zapper STB products. The STi5197L includes a QAM cable demodulator and is […]

March 29, 2010

Smile chooses Edgeware

Edgeware, specialist in distributed video delivery, has announced that Danish operator, Smile Content, has deployed a next-generation distributed video delivery system from Edgeware to power its newly launched Catch-Up and Restart-TV services.

March 25, 2010

Virgin Media brings ruwido to hand

From IPTV World Forum in London ruwido of Austria has been selected as a technology partner to supply remote controls for UK cable operator Virgin Media's new HD STB the V HD Box. The deal extends the 10 year relationship between Virgin Media and the Austrian remote control specialist. Julia Smith, head of TV product, […]

March 24, 2010

Edgeware time-shift for Comstar

From Colin Mann at IPTV World Forum in London Integrated telecommunication services provider Comstar-UTS has deployed distributed video delivery specialist Edgware's next-generation video delivery solution to power its Time-shift TV service in Russia. In the first phase, the Russian operator will offer Pause Live-TV to its more than 133,000 IPTV subscribers in Moscow using the […]

March 24, 2010

Multi-device solution from Alcatel-Lucent

From Colin Mann at IPTV World Forum in London Alcatel-Lucent has unveiled a set of solutions designed to enable service providers to introduce a wide array of new service offerings and deepen their connection with their subscribers by making it easier for people to access all of their services and content wherever they are, on […]

March 24, 2010

Opera and Ocean Blue launch HbbTV solution

Opera Software, the specialist browser company, and Ocean Blue Software, supplier of software solutions for the digital home, have announced the launch of a modular, scalable and integrated Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) solution for connected TVs and STBs. This solution combines the Opera Devices SDK for Linux, Opera's fully compliant HbbTV framework and Ocean […]

March 23, 2010

Netgem to power Melita HD and PVR service

Netgem, provider of IPTV technology and services to Telecom operators worldwide, has been chosen by Melita, a leading teleco provider in Malta to provide its next generation STB based on the latest technologies to power the operator's HD and PVR services ahead of the 2010 World Cup. The concurrent availability of the HD Netgem PVR […]

March 23, 2010

TV Genius for FetchTV

TV Genius has confirmed that its Content Delivery Platform has been selected by IP Vision, the UK-based platform owner, to enhance the functionality of the TV listings on IP Vision's FetchTV service. TV Genius and IP Vision have worked together to provide a fully searchable solution across web, mobile and hybrid DTT/IP TV. The solution […]

March 16, 2010