Digital entertainment solutions provider Rovi has unveiled the Rovi Media Cloud, a suite of entertainment web services that is designed to enable the rapid creation of innovative new products, services and applications for the connected consumer. According to the company, the initiative demonstrates its plans to continue to power the next wave of digital entertainment […]
Panasonic has unveiled its Viera Connect- an enhancement of its connected IPTV offerings on 2011 Viera HDTVs to include a robust collection of applications such as expanded video streaming, and two-way interactive features from gaming to social networking, and fitness programs. Panasonic has also unveiled Viera Connect Market, a service which allows consumers to personalise […]
Global multi-screen video software company SeaChange has inked an agreement with Technicolor that will bring its VividLogic tru2way software stack to Technicolor’s range of next-generation digital set-top boxes in 2011. The standards-based product integration places VividLogic software on Intel CE media processors in Technicolor set-top boxes that will enable North American cable operators to roll […]
Microsoft could use this week’s Consumer Electronics Show to introduce a connected-television offering that would compete with Google TV and Apple TV. “Microsoft’s going to make a splash in this market with a stripped-down version of Windows tailored for set-top boxes and connected TVs,” Brier Dudley, a columnist with The Seattle Times, predicted. “The software […]
The evolution of wireless technology and growing demand for faster connections and rapid access to the Internet are key trends that will shape the US telecommunications, media and technology sectors this decade, said Moody’s Investors Service in a new report. Looking specifically at television, though, Moody’s isn’t buying the idea that over-the-top (OTT) broadband video […]
Consumer desire for on-demand and online video content will motivate sales of Internet-connectable TV devices to nearly 350 million units worldwide by 2015, setting the stage for intense competition in app development, international market research firm Parks Associates has reported. The firm forecasts worldwide sales of Internet-connectable HDTVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles, and digital video […]
NDS, a provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has entered into a partnership with ARM, the semiconductor intellectual property supplier, to enable the delivery of Over-the-Top (OTT) content and services to connected TVs, with NDS Infinite TV. The cooperation will enable connected TV manufacturers to implement a ready-made software solution that will provide a […]
DivX, a division of Sonic Solutions, has revealed new partners across content brands and integrated circuit manufacturers for DivX TV, the company’s comprehensive Internet TV service that enables consumer electronics manufacturers to bring a broad range of web-based content to home and mobile devices New DivX TV content sources revealed at CES include: AOL; Amos […]
GreenPeak Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company, has announced the launch of three new chips, allowing the development of robust and low cost ZigBee RF4CE remote control applications for TV’s and set-top boxes, addressing an overall one billion unit annual market. The three devices all have full RF4CE functionality with ZRC embedded, targeting specific product applications: […]
Funai Electric and ActiveVideo Networks has announced an agreement in principle that will make Funai the first consumer electronics manufacturer to bring interactive television solutions based entirely in the network cloud to connected televisions. Funai Electric manufactures Philips, Emerson, Magnavox and Sylvania brand televisions and Blu-ray players. Funai and ActiveVideo anticipate that an announcement regarding […]