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AirTies New Media player

AirTies, the wireless networking vendor, has revealed the company’s new media player application which runs on AirTies’ set-top boxes as a retail user experience or provided as a valued added service to enrich  third party User Interface offered by a service provider.  The application is able to browse and play audio, video and photos from […]

March 23, 2011From IP&TV World Forum

Netgem IPTV 2.0 solutions powered by Intel

Netgem has confirmed it will implement its software platform on the Intel Atom processor CE4100, leveraging the power of Intel’s Multi-Application Framework (MAF). Christophe Aulnette, CEO of Netgem said: “Our customers now expect their boxes to do much more than TV: multi-screen, open web browsing, gaming, videoconferencing, app stores… No single application framework can claim […]

March 23, 2011From IP&TV World Forum

TV Anytime files ad-insertion patent

Motive Television’s subsidiary Adecq Digital (TV Anytime) has filed for a new patent for its Bestv technology. The patent, filed in Spain on February 11th but with plans to be extended throughout the EU, allows for “Ad Insertion Solution in a Push Environment”, says Motive. A statement from Motive says: “This highly developed technology enables […]

March 22, 2011By Chris Forrester

IP Vision HD UI

IP Vision, a UK provider in the DTT/IPTV over-the-top (OTT) TV sector, has unveiled FetchTV Guide, a HD UI that displays hybrid content from linear TV, IPTV and connected devices in an easy-to-use, vertical grid. FetchTV Guide features a Backwards EPG and displays thumbnail images of content, enabling the viewer to snack on trailers and […]

March 22, 2011From IP&TV World Forum

Netgem and Tvinci OTT TV solution

Netgem, an IPTV technology specialist, and Tvinci, a provider of centralised cross-device content and user experience management platforms, have developed a joint Over-the-Top TV (OTT TV) solution for the delivery of linear and on-demand video. The new turnkey solution enables operators to extend their reach beyond their traditional boundaries and allow new value added services […]

March 22, 2011From IP&TV World Forum

Opera and TARA HbbTV solution

Opera Software and TARA Systems, the independent provider of flexible software solutions for TVs and other devices, have announced the availability of a fully-integrated HbbTV solution for connected TVs and STBs. The released solution gives manufacturers improved flexibility and planning reliability. Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) brings viewers the richness of broadcast interactive services combined […]

March 22, 2011From IP&TV World Forum

Jungo connected home remote management

Jungo, an NDS Group company and provider of unified software solutions for residential gateways, has launched Panorama, its next generation remote management system for DSL, Cable and Fibre service providers. Jungo Panorama enables the management of home Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) as well as broadband and video services, handling the connected home as a whole […]

March 21, 2011

Entone and Edgeware accelerate IPTV performance

Entone, provider of Hybrid TV and Connected Home solutions, and Edgeware, a technology leader in distributed video delivery, have announced that Entone’s Hybrid TV and over-the-top (OTT) devices are fully integrated with Edgeware’s Orbit Fast Channel Change solution. Fast Channel Change gives IPTV operators a competitive advantage by dramatically reducing the channel changing times usually […]

March 21, 2011

Netgem Home Cloud software

Netgem has made its Home Cloud software development kit (SDK) available to application developers, Internet service providers and operator partners. Netgem is further developing its partner ecosystem to enable third parties to take advantage of its IPTV 2.0 open architecture. This application framework is designed for the development of live and on-demand TV and multimedia […]

March 16, 2011

NDS extends contract with DirecTV

NDS has renewed its agreement with DirecTV, the US satellite pay-TV operator, to continue to deliver STB software and DVR technology to DirecTV US and DirecTV Latin America through January 2016. The contract sees the extension of the relationship between NDS and DirecTV to supply set-top box software across the platform, originally established in 2005. […]

March 16, 2011