Advanced Television

Middleware

ruwido ‘mono’ remote control device

ruwido has launched its mono remote control, uniquely designed to focus on the central aspects of search and navigation by touching the emotions of the user. TV Connect 2013 marks the debut of the Austrian company’s latest innovation in remote control design, its mono architecture. The body of the remote is formed of one solid […]

March 19, 2013Nick Snow @ TV Connect

httv implements Marlin DRM for its HbbTV 1.5 open middleware

httv, an international solution and technology provider for digital TV, announces that, “httvLink”, its open-middleware for connected TV receivers, implements Intertrust’s Marlin DRM for the coming HbbTV 1.5 markets. httvLink is an innovative open middleware solution for Connected TV receivers. It addresses all Digital TV, Free to Air and Pay TV platforms. It is based […]

March 19, 2013

blinkx partners with Penske Media

blinkx, the Internet Media platform powered by CORE, the world’s most advanced video engine, has announced a partnership with Penske Media Corporation (PMC), a digital media company with a unique and growing portfolio of media brands that provide original content in categories including entertainment, lifestyle, beauty, and technology. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx […]

March 19, 2013

Hillcrest Labs brings motion control to Intel’s new STB reference kit

Hillcrest Labs has announced that Intel’s newest reference design kit for IPTV set-top boxes (STBs) and media servers will use Hillcrest’s patented Freespace in-air pointing and motion control technology. With the Freespace Motion Engine™ software embedded on the Intel Media Server Reference Design (MSRD) kit and controlled by a handheld remote control, TV operators can […]

March 19, 2013

Dune HD and Beenius extend partnership to embrace social TV

Operators can now benefit from the power of social TV thanks to an extended partnership between Dune HD and Beenius. At this week’s TV Connect Dune HD will showcase its new range of advanced set top boxes, now available pre-loaded with Beenius’ Beesmart interactive TV middleware platform. This includes the newly upgraded BeeSocial TV functions […]

March 18, 2013

Teleste drops middleware

Teleste is to cease development of its own IPTV Middleware offering and to seek partnerships in this area. The Finnish company has begun re-structuring negotiations covering company’s development team in Tampere. It says the move is improve its competitiveness for multiscreen solutions. Teleste has decided to focus its activities in the future on OTT product […]

March 11, 2013

LG to acquire HP webOS for TVs

A mobile-device operating system that Hewlett-Packard once had high hopes for is set to get a second chance at LG Electronics. LG will acquire the system, known as webOS, and some of the employees who work on it from HP for an undisclosed amount. LG plans to use webOS in televisions, confirmed Skott Ahn, LG […]

February 26, 2013

Samsung launching TV Discovery

Samsung has confirmed it will unveil its TV Discovery service at the Mobile World Congress later this month. The service will allow users to find TV and video content from various providers, including Netflix and Blockbuster, on their mobile phone or connected TV. The TV Discovery service relays real-time informational from a variety of sources, […]

February 22, 2013

PayWizard launches solution for TV

PayWizard, specialists in payment and subscription management, has launched its TV and media, end to end payment and subscription solution. Using its modular Payment and Subscription platform, PayWizard combines payment processing, subscriber management technology and real-time customer service operations to tailor-make solutions that enhance the consumer experience across all screens. With 16.8 billion video-enabled devices […]

February 21, 2013

Civolution interactive services for Lagardère

Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, has revealed that the French media group Lagardère Active is using Civolution’s SyncNow ACR technology to power an advanced interactive app for its free-to-air family TV channel, Gulli. The app which is initially for use during the advertisement breaks will then be […]

February 14, 2013