itv, DTV, Streaming
Ericsson powers interactive TV for Ucom
Ericsson hs signed a deal with operator Ucom to bring interactive TV to viewers in Armenia. Ericsson informed that it will deliver its IPTV solution including GPON technology. IPTV allows viewers to experience the same type of interactivity on their televisions as they are used to on their PCs, with personalised features such as chat, [...]
Trident to acquire 3 consumer product lines from Micronas
Trident Microsystems, a player in semiconductor system solutions for the multimedia and digital television (DTV) markets, has entered into a definitive agreement with Micronas Semiconductor Holding to acquire selected assets of the frame rate converter (FRC), demodulator and audio product lines of Micronas’ Consumer Division. The consideration payable to Micronas will consist of 7.0m shares [...]
Telefonica selects Alcatel-Lucent solution
Alcatel-Lucent has announced its collaboration with Telefonica in an interactive IPTV advertising proof of concept pilot for its Imagenio IPTV customers throughout Spain. Telefonica has relied on an application enablement solution from Alcatel-Lucent in a bid to bring increased interactivity and web 2.0 features to the TV experience of Imagenio’s IPTV platform. Alca-Lu has informed [...]
Turk Telekom selects Envivio Convergence series encoding platform
Envivio, a technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, has announced that its Convergence Series video headend has been selected for Turk Telekom’s IPTV project in Turkey. Turk Telekom will use Envivio 4Caster C4 SD and 4Caster HD30 HD MPEG-4 AVC encoders and the 4Manager NMS, to deliver an extensive [...]
NXP unveils new DVB-C solution, STB150
NXP Semiconductors, a semiconductor company founded by Philips, has unveiled the new STB150 system solution, delivering a complete production-ready platform for the digital cable TV services market. The NXP STB150 integrates a new single-chip CX2448x MPEG-2 decoder for DVB-C (Digital Video Broadcasting – Cable) reception with a TDA18252HN silicon tuner and complete software stack, giving [...]
Comstar-UTS selects NDS Master UI to improve IPTV in Russia
NDS, a provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has announced that Comstar-United TeleSystems (Comstar-UTS), an operator of integrated telecommunications services in Russia and the CIS under the Stream brand, is deploying NDS Master UI, an intuitive user interface that seeks to transform the way content and features are presented on screen. Comstar-UTS has also [...]
Hathway to launch NDS-powered DVR services
NDS, a provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has announced that Hathway, a digital cable provider in India, has launched its Digital Box PLUS DVR solution, based on NDS XTV DVR technology. The new DVR solution is aimed at enabling subscribers to take control over what they watch and when they watch it. The [...]
NXP, MIPS unveil 45nm HDMI 1.3 receiver IP solution
MIPS Technologies, a provider of architectures, processors and analog IP, has announced that its cooperation with NXP Semiconductors has resulted in, what is claimed to be, the industry’s first 45nm HDMI 1.3 receiver IP solution. The companies announced a year ago that they were extending their strategic relationship to offer HDMI-based IP solutions for digital [...]
Sony improves its Bravia LCD HDTV line-up
Bolstering the recently announced 2009 Bravia LCD HDTV line-up, Sony Electronics has announced a series of additional networked models with full HD 1920 x 1080 progressive (1080p) resolution. The company has informed this new W-series adds an economic HDTV option, while delivering the same interactive functionality as the recently announced Bravia Z5100 and XBR9 models. [...]
Alca-Lu to power M-net’s fibre access network
Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded a multi-million Euro contract by the Munich-based regional network operator M-net, to deploy the first extensive fibre access network in Munich. The comany informed that in the future, additional Bavarian cities will be connected to M-net’s high-speed access network that consists of a mixed fibre-to-the-building (FTTB)/fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) architecture. Alcatel-Lucent will begin [...]
