May 21, 2008

ZON TVCabo selects TANDBERG’s OpenStream

by Alan Harten

TANDBERG Television, owned by Ericsson Group has said that its OpenStream Digital Services platform has been selected by Portugal’s ZON TVCabo for its planned video on-demand (VOD) services. They will also be lead integrator for the VOD play-out.
Zon TVCabo, part of ZON Multimédia Portugal which has over 1.5 million subscribers, is creating a […]



May 21, 2008

Next-Gen MPEG-4 STBs From Pace Americas

by Rohan Parker

Leader in digital TV technology development for payTV, Pace Micro Technology, have announced the imminent release of their next-gen MPEG-4 advanced compression set-top boxes.
Pace unveiled the new boxes at Cable Show ‘08 which was held in New Orleans, in the Ernest Morial Convention Center.
The new boxes are designed for use by cable […]



May 21, 2008

Televisa will use TANDBERG’s MPEG-4 Systems

by Alan Harten

TANDBERG Television, who are a division of the Ericsson Group, have announced at the NCTA’s The Cable Show that their MPEG-4 AVC video encoding and distribution systems have been selected by Grupo Televisa aka, Televisa to deliver programming throughout Mexico via satellite, utilizing DVB-S2 8PSK modulation.
This move from MPEG-2, will make the company, […]



May 20, 2008

New Research Into On-Demand TV In UK

by Rohan Parker

The results of a new survey which has been conducted by the Ericsson company, Redback Networks, to look into the usage of on-demand TV and Internet video by adults within the U.K. has just been released.
Redback is the maker of video-centric routers that are used on over 75% of the world’s most widely used […]



May 20, 2008

Macrovision and tvCompass in new Agreement

by Alan Harten

Macrovision Solutions Corporation and tvCompass, digital media solutions provider for the home broadband market, have jointly announced that they have agreed to a patent license aimed at supporting tvCompass’s Wi-Fi handheld devices as well as its click365(SM) wireless content network.
The agreement is set to last for several years and will also include a license […]



May 20, 2008

itaas & TVWorks Announce Collaboration

by Rohan Parker

A new partnership between itaas Inc. and TVWorks LLC was announced today, which will see huge development potential for television applications because of the addition of TVWorks tru2way and enhanced television (ETV) standard-based platforms to istart, itaas’s developer program.
This collaboration should bring about faster development for new TV services for set-top boxes already in use, […]



May 19, 2008

Sigma Designs demonstrates IPTV set-top box

by Lin Freestone

Sigma Designs will be demonstrating its Docsis 3.0 multi channel and tru2way set-top box at the NCTA Cable Show 2008, which is being held in New Orleans between 18th and 20th May.
Headquartered in California, Sigma Designs produces digital media processing system-on-a-chip solutions for consumer electronics, leveraging Texas Instruments field-proven cable TV technology and VividLogic’s comprehensive […]



May 16, 2008

Purdue University Selects Winnov’s Cbox 3

by Grant Draper

Purdue University will be using Winnov’s Cbox 3, to record lectures, which will be available for repeat viewing, in conjunction with its distance learning program.
Purdue University is rated as one of America’s finest, and now the students can benefit from the latest technologies, making sure they do not miss a thing.



May 16, 2008

EZchip Technologies NP-3 Processor

by Grant Draper

EZchip Technologies Ltd has released details of its development, the NP-4 network processor, which features support for the enhanced transport of video applications, and video processing on the switch/router line cards.
Features include:
• 100-Gigabit throughput for building 20-Gigabit, 40-Gigabit and 100-Gigabit line cards for Carrier Ethernet Switches and Routers (CESR).
• Integrated traffic management providing granular bandwidth control to […]



May 16, 2008

Audiovox Corp to distribute Voyager hardware

by Grant Draper

The deal between USTelematics, Inc. and Audiovox Corp., to distribute the Voyager Mobile IPTV hardware product at more than 20,000 retail electronics and automotive channels worldwide, has been confirmed.
Audiovox has made its interest known, and is keen to invest cash for a per unit royalty for the right to the Voyager intellectual property, software, trade […]



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