June 30, 2008

USTelematics acquire U.S Patent

by Grant Draper

USTelematics have aquired the U.S. Patent Number 7,079,633, which is a high security digital media watermarking algorithm.
The announcement comes as part of a deal for an exchange, for UTLM stock valued at $1.50 per share.
USTelematics, Inc believes that corporate organizations are afraid of the possible implications of the growth of online services, such […]



June 30, 2008

Harmonic 4 star rated IPTV Solution

by Grant Draper

Harmonic Inc, have achieved 4 star ratings, from the Broadband Gear Report’s (BGR) 2008 Diamond Technology Reviews.
The announcement includes the Direct-to-Edge cable IPTV solution, MediaPrism™ on-demand content preparation software, and PWRLink™ 1310 nm DWDM transmitters, and the Harmonic’s DiviCom® Ion™ encoder achieved 3.5 stars.
Harmonic Inc, are no strangers to success.
At the Diamond Technology Reviews […]



June 30, 2008

Wyndstorm Launches SocialFrames Destination Widget

by Alan Harten

Wyndstorm Corporation, a social media company, announced today the release of Socialframes, a destination widget designed to extend online social marketing and online promotions.
Socialframes is the social network industry’s first and only “destination widget” a small snippet of code that provides a user one-click access to a promotional Web site including a virtual world.
Socialframes […]



June 26, 2008

Next-gen iPlayer revealed

by Jan Harris

The BBC is launching a beta version of the next-generation iPlayer, a service which allows viewers to access catch-up television programmes via a PC.
The new version, which fully integrates television and radio, will run alongside the original version for a while.
It will give users free access to BBC TV and radio programmes, on-demand and […]



June 26, 2008

Sigma Designs powers IPv6 set top boxes

by Grant Draper

Sigma Designs have announced that one of their solutions, the integrated SMP8654 media processor, will be used in Advanced Communications’ IPv6 set-top boxes.
The companies have also announced a partnership to develop IPTV set-top boxes, for the Japanese market, again using Sigma Designs SMP8654 media processor, alongside the Adcom’s iSense IPTV software platform.
Sigma Designs’ chips […]



June 25, 2008

Symmetricom announce Q-1200 monitoring device

by Grant Draper

Symmetricom, Inc have announced details on their brand new analyzing tool, the Q-1200 digital/IP video headend analyzer, a multichannel video monitoring device, which should be released in September.
The benefit will be to the telco and cable operators, as well as quality of service for the customer.
The product will analyze and identify video impairments efficiently, offering […]



June 25, 2008

BTI release new range for BTI 7000 Series

by Grant Draper

BTI systems has released a new range to its BTI 7000 Series platform, the packetVX Integrated Ethernet Service Module.
The new range distributes density and converges Ethernet service connectivity with WDM networking, which therefore provides increased delivery methods for IPTV, triple play Ethernet business and wholesale services, and 4G wireless backhaul.
With Ethernet traffic on […]



June 25, 2008

USTelematics announces Microsoft integration

by Grant Draper

USTelematics, Inc has announced that its own Voyager in-car Mobile Internet Protocol TV will be carefully integrated with Microsoft’s MSN Autos Gas Price Finder, to provide the user with a premium of information, finding the closest and most effectively priced local fuel stations.
The feature is available to Voyager customers who opt, as an optional extra, […]



June 24, 2008

Spirent Communications Hand Held Tester

by Grant Draper

Spirent Communications Plc have released details of an addition to its range, which will come in the form of a hand-held network and service quality tester, the Spirent Tech-X Flex.
The idea behind the development is a portable network and service quality tester of IP video services, which can identify problems efficiently, in the consumer’s habitat, […]



June 24, 2008

Tech Mahindra and Microsoft Corp alliance

by Grant Draper

Microsoft Corp, who of course, needs no introduction, have entered into a partnership with a Indian global software exporter, Tech Mahindra.
The partnership will analyse Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television or IPTV for short, to determine certain System Integration requirements.
The development of the partnership between the two companies, Microsoft Corp and Tech Mahindra, will allow Tech […]



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