Technicolor and Bouygues Telecom announced the development of a new TV user interface for Bouygues Telecom Bbox customers and new software for the Technicolor DBI 8500 set-top boxes used by Bouygues.
CableLabs announced that it has published a new specification as a guide for producers, programmers and aggregators of stereoscopic 3D programming. According to the statement, this new specification, called Content Encoding Profiles 3.0 Specification (OC-SP-CEP3.0-I01-100827), details exact requirements for formatting (panelizing) the 3D content into a frame-compatible format for use by cable television systems.
Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications announced that at IBC, researchers will showcase how 3D movies can be transmitted via Internet and digital television (satellite, cable, etc.) by employing MPEG-4 Multiview Video Coding (MVC). According to the statement, it is also possible to maintain the compatibility of MVC-coded 3D movies with older televisions and set-top boxes (STB) …
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Clearleap and Related Content Database, Inc. (RCDb) announced a joint solution that will give pay TV operators the ability to deliver their full VOD libraries to any subscriber with an internet connected Blu-ray Disc (BD) player. According to the statement, the offering enables pay TV operators to extend the reach of their service offering beyond …
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In-Stat announced that the hybrid Web-to-TV Set Top Box (STB) market will reach $1.3 billion (US) worldwide by 2014.
Technicolor announced the signing of a three year contract extension to provide a wide range of SD and HD set-top boxes to DIRECTV. According to the statement, Technicolor has provided more than 48 million set-top-boxes to DIRECTV. The contract extension will allow the two companies to further develop their collaboration in new areas such as …
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Sigma Designs, Inc. announced that Free Inc. is delivering 3D broadcasts of World Cup soccer and ongoing 3D broadcast content, using Sigma’s SMP8634 Secure Media Processor in its Freebox triple-play set-top boxes. According to the statement, delivered via stereoscopic 3D, this is the first 3D television broadcast in France and one of the first in …
The 1394 Trade Association announced that it has issued a trio of new specifications focused on video compression, audio and music transmission and set top box functionality.
Imagination Technologies announced it will be demonstrating its latest application platform solutions for multi-channel, multi-standard audio utilizing its META multithreaded processor technologies at ESC 2010.