A new reference design from Sigma could mean the end of the set top box as we know it. The Sigma Ultra-Thin is basically a plugpack that delivers IPTV and web content.
Chumby is readying a Linux-based IPTV set-top-box that can be remotely controlled by a Wi-Fi connected Android device. Soon to be offered as an open development platform, NeTV is equipped with an 800MHz Marvell processor, and it will include both a Webkit browser that can overlay content on video and a personalized news crawler....
Greetings from new Ubuntu user with 11.10 64bit installation was able to set up what was most important with few glitches for witch I hope we can overcome with help of community.
Hi All,
I am very new to the IPTV and need to explore it. I want to buy an IPTV Box that offers free TV channels (mainly international). I am reading here about the Android Boxes but I am not sure how it works.
Always Innovating announced a tiny open source, IP set-top box (STB) that runs Android 4.0 on a Texas Instruments OMAP4 processor clocked as high as 1.8GHz. The HDMI Dongle plugs directly into a TV's HDMI port, and provides up to 1GB of RAM, a microSD slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a remote control that offers NFC, accelerometers, and voice control....
The Linux Foundation launched a MeeGo Smart TV Working Group with partners including Intel, MIPS, Sigma Designs, Nokia, Amino, MIPS, and Nokia. Meanwhile, Amino, the maker of the first MeeGo IPTV set-top box, has published a white paper on MeeGo IPTV security, and Linpus says it developed a MeeGo stack for the new Fujitsu LifeBook MH330 netbook....
Google, Intel, and Sony are developing an Android- and Intel Atom-based IPTV and IP set-top box platform with the help of Logitech and Dish TV, says The New York Times. & Google TV& aims to bring the web and social networking services to TV viewers, and will be offered with open source Android development tools this summer, says the story....
PTV systems integrator, CombiTel, says it has provided a turnkey IPTV systems integration to support TransACT's commercial deployment of a hybrid IPTV service.
GoConnect (ASX: GCN) has teamed up with Boston-based Sonicbids, a website that helps bands discover and book gigs, to launch a new media platform for performing artists to connect with the music industry and their fans. It will be one of the first services on the company's soon-to-be-launched IPTV service.