@hallo open-fans
ich wollte mal einen reinen open-news-thread eröffnen wo sich interessierte schnell und übersichtlich erkundigen können was mit dieser share so vor sich geht.diskutieren ist weiterhin angesagt,allerdings bitte in einem anderen thread.ansonsten wird das ein wenig unübersichtlich hier.
hier also das neueste von der setop-boxen-front:
:::OpenTV Announces 16 Million Set-Top Box Deployments by TV Operators Worldwide
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2001--OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=optv&d=t> - news </n/o/optv.html>; AEX:OPTV):
2.1 Million New OpenTV-Enabled Set-Top Boxes (STB) Deployed in the First Quarter of 2001.
16 Million Cumulative STB Deployed as of March 31, 2001, a 105 Percent Increase from the 7.8 million Cumulative STB Deployed as of March 31, 2000.
Second Consecutive Quarter of at Least 2 Million Deployments.
Major Contributors Included DIRECTV(TM) Latin America, EchoStar and BSkyB.
OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=optv&d=t> - news </n/o/optv.html>; AEX:OPTV), the world`s leading interactive television and media solutions company, today announced that its OpenTV middleware is now installed in a market-leading 16 million digital set-top boxes (STB) worldwide.
Deployment growth in the quarter included digital cable, digital satellite and digital terrestrial networks.
Deployments in the quarter ended March 31, 2001 totaled 2.1 million units, a 30 percent increase from the more than 1.6 million STB shipped in the first quarter of 2000.
``Our core platform technology is enabling both narrowband and broadband interactive television in cable, satellite and terrestrial digital TV networks, and in thin and thick set-top box architectures,`` said OpenTV Chief Executive Officer James Ackerman.
``We are now the leader in activated middleware deployments in the United States, and we continue to extend our deployments leadership outside of the U.S. We plan to continue proliferating our core platform, and build our iTV applications business upon our market-leading position in set-top boxes.``
Key events associated with first quarter 2001 STB deployments included:
Major network operator contributors in the quarter included DIRECTV Latin America, EchoStar (Nasdaq
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in the United States and BSkyB (NYSE:BSY <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=bsy&d=t> - news </n/b/bsy.html> in the United Kingdom. Network operators that began deployments in the quarter include Golden Channel in Israel and MultiChoice Hellas in Greece.
Seven set-top box manufacturers have each cumulatively shipped more than 1 million OpenTV-enabled STBs. These STB manufacturers include Amstrad (LONDON:AMT), EchoStar, Grundig, Pace (LONDON:PIC), Panasonic (NYSE:MC <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=mc&d=t> - news </n/m/mc.html>
, Sagem (EURONEXT PARIS:SAG) and UEC Technologies. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Philips Semiconductors and OpenTV Announce Interactive Television Middleware Support for Nexperia Home Entertainment Engines
OpenTV`s Middleware to Bring Interactivity to Nexperia Home Entertainment Engine`s Single Chip Set Solutions
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Philips Semiconductors, a division of Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=phg&d=t> - news </n/p/phg.html>
, and OpenTV (Nasdaq: OPTV; AEX), the world`s leading interactive television and media solutions company, today announced their intention to port OpenTV`s interactive television (iTV) middleware to the Philips Semiconductors` Nexperia(TM) Home Entertainment Engine line. The integration of OpenTV`s proven iTV middleware solution with the Nexperia Home Entertainment Engine platform is expected to empower service providers to deliver interactive television applications on both today`s set-top boxes and ``next generation`` boxes. OpenTV`s middleware is expected to enable a variety of digital subscriber services on the Nexperia Home Entertainment Engine platform, including interactive television applications, commerce, interactive games and Web browsing. The pnx8320 Nexperia Home Entertainment Engine, which supports highly interactive program material combining digital video, audio, 2-D graphics and Internet content, will be the first of the Nexperia Entertainment Engines to offer the integrated OpenTV solution.
``We believe that OpenTV`s iTV middleware solution, now deployed in 16 million set-top boxes worldwide, will provide Nexperia Home Entertainment Engines with an easy, reliable and proven solution that is capable of producing the rich and interactive content their service providers are demanding,`` said James Ackerman, CEO of OpenTV. ``We further believe that this partnership will provide substantial service deployment opportunities, on both today`s set-top boxes and tomorrow`s `next generation` set-top boxes.``
``OpenTV`s support signifies yet another milestone for the Nexperia Home Entertainment Engine platform, one that we believe will hasten mainstream deployment of digital set-top boxes with interactive services worldwide,`` said Mark Samuel, Director of Marketing, Digital Video Interactive, Philips Semiconductors. ``OpenTV`s flexibility and portability made them the natural choice to take Nexperia`s platform to the next level.``
Nexperia Home Entertainment Engine Family
The entire family of Nexperia Home Entertainment Engines represents an advanced silicon system solution based on Philips Semiconductors` Nexperia architecture -- a scaleable platform architecture that addresses a wide range of digital video applications, employing the company`s Sea-of-IP(TM) reuse methodology and standard hardware and software building blocks. Philips Semiconductors` pnx8525 is the first chip in the line targeted at advanced set-top boxes. The pnx8320 family of highly integrated, single chip solutions targets entry to midrange, advanced set-top boxes. Other leading global companies supporting the Nexperia(TM) Home Entertainment Engines include Insignia Solutions, Liberate Technologies, Micron Technology, Inc., Humax, Acer, Shenzhen DIC Information Technologies and Samsung Electronics Co. For more information about Philips Semiconductors` Nexperia(TM) Home Entertainment Engines, visit www.nexperia.com <http://www.nexperia.com>.
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