The digital trend is making an impact in Australia as it is in the rest of the world. Figures out last week showed that compared to a year ago Australians have increased the number of screens in their homes; viewing across all four screens (television, computer, smartphone and tablet) have gone up to 27 per cent.
From far back as 2009 (see Intel’s Vision) we saw how Intel was making small steps to position themselves to take advantage of the now internet of everything market. Back then, they called it Consumer Electronic 3.0 and they gave a glimpse of what they think the future connected home will look like. Last week via engadget they showed a proof-of-concept platform that they have been working on.
Through a major collaborative effort the Open TV Forum has updated and published a new HTML profile for developers of Connected TVs. The forum hopes that by providing clean and open standards for the smart TV platform it will accelerate the creation of a mass market for IPTV. Supported by most of the major consumer electronics manufacturers, the standard defines the base specification for end-to-end IPTV devices and services of the future.
Zigbee Alliance and the ECHONET consortium have recently announced plans to develop a certification program for products based on ECHONET standards. This will be based on ECHONET Lite products using the ZigBee IP wireless mesh networking communications protocol. Now designers and implementers will have the peace of mind knowing that products that are certified meet the required standards to interoperate seamlessly.
Gefen is demonstrating its upgraded GAVA (Gefen AV Automation) 3.0 system at CEA Line Show this week in New York. The home automation platform, according to Gefen will make life easier by simplifying smart home automation and control. GAVA can centralise the control of all your audio and video devices plus your window shades and Lutron lighting.
According to a study done by Cisco, the Internet of Everything (IoE) is big business. The global sector is expected to generate in excess of $600 Billion in global profits for private-sector businesses this year alone. Cisco interviewed IT leaders in 12 countries across 7,500 global business. They found that the United States, China and Germany are expected to realize the greatest value from the technology.
To add more flexibility to its network StarHub has deployed two content delivery solutions from Broadpeak. The two Broadpeak content delivery networks (CDN) and video-on-demand (VOD) servers has boost StarHub backend and enable the company to deliver content in a variety of formats, including Apple HTTP Live Streaming.
The global living room device market it said to worth $145 billion, it is also expected to reach $226 billion by 2015, according to BCC Research. The possible increase in revenue for Camelot Entertainment has tempted the group to refocus its production and distribution business. The company is in the process of making several changes that it hopes will enable it to take advantage of the rapidly changing marketplace in the financial sector and in the film industry.
It was not so long ago we introduced Ubi now you are spoilt for choice with the introduction of Ivee Sleek an alarm clock you can speak to. Apparently Ivee is not a new, according to their kickstarter profile they have been selling these for three years now. What’s new with Ivee sleek is its ability to connected to other smart devices in your home, such as Nest, the smart thermostat or a Lockitron smart lock.
The global market for Home Media Servers is growing and growing fast, in the next five years (2013-2018) it is estimated to worth approximately US$141.3 Billion. This is according to a report done by GIA titled “Home Media Servers: A Global Strategic Business Report”. They have found that we are spending more to entertain ourselves at home and the growth in digital content is forcing us to centralise content storage and management.