Digital home entertainment company Macrovision Solutions Corp. said Wednesday it agreed to buy Muze Inc., a provider of entertainment product information for stores and online retailers, for $16.5 million in cash.
Macrovision said the acquisition will help enhance its offerings, which are "built to enable consumers to continuously explore digital content by allowing them to easily navigate and find entertainment information."
Macrovision Solutions, a digital entertainment technology leader, announced today that ZyXEL Communications Inc. is using Macrovision’s Connected Platform solution in its Network Storage Appliance (NSA) to support Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) guidelines.
Cisco announced that they will be using their Medianet cable service provider to deliver next generation digital home content. The medianet service provider is an intelligent network optimized for rich media that can help drive video strategy for enterprises, consumers and service providers. Cisco is the only company that, along with our partners, can address rich media from an end-to-end perspective by taking advantage of deep expertise in IP networking, video and consumer premise solutions.
Entropic Communications a leading provider of silicon solutions to enable connected home entertainment, announced today that it is working with Texas Instruments (TI) to create multiple DOCSIS(r) 3.0 embedded media terminal adapter (eMTA) and gateway development platforms optimized for triple-play and next-generation
Motorola a world leader in communication technology and infrastructure solution, today announced the launch of four new SURFboard gateways with integrated networking capabilities. Standards-based and remotely manageable, the new gateways help cable operators accelerate the delivery of personal media experiences to their subscribers by making broadband available throughout the home with one easy-to-install and easy-to-manage device.
Motorola today announced the release of Motorola's NBBS DOCSIS (SNMP) Remote Device Management Module. An industry-leading service assurance platform, the NBBS remote subscriber device and service management software offers comprehensive, life-cycle management of wired and wireless customer premises equipment (CPE) and other devices, for cable and WiMAX.
The connected home has a new entrant that promises a new approach to communicating with all the appliances in your home – from your Microwave to your refrigerator, any thing with a computer inside it. The Fugoo team hope to start shipping the Fugoo device this summer, for a retail price of $99.
The new Linksys by Cisco Media Hub Home is a complete connected home solution for those who want to have a hub for all your media files, whether its music, photos or any other digital media. The Linksys Media Hub allows you to share your media around the home and throughout the world – the system is shipped with massive capacity, intelligent aggregation, and media-optimized sharing and file-serving capabilities.
Research buy Infonetics has shown that the sale of digital home gateway systems are on the increase. The increase is because more telecom providers are bundling “IPTV into broadband services to increase ARPU. According to the report, worldwide, digital home gateway sales grew 12 percent”. The increase is seen in the US, Europe Middle East and Africa.
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is offering a certificate in digital home technology (CEA-CompTIA DHTI+). The certificate is to show customers and potential employer that you have the skill and knowledge to install and support today digital home technology.