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SHARP Electronics' market-leading Electronic Dictionary features multi-lingual dictionaries, video playback, FM radio and voice recording capabilities
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for next-generation Internet networks, today announced that its Au1250® processor, a member of its ultra low-power Alchemy® processor family, has been selected by SHARP Electronics Incorporated to power SHARP’s PM1000 electronic dictionary. SHARP’s PM1000 electronic dictionary will be showcased by NetLogic Microsystems at this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, Booth #35268.
SHARP’s PM-1000 electronic dictionary features a digital dictionary in seven languages, and integrates full video, audio, FM radio, voice recording and photo-storage capabilities. The PM1000 electronic dictionary runs the Windows CE operating system and is fully compatible with Adobe Flash 7.0. The PM1000 device integrates 8GB of internal memory, a 4.3” LCD touch screen and USB2.0 interface. SHARP’s electronic dictionary also supports multiple multimedia formats, including WMA, WAV, MP3, JPEG and BMP.
“We are pleased to have selected NetLogic Microsystems’ best-in-class Alchemy processor for our PM1000 product,” said Jin-Young Yoo, product planning team manager of SHARP Electronics Incorporated (SEI). “The superior processing and media performance of NetLogic Microsystems’ Alchemy processors, coupled with the industry-leading low-power profile, have enabled us to create a highly innovative electronic dictionary whose performance far surpasses competitive e-dictionaries in terms of power, performance and rich feature set.”
“We are excited to have been selected for SHARP Electronics’ Incorporated-leading electronic dictionary with full video, audio, touch-screen and graphics capabilities,” said Mike Wodopian, vice president of marketing, ultra low-power Alchemy processors at NetLogic Microsystems.
NetLogic Microsystems’ low-power Au1250 processor offers a high-performance 5-stage pipeline architecture running at 700MHz, and integrates a high-performance video processor, a best-in-class LCD controller with four graphics planes for 32-bit aRGB, and a Media Acceleration Engine™ (MAE) for H.264, MPEG 1/2/4, DivX, XviD, WMV9 and VC-1 hardware acceleration. • 6-1-10
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions that are powering next-generation Internet networks. NetLogic Microsystems’ best-in-class products perform highly differentiated tasks of accelerating complex network traffic to significantly enhance the performance and functionality of advanced 3G/4G mobile wireless infrastructure, data center, enterprise, metro Ethernet, edge and core infrastructure networks.
Thanks to the Streamezzo cross-platform technology, Telemak provides European operators with a cost-effective Mobile TV solution compatible with all the major mobile operating system
Streamezzo the publisher of the mobile development platform, and Telemak, the leader in webcasting and streaming content delivery solutions for mobile and broadband, today announced a partnership agreement to deliver Rich Mobile TV Applications fully compatible with all major Mobile Operating System.
This mobile TV solution is developed and operated by Telemak, using Streamezzo’s framework. Thanks to the Streamezzo’s technology, developers don’t have to support long and constraining porting effort. The mobile application developed is fully compatible with all the major mobile operating systems such as Android™, BlackBerry®, iPhone™, Java®, Linux®, Symbian® and Windows Mobile® and is interoperable with a wide variety of mobile networking standards and protocols, including: GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, CDMA, EVDO, and WiFi.
"This is a major achievement in Telemak’s Mobile offer," says Christophe Lenaerts, Telemak founder & CEO “Streamezzo proposes the only development framework enabled to overcome the hurdle of fragmentation and fully compliant with all the major Operating Systems of the market. Their technology will benefit directly to our customers by extending the number of subscribers and accelerate their return on investment.”
“We are very excited with this agreement. Knowing that one of the European leaders in the content delivery selected our development platform comfort our vision” added Denis Bastiment, Executive Vice-President Sales and Marketing of Streamezzo. “The only solution to mass market applications with a constraining budget is to use a framework able to deliver one application package running whatever the handset. That’s exactly what Streamezzo proposes”
Under this agreement, Telemak will deliver a turnkey hosted solution including everything from application development to network deployment, systems integration, operation and technical support. • 19-8-09
Streamezzo is the software publisher of the mobile open development platform allowing the easy development of Rich Applications for all major mobile operating systems. • Telemak is a leader in webcasting and streaming content delivery solutions for mobile and broadband networks. The company was founded in 1994 and has delivered digital media services to a broad range of industries and customers such as Apple, Mobistar, RedBull, TMF, Telenet, Toyota and Atlas Copco.
Envivio announced iLiveTV the complete mobile video encoding and distribution solution for evaluating, developing and deploying Live and On Demand TV video services for the iPhone. Taking full advantage of the new iPhone OS 3.0 mobile video format announced by Apple at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), iLiveTV delivers everything mobile operators and content owners need to deliver TV to iPhone users. iLiveTV includes the Envivio 4Caster™ C4 world-class video encoding platform, content delivery server software, a web-based Cover Flow iPhone navigation portal, as well as integration and support from the world’s most experienced team of mobile TV deployment experts. iLiveTV is available immediately.
“iLiveTV is the complete solution for mobile operators and content owners ready to take advantage of the opportunity created by Apple’s new game-changing video format for the iPhone,” said Julien Signès, Envivio’s CEO. “The iPhone is redefining mobile Entertainment. Combining the new iPhone OS 3.0 with Envivio leading technology and products provides the end user with an unmatched online mobile video service experience.”
iLiveTV enables operators to offer iPhone users multiple channels of live broadcast TV over 3G and Wi-Fi networks with home theater quality and premium features such as Catch-up TV, Video on Demand and a client channel guide. iLiveTV supports all of the advanced capabilities of the new mobile video format in Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 to dynamically adapt to available bandwidth, optimize full screen video playback and increase battery life.
iLiveTV is optimized for the native iPhone 3.0 video player and requires no additional software be installed on the end user’s iPhone. A rich, customizable web interface featuring Cover Flow navigation offers users the smooth and elegant channel zapping experience they expect from their iPhone.
Video encoding is powered by the award-winning Envivio 4Caster C4 used around the world to provide service to millions of IPTV, Internet TV and Mobile TV subscribers. The 4Caster C4 is a fully upgradeable system that can support almost any network and any client device.
The system ingests analog or digital sources and simultaneously encodes and protects the content for delivery at multiple bitrates using Envivio H.264 Extreme Compression™, recognized as the industry’s highest quality mobile video codec. This multi-profile encoding ensures consistent, automatic and seamless delivery of the best picture quality by adapting automatically to fluctuations in network bandwidth for an exceptional viewing experience on the iPhone. iLiveTV also includes all of the necessary software components to deliver protected video from a standard web server.
Envivio Chief Scientist Yuval Fisher will be at WWDC demonstrating the capabilities of iLiveTV. In addition, Envivio will demonstrate iLiveTV at CommunicAsia 2009 in Singapore, June 16-19 in the Hall 3 French Pavilion. • 8-6-09
Today at CTIA Wireless, Spb Software – a leading maker of mobile applications, announces the release of Spb TV – a practical mobile TV player with patent-pending on-screen controls and fast channel switching technology, use of intelligent stream correction, picture-in-picture mode, and an integrated TV guide with export of show reminders into Outlook. Spb TV is a subscription-free and international live mobile TV solution that is geared up to utilize the new generation of faster wireless networks.
The now standalone mobile TV solution for Windows Phones, Spb TV was first introduced to the market in September 2008 as the flagship feature of Spb Online. Since then, it has hosted millions of mobile TV sessions. Spb TV is unique in its approach to the mobile TV experience, offering the unexpectedly natural simplicity of watching live TV on a phone. Spb TV goes a long way to support the genuine TV watching behavior on a handset: quick TV guide check-up and channel hopping, on-screen controls for volume and backlight, neat integration of TV functionality with other mobile features (such as messages, calls, and battery life monitoring).
Hantro powered HD Multimedia Chip targets Mobile Internet Devices.
On2 Technologies announced that it has licensed the Hantro™ 8190 hardware video decoder, 7280 hardware video encoder, and On2 VP6® software video decoder to Shanghai InfoTM, a subsidiary of Shuoying Digital Science & Technology (China) Co., Ltd.. The Hantro hardware technologies will enable 1080p full high definition video playback of MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 and VC-1, along with 16Mpixel JPEG still images, and 720p real-time encoding of MPEG-4, H.263 and H.264 video. The highly optimized On2 VP6 software decoder adds playback support for Adobe® Flash® and Sun JavaFX® video. The dedicated multimedia chipset will utilize an ARM 11 CPU core and is targeted for MIDs and other consumer electronic devices.
Hantro hardware video codecs enable high performance video in low powered chipsets by offloading the computational complexity of encoding and decoding video from the CPU core. Characterized by highly efficient bus and silicon area utilization, the video codecs provide semiconductor manufacturers with an extremely cost effective solution. Hantro codecs enable video in devices ranging from mobile phones to high definition televisions.
On2 VP6 video combines compression efficiency with playback simplicity, and through its integration to Adobe Flash player and Sun JavaFX, is one of the webs most prolific web video formats. Chosen by many of the leading User Generated Content (UGC) sites, including Tudou and 56.com, On2 VP6 helps UGC video sites save on bandwidth without compromising video quality.
“We are extremely pleased to add Shanghai InfoTM to our growing list of licensees in China” says John Fargis, VP APAC sales, On2 technologies. “This further strengthens our market leading position in the region for video codec solutions in silicon and in devices.”
Shanghai InfoTM’s chip is expected to tape-out during Q2, and their parent company, Shuoying Digital Science & Technology (China) Co., Ltd., is their primary customer. Shuoying Digital Science & Technology are a renowned OEM manufacturer of consumer multimedia electronics including digital video and digital still cameras, digital photo frames, GPS navigation devices and mobile phones.
“We are delivering a single chip for mobile multimedia devices, supporting high performance video, audio and 3D graphics.” Says Albert Lee, General manager, Shanghai Info TM. “We chose the Hantro solution because the design offers the best balance in performance, silicon area and power consumption. The On2 VP6 decoder is a prerequisite for any internet capable multimedia device.” • 16-2-09
On2 creates advanced video compression technologies for desktop and wireless. Powering the video in many of today’s leading web and mobile applications and devices, On2's customers include: Nokia, Infineon, Sun Microsystems, Mediatek, Sony, Brightcove, Move Networks, Adobe and Skype. On2 Technologies is headquartered in Clifton Park, NY USA.
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Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh Ushers in India’s First 3G Mobile TV Service with Envivio Encoders to Deliver Multiple Channels of Popular Entertainment
Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, today announced that Aksh Optifibre, a leading telecom service provider in India and one of the country’s IPTV pioneers, selected the Envivio 4Caster C4 convergence encoder to upgrade and expand its video services making it the first Three Screens service provider in India. Aksh has already launched the first 3G Mobile TV service in India on the MTNL network, which it formally rolled out in New Delhi in a recent ceremony led by Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. The Envivio Three Screens encoding platform will also enable Aksh to upgrade its existing IPTV service and add a new Internet TV offering.
The initial Mobile TV service from Aksh leverages India’s state-run MTNL network to offer subscribers the most popular entertainment channels from the Aksh IPTV service including Doordarshan, Neo Sports, CNN and NDTV. A significant expansion of the number of channels is planned for early 2009.
“Delivering television services across all three consumer screens could be a complex undertaking,” said Dr. Kailash Choudhari MD, Aksh OptiFibre. “Envivio’s unique 4Caster C4 enables us to standardize our encoding across a single flexible platform that can deliver Mobile TV, Internet TV and IPTV with the highest video and audio quality to virtually any device we want to support. The software architecture of this product will allow us to upgrade performance and features gracefully, while offering the tiered compression levels and the multi-profile support which we believe will dramatically enhance the quality of experience for consumers.”
The 4Caster C4 convergence encoding system is the world’s first to provide video compression for all Three Screens of consumer video – TVs, PCs and mobile devices – on a single platform. Designed to enable fixed line and mobile network operators to deliver content simultaneously across the full range of consumer devices, the 4Caster C4 is able to take multiple channels of content and encode them simultaneously to deliver multiple mobile TV profiles, multiple Internet TV profiles, or SD and HD IPTV profiles.
“Innovators like Aksh Optifibre are transforming the business of delivering TV, providing subscribers with viewing choices that reflect their busy, mobile lifestyles,” said Richard Stanfield, Chief Operating Officer at Envivio. “Our 4Caster C4 was built with these forward-thinkers in mind, providing the flexibility to meet any service requirement and achieve the high service quality needed to attract and retain today’s consumers.”
The 4Caster C4 supports digital, analog and MPEG-2 Transport Stream over IP inputs and a range of video and audio encoding options to enable efficient delivery of content to the Three Screens. The 4Caster C4 supports one channel of high definition or multiple channels of standard definition encoding for IPTV with support for Picture in Picture. It also offers multi-profile encoding support for Internet TV up to VGA resolution, and for mobile TV streaming. For IPTV applications, 4Caster C4 can be delivered in either Premium Compression™ or Extreme Compression™ encoding configurations using Envivio’s flexible encoding core. For Internet TV applications, 4Caster C4 can deliver content for playback in Windows Media Player, QuickTime and Flash. For Mobile TV applications, 4Caster C4 can deliver 3GPP, 3GPP2 compliant streams for playback on a wide range of mobile devices.
Envivio’s unique high-availability hardware platform combined with an embedded software encoding core offers levels of service flexibility and encoding performance upgradeability not possible with traditional hardware-only compression platforms. Encoding performance can be upgraded with each software release, and new services and features can be added in the same way. • 17-2-09
Envivio Inc. is the leading technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions for telcos and broadcasters. Envivio is the only company to offer convergence solutions supporting the “Three Screens” of consumer video – TVs, PCs and mobile phones – making IP video a reality over any type of network and to any multimedia device from mobile to HD. Envivio solutions deliver industry leading AVC (H.264), AVS, and Windows Media Video (VC-1) compressed video quality at the lowest bit rate for mobile TV, Internet TV, IPTV, and broadcast applications. Service providers worldwide use Envivio solutions to reduce their operational costs while offering subscribers the most compelling and highest quality video services anytime and anywhere.
