The Online Reporter - March 26, 2010

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Soft at Home: fulfilling Orange’s ’digital home’ promise? - OVUM

Consultant Charlie Davies comments about the creation of SofAtHome and the questions that it raises.

Etisalat Teams With France Telecom for Digital Home – Current Analysis

Etisalat will invest in SoftAtHome and has inked a deal with France Telecom to work together on content, CPE, international roaming and submarine cables. The deal gives SoftAtHome more weight and Etisalat a lead in triple play

French challenge Microsoft - FierceIPTV

France Telecom’s Orange is leading a carrier coalition to establish a standard for the critical software that connects rich media devices to the home.

Soft At Home towards a home networking standard? – Strategies Telecom & Multimedia

Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications have formed a joint venture to develop standards for the interconnection of equipment in the digital home

The Red Herring editorial team selected the companies demonstrating the most innovative technologies and business models originating from over 1000 companies from over 40 nations. These companies, representing past Red Herring Asia, Europe and North America awards, are judged on a range of qualitative and quantitative metrics, including but not limited to, technology innovation, financial performance, growth criterion, management's execution standards, potential globalization of the strategy and market share improvement.

“Technology companies are becoming the bright spot in the economic outlook based on their increasing role within macro-economic environments.“ Stated Alex Vieux, Chairman of Red Herring. “2011 has confirmed the sector's vibrant activity and its resilience to widespread economic problems. An unprecedented number of entrepreneurs are attempting to jump ahead of the competition and aspire to make a difference. Breakthroughs obsolete each other faster than ever before. SoftAtHome has performed exceptionally in its field and strongly deserves to be singled out a...

Broadband World Forum, Paris, France - September 29, 2011 - SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help Service Providers and Operators deliver convergent applications for the digital home, and Ikanos Communications (NASDAQ: IKAN), a leading provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products, announced today that they are working together to bring a next-generation gateway platform to market. This new platform combines the latest capabilities of the SoftAtHome Operating Platform and Ikanos recently announced Fusiv® Vx185/175 communications processors to create a solution ideally suited for the performance and quality of service demands of next-generation home media gateways in a multiscreen environment.

 “The combination of SoftAtHome and Ikanos power some of the world’s largest IPTV installations,” said Jonathan Black, director of product marketing, Ikanos. “We applied that experience to our latest generation products and created a combined solution that’s an ideal platform for the next-generation of advanced IPTV and multiscreen deployments.”

The combined solution takes unique advantage of the SoftAtHome Operation Platform’s streaming media man...

AMSTERDAM, Netherland and PARIS, France - September 9th, 2011- SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help Service Providers and Operators to deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, announced today the availability of CloudAtHome, a software solution that enables Operators to simplify both access and control to any content from the home and beyond. Their solution is demonstrated at SoftAtHome’s booth A11 in Hall 5, at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam.

SoftAtHome provides SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP), an open, ubiquitous and carrier class software platform that enables Operators to create innovative and convergent multi-screen applications for the Digital Home. It contains all the features and APIs necessary to create innovative and convergent applications. Operators can combine services such as voice, video, user interface, security, network access, connectivity or management, and deploy them in a multi-screen environment including TVs, tablets and mobile devices.

Today, operators and subscribers are faced, on the one hand, with the exponential growth of contents, the multiplication of media sources and the growth of concern about security and privacy and, on the other hand, with the multiplication of access devices, the increase of heterogeneity of type of devices and ...

PARIS, France - September 8th, 2011- SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms and Huawei, the leader in providing next-generation end-to-end IPTV, OTT and Hybrid solutions to major operators worldwide, announce today their collaboration in creating a turnkey end-to-end IPTV solution that enables Operators to rapidly deploy innovative services for the Digital Home. This joint solution is currently deployed by Etisalat, the largest operator in the Arab world headquartered in the UAE, as part of their new eLife offering. The joint solution is demonstrated at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam at SoftAtHome’s booth A11, in Hall 5.

SoftAtHome provides the SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP), a client software platform that contains all of the features and open APIs necessary to create innovative applications and user interfaces for the Digital Home. Service providers and 3rd party developers can use HTML or Flash to combine services such as voice, video, user interface, security, network access, connectivity or management and deploy them in a multi-screen environment including TVs, tablets and mobile devices.

Huawei brings its expertise as the world’s lead...

SoftAtHome provides a software platform that enables Operators and 3rd party developers to create innovative and convergent applications for the Digital Home by combining services such as voice, video, content sharing, security, broadband access, connectivity or management, and deploy them across different devices in the home including TV Set Top Boxes (STB), Home Gateways (HGW) and Connected TVs. With a new platform, SoftAtHome is fostering a new business model where Operators can leverage the open approach of the SoftAtHome solution to work with 3rd party application developers and bring innovation to the Digital Home.

In 2010, Etisalat has selected SoftAtHome to deploy their multiplay offering across the UAE, including IPTV, Video on Demand, Personal Video Recording, Internet TV, OTT services, digital content sharing, application store and broadband access. The solution is being deployed across the ...

Amsterdam, Netherlands - Red Herring announced its Top 100 award in recognition of the leading private companies from Europe, celebrating these startups’ innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work. 

“Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across Europe to the Top 100 Winners. We believe SoftAtHome embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. SoftAtHome should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong.”

Paris, France – May 18, 2011 – SoftAtHome announced today it has been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring's Top 100 Europe award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business region.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across Europe. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an valuable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

SoftAtHome provides a software platform and APIs that enables Service Providers and 3rd party developers to create innovative and convergent applications for the Digital Home by combining services such as voice, video, security, network access, connectivity or management, and deploy them across different devices in the home including STBs, Home Gateways (HGW) and Connected TVs. In particular those ser...

PARIS, February 4th 2011: SoftAtHome, a software provider of a home operating platform that enables service providers to deliver convergent applications for the digital home, announced today that it accomplished the MotiveSmart™ Verification Program’s TR-069 Baseline Interoperability testing with Motive Home Device Manager™ software.

TR-069 is a Broadband Forum standard that enables to remotely configure key managed devices of telecom operators’ customers such as Home Gateway (HGW) and Set Top Box (STB). It makes it possible for telecom operators or service providers to remotely activate new services on those devices.

What is currently at stake for operators is to simplify the initial installation for the subscriber, and to update or activate digital home applications. Moreover, as new applications and new services are emerging faster and faster, operators need to find solutions to keep up the pace and to remotely adapt their managed devices in end user’s premises.

SoftAtHome has already performed successfully TR-069 interoperability tests with other ACS providers and is now extending the scope...

French IPTV middleware provider Vianeos ported its widely deployed middleware server Octopus to work on IPTV STBs running the SoftAtHome Operating Platform.

Vianeos, one of the main IPTV middleware providers, and SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help service providers deliver convergent applications to the digital home, collaborated to deliver an end to end turnkey solution that enables service providers to rapidly deploy IPTV solutions with innovative functionalities. This improvement is significant as telco-operators can provide their customers with a wide range of new products and offers. As a proof of the progress of the collaboration, the solution has already been deployed in the network of a leading telecom operator.

SoftAtHome provides the SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP), an open, ubiquitous and carrier class software solution that enables service providers and telecom operators to increase customer reach and retention through the deployment of innovative and convergent applications for the Digital Home. These applications can be deployed across different key home devices such as the Set Top Box (STB). Using SOP, 3rd party developers an...

Nanterre, France and Munich/Neubiberg, Germany November 23rd 2010:  SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help service providers deliver convergent applications to the digital home, and Lantiq, a leading supplier of broadband access and home networking technologies, announced today that they are collaborating to deliver an integrated platform for advanced Home Gateways (HGW).

Together, SoftAtHome and Lantiq created a ChipSet Support Package (CSSP) that enables SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP) to rapidly be deployed on the latest Lantiq XWAY™ XRX-100 family generation. The CSSP represents a set of drivers adapted to the SoftAtHome Hardware Abstraction Layer and will be made available to Lantiq’s licensees providing home gateways to service providers worldwide. It enables home gateway manufacturers to accelerate porting of SOP on their devices. Service providers can thus accelerate time-to-market for delivering advanced triple-play and digital home services to their residential customers.

The SoftAtHome Operating Platform is an open, ubiquitous and carrier-class software platform. Key features of the integr...

Ikanos and SoftAtHome Collaborate to Help Service Providers Reduce Costs and Accelerate Time to Market of Advanced Digital Home Gateways.

Integrated Solution to be Demonstrated at Broadband World Forum in Paris, October 26-28

FREMONT, Calif. and PARIS, October 25, 2010 — Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN), a leading provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home, and SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help service providers deliver convergent applications to the digital home, today announced that they have collaborated to create an integrated platform for home gateways, which accelerates time to market for advanced triple play and digital home services. As a result of this collaboration, service providers globally can quickly and efficiently deliver next-generation services and deploy them across different devices in the home.

The integrated platform combines the SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP) and Ikanos’ Fusiv® communications processors, making it possible for service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy innovative and convergent applications for the digital home. Key features of the integrated platfor...

At the Broadband World Forum 2010 to be held on October 26-28 at the CNIT La Défense (stand G2), teams from Avanquest and SoftAtHome will introduce their global parental-control solution that will be integrated into user’s home gateways to extend security to all the devices that access the Internet from their home

Paris, October 21, 2010 - Avanquest Software, developer and publisher of software for individuals and professionals, and SoftAtHome , enabler of the digital home for service providers, have designed their first joint solution, the Home Gateway Parental Control, to offer telecom operators and manufacturers of Internet home gateways a parental-control tool that secures Internet access for all the devices in the home.

The SoftAtHome software platform provides a complete range of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that have enabled Avanquest Software to develop this innovative application, in partnership with Commtouch, provider of messaging and Web security technologies.

SoftAtHome will demonstrate TransGaming’s GameTreeTV on an Intel-Sodaville CE Set-Top Box

IBC - Amsterdam, September 10th, 2010 - SoftAtHome, leader of home operating platforms for converging digital media, is proud to demonstrate the openness and capabilities of its Software Operating Platform (SOP) with the implementation of TransGaming’s industry leading on-demand video game solution, GameTreeTV.  With this integration, SoftAtHome demonstrates their ability to provide Service Providers and Telecom Operators with a complete solution that can seamlessly include a variety of television services along with interactive on-demand video game content from GameTreeTV, a consumer offering traditionally only deployed through dedicated game consoles or home computers.

TransGaming, Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), is a leader in the development of unique software products that facilitate the deployment and distribution of games across multiple platforms. The GameTreeTV Platform delivers a comprehensive on-demand gaming solution optimized for HD TV through the next generation of set-to boxes and connected consumer electronic devices based on Intel® CE Media Processors.

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Amsterdam, September 9th, 2010 - SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help Service Providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, announced today that Boxer TV Access AB, the leading provider of terrestrial TV in the Nordic region, has selected the SoftAtHome Operating Platform to power its next generation TV offering including HDTV over DVB-T2 in combination with On Demand services over Internet. The two companies will collaborate to bring to market a next generation terrestrial offering and to enable the development of innovative features for Nordic subscribers.

SoftAtHome provides an open, ubiquitous and carrier class software platform that enables Service Providers to create innovative and convergent applications for the Digital Home. It  contains all the features and APIs necessary to create innovative and convergent applications. Service Providers and 3d party application developers can combine services such as voice, video, user interface, security, network access, connectivity or management, and deploy them across different devices in the home including Set Top Boxes (STB) and Home Gateways (HGW).

“Boxer aims at providing access to a large number of paid and free to air terrestrial TV channels across the Nordic region. Our next gene...

Renesas Electronics Europe and SoftAtHome Collaborate to Enable the Rapid Deployment of Cost Competitive Hybrid IPTV/Terrestrial, Satellite and OTT STBs

Jointly developed solution to be demonstrated at IBC 2010

Duesseldorf, Amsterdam, 8 September 2010 - Renesas Electronics Europe and SoftAtHome today announced their collaboration to offer a complete low cost set-top box (STB) reference solution that accelerates the time-to-market of hybrid IPTV / terrestrial, satellite and over-the-top (OTT) services. The jointly-developed solution combines Renesas Electronics’ EMMA™3SL/P system-on-chip (SoC) and the SoftAtHome Operating Platform. It wil be demonstrated on Renesas Electronics booth in Hall 1, Stand F56 at IBC in Amsterdam from September 10-14, 2010.

The integration of the SoftAtHome Operating Platform on Renesas Electronics’ EMMA3SL/P SoC  for STBs provides a low-cost, ready-to-deploy solution for operators and service providers wanting to rapidly roll out a wide array of key services such as TV, OTT and DLNA-compatible services (as defined by the Digital Living Network Alliance) into the digital home. The Renesas Electronics and SoftAtHome offering comprises a PVR-ready MPEG-4 HD Pay TV hardware and software development kit and a set of software components. These include video, graphic...

 Combined solution offers seamless integration of IPTV services with OTT and Smart Home applications

Athens, 09 June 2010 – INTRACOM TELECOM, a part of Sitronics, an international telecommunication systems vendor in the EEMEA region and SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help Service Providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, have signed a strategic partnership. The integration of INTRACOM TELECOM’s Full Service Content Delivery Network (fscdn™) Solution on the SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP), will enable the seamless provision of IPTV services with OTT and Smart Home applications.

SoftAtHome provides an open, ubiquitous and carrier class software platform that enables Service Providers to create innovative and convergent applications for the Digital Home. Service Providers and third party application developers can use the APIs and combine services such as voice, video, user interface, security, network access, connectivity or management, and deploy them across different devices in the home including Set Top Boxes (STB) and Home Gateways (HGW). The SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP) STB Edition enables telecom operators and service providers to not only deploy IPTV, Satellite or Terres...

SINGAPORE, 13 May 2010 – Singapore broadband and home networking products manufacturer, Aztech Electronics Pte Ltd (“Aztech”), today announced its strategic partnership with SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help service providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home.

The partnership will see the integration of the SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP) into Aztech’s Home Gateway device, an all-in-one solution which provides advanced Digital Home services with high broadband connectivity. With SoftAtHome’s open, ubiquitous and carrier-class software platform, service providers will be able to create innovative and convergent applications for the Digital Home on Aztech’s Home Gateway in a timely manner. An SDK (Software Development Kit) is freely available to third party applications developers enabling them to develop innovative solutions running on top of the SoftAtHome/Aztech solution.

Both Aztech and SoftAtHome are currently working together with a major Tier 1 telecommunications provider, who will be one of the first to commercially deploy the solution. This will enable the customer to deliver broadband and quadruple play services as well as innovative applications such as DLNA (Digital Living Network...

Seoul, Korea - April 2, 2010 - KT, Korea’s dominant fixed-line operator, and France Telecom,Europe’s third-largest telecom company, signed a memorandum of understanding to delivery a digital-home solution to local customers.

Under the deal, KT will utilize “SoftAtHome.” This is software for home operating platforms that help service providers deliver applications for the digital home by France Telecom who is offering new applications and services for its customers. SoftAtHome is a kind of middleware to integrate all software adopted on each device at home, such as a PC, IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), VoIP phone, and even smartphones, according to KT.

KT is also preparing to open an IPTV service, mediating content between IPTV operators and viewers, and SoftAtHome will be helpful for KT as it enables massive PC content such as Flash, widgets and browser use on IPTV, the company said.

Meanwhile KT will be launching its open IPTV service within the interactive IPTV service of “QOOK TV,” as soon as basic contracts are concluded with respective partners.

SoftAtHome Launches Application Store for Service Providers

Homestore combined with New TV navigation paradigm previewed at IPTV World Forum 2010 in London

London – IPTV World Forum 2010 – March 23, 2010 - SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help Service Providers deliver innovative and convergent applications for the Digital Home, announced today that it is launching homestore, an application store targeted at Service Providers and Telecom Operators, offering a new approach on presenting and delivering 3rd party applications and new services for the Digital Home. The solution will be on display at IPTV World Forum 2010 in London.

Innovating to differentiate and accelerate time to market of new services while, at the same time, optimizing their existing services, is the cornerstone of the strategy of most Service Providers and Telecom Operators today. In order to help them address those challenges SoftAtHome currently develops and markets the SoftAtHome Operating Platform along with an open SDK and a developer zone.

homestore is the last missing piece to deliver a complete end-to-end solution between 3rd party application developers and Service Providers. Using homestore, Service Provider...

Istanbul, 23 March 2010 - AirTies, the innovative wireless home networking vendor has today announced its strategic partnership with SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help Service Providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home. The partnership will see the integration of the SoftAtHome Operating Platform and Airties’ Air 7120 High Definition IP set-top box (STB), as well as Air 7124 High Definition 802.11N Wireless IP set-top box. Both AirTies and SoftAtHome are currently working together with a mutual tier-1 telecommunications customer in the Middle East and Africa, who will be the first to commercially deploy their wireless OTT solution.

SoftAtHome provides an open, ubiquitous and carrier class software platform that enables Service Providers to create innovative and convergent applications for the Digital Home. Service Providers and third party application developers can use the APIs and combine services such as voice, video, user interface, security, network access, connectivity or management, and deploy them across different devices in the home inclu...

Solution to be Deployed by Orange to Deliver Innovative Services to its Customers.

Sagemcom, a leader in high added value communicating terminals, and SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help Service Providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, today announced that they have collaborated to develop the first hybrid MPEG4 HD universal Set Top Box that combines IPTV, Satellite and Terrestrial delivery and content sharing through DLNA with a removable hard disk drive. The solution is being deployed by Orange, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, to deliver premium services to its subscribers in France.

Sagemcom has developed its fifth generation of MPEG4 HD Set Top Boxes (STB) platform, using the high performance ST7105 chipset from STMicroelectronics. This next generation platform is a hybrid solution, offering IP, satellite and terrestrial TV receptions, and runs over Linux Operating System. The SoftAtHome Operating Platform STB Edition provides 3rd party developers and Services Providers with extensive functionality a...

LAS VEGAS, NV – January 7, 2010 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM), a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the home, today announced a partnership with SoftAtHome to deliver the SoftAtHome Operating Platform for hybrid, terrestrial and IP set-top boxes (STBs) on the Sigma Designs’ SMP8654 chipset. The SoftAtHome Operating Platform contains advanced functionality and application programming interfaces (APIs) for creating next-generation applications in the digital home. The Sigma Designs SMP8654 enables the rapid and cost-effective development of next generation hybrid-IPTV STBs. Product demonstrations are available at this week’s CES 2010 Show, Thursday, January 7 through Saturday, January 9 at Sigma’s hospitality suite located at the Las Vegas Hilton, Suite #2990.

As a result of this collaboration, global service providers can now combine services such as voice, video, graphical user interfaces, security, network access, connectivity or management, and deploy them across different devices in the home, including STBs. With Sigma...

Solution Demonstrated at Gitex 2009 on Etisalat Booth

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Gitex 2009 – October 19, 2009 – Soft AtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that helps service providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, and Endavo Media, an Internet TV platform-as-a-service solution provider, team up to make Internet TV on IPTV and Hybrid-IPTV Set-Top-Boxes a reality.

For Internet TV providers around the world, the collaboration between SoftAtHome and Endavo Media gives them access to an end-to-end solution to deliver their media to TV sets connected to Set Top Boxes, mixing the interactivity of the Internet with the TV user experience. For telecom operator and services providers, the integration of the two products enables them to promote Internet TV content on TV Set Top Boxes in addition to the Web. The solution is being demonstrated on the Etisalat booth during the Gitex event in Dubai, which started on 18 Oct and ends on 22 Oct..

The Endavo Media Internet TV Platform provides powerful ways to deliver online programming by including social media features, such as sharing of content, comme...

Demonstrated at Gitex 2009, SoftAtHome Solutions Have Been Selected by Etisalat to Deploy Multiplay Services in the Middle East

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Gitex 2009 (October 18, 2009) – SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that helps service providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, and Etisalat, the largest operator in the Arab world headquartered in the UAE, today announced that Etisalat is acquiring shares in SoftAtHome, enabling them to help shape the future of the Digital Home. Etisalat will be demonstrating SoftAtHome’s solutions for the Digital Home, on their booth during the Gitex Technology Week in Dubai.

SoftAtHome develops and markets a Home Operating Platform that enables Service Providers and Telecom Operators to deliver innovative and convergent applications for the Digital Home. Operators can combine different services such as voice, video, user interface, security, network access, connectivity or management and deploy them across different devices in the home including Home Gateways (HGW), Set Top Boxes (STB), Mobile phones and PCs. With a new platform, SoftAtHome is fostering a new business model where 3rd party applicat...

BitBand’ CDN Solution Integrated in SoftAtHome Operating Platform to Deliver Complete Solution

NETANYA and PARIS– September 11, 2009 – BitBand, provider of content delivery network (CDN) solutions for broadband IP networks for Telcos, Satellite and Cable, and SoftAtHome, a provider of home operating software platforms that help service providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, announced today they have partnered to provide highly scalable solutions to service providers and operators delivering advanced content applications. Under the collaboration, BitBand and SoftAtHome have integrated BitBand’s CDN technology with SoftAtHome Operating Platform running on Set Top Boxes (STB) to offer a standardized access to advanced features and fast TV and content services introduction.

“Service Providers are looking for innovative solutions to deploy solutions for the Digital Home. SoftAtHome combined with BitBand’s CDN offers a unique platform for Services Providers deploying innovative entertainment solutions on a large scale”, says Ervin Leibovici, CEO of BitBand.
SoftAtHome Operating Platform is a software platform that contains all the features and APIs...

World’s First End-to-End TV Solution with 3D User Interface Ready for Deployment on IP-Hybrid Networks

Solution from Partnership Between Orca Interactive, SoftAtHome, and Viaccess, Previewed at IBC 2009

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – IBC 2009 – September 10, 2009 – The world’s first end-to-end, 3D TV solution will be on display at IBC. The end-to-end solution is the fruit of a partnership between Orca Interactive, SoftAtHome and Viaccess to develop a unique, end-to-end 3D TV experience for the digital home. It enables service providers to accelerate time to market to deliver a new TV offering with a 3D HD user interface on broadcast, IPTV or hybrid networks (DVB-S/C/T+IP).

The user interface is one of the key battlefields for service providers to maximize customer retention and increase VOD and services revenues. In order to help service providers meet this challenge, the partners set out to bring to market the first, fully integrated and ready-to-deploy TV solution for the next generation TV user experience. This unique end-to-end solution blends the core IPTV components: Orca’s service delivery platform in...

Broadcom Partners with SoftAtHome to Deliver Complete High Performance Hybrid IP Set-Top Box Solutions

Demonstrated at IBC 2009, Technology Enables Service Providers to Deliver a Next Generation TV Experience in the Home

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – IBC 2009 – September 9, 2009 – Broadcom Corporation(Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced a collaboration with SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help service providers deliver convergent applications for the digital home, to develop a solution for hybrid, satellite and IP set-top boxes (STBs) accelerating time-to-market for advanced video and TV services. Broadcom and SoftAtHome have collaborated to create a customized software interface which leverages Broadcom’s high-performance silicon hardware and is running on a range of Broadcom® high definition (HD) STB solutions, including the BCM7405 and BCM7325.

Broadcom’s high performance STB solutions with support for the SoftAtHome Operating Platform will enable service providers worldwide to deliver value-added services to their subscribers that includes the ability to access personal digital content from a mobile phone, ...

PARIS and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Tuesday, September 8th 2009 – SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help service providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, and Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, storage, wireless, video and security applications, are announcing that they have collaborated to develop a complete solution for high-performance Home Gateways (HGW). Under the collaboration, the SoftAtHome Operating Platform is available on the Cavium OCTEON Plus multicore MIPS64 processor family and will also be available on the newly released ECONA dual-core ARM11 Digital Home processor family. A demonstration of the SoftAtHome Operating Platform running on the OCTEON Plus processors will be on display in booth # 370 at the Broadband World Forum Europe Sept. 7-9 at the CNIT La Defense in Paris, France. Cavium Networks’ ECONA CNS3XXX processors will be on display in booth #158.

The SoftAtHome Operating Platform is a software platform that contains all of the features and API...

INDIANAPOLIS and PARIS, September 7, 2009—Consona Corporation (Consona), a worldwide leader in providing customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services for companies of all sizes, today announced that SoftAtHome, a software provider of a home operating platform that enables service providers to deliver convergent applications for the digital home, has successfully passed its Operating Platform with Consona’s (formerly SupportSoft’s; assets recently acquired by Consona) interoperability testing of the Broadband Forum CPE WAN Management protocol known as TR-069.

The TR-069 specification provides the necessary framework for efficient and scalable deployment of new services using broadband infrastructure. It ensures that CPE devices can be easily configured, activated and managed from a console in the network, helping service providers to effectively control the costs of deployment and support of a CPE device, as well as tightly manage the delivery of advanc...

Application Developers Invest in SoftAtHome as Major Platform to Bring Innovation to Operators for the Digital Home

Complete SDK freely available at devzone.softathome.com

PARIS, Thursday, 4 June 2009 - SoftAtHome, a company created by Orange to help Service Providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, announced today that leading 3rd party application developers are investing resources on the SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP) to bring innovation to operators and service providers. Among them, httv, Optiva Media, Punchcut, Accedo Broadband, V4x, WizTiVi, Zappware, and Viziware are using the free SoftAtHome Software Development Kit (SDK) to build convergent and innovative applications for the Digital Home.

SoftAtHome is fostering a new business model where 3rd party application developers play a key role by bringing innovation to the Digital Home market. Once developed on the SoftAtHome Operating Platform, applications are then offered to telecom operators and service providers so that they can be deployed to deliver a richer end user experience. The SoftAtHome SDK is at the cornerstone of the strategy and is already being used by major 3rd party developers to create rich and high quality applications.

PARIS, Thursday, 4 June 2009 – SoftAtHome, a company created by Orange to help service providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, announced today a partnership with Anevia, a leading supplier of IPTV and Video on Demand (VoD) solutions. Under the partnership the two companies have integrated SoftAtHome Operating Platform running on Set Top Boxes (STB) with Anevia’s Video on Demand (VoD) back-end servers to provide telecommunication companies and service providers with the key components to deploy new video services.

SoftAtHome Operating Platform is a software platform that contains all the features and APIs necessary to create applications for the Digital Home. Operators can combine services such as voice, video, user interface, security, network access, connectivity or management, and deploy them across different devices in the home including STBs and Home Gateways (HGW). Anevia’ s solution is a complete network software infrastructure for delivery of VoD and IPTV services. It includes solutions ranging from head ends to video servers and asset management. The combined solution enables operators and 3rd party d...

httv uses SoftAtHome Operating Platform to develop applications for hybrid-Broadcast/IP Set Top Boxes for operators

PARIS, Thursday, 4 June 2009 - SoftAtHome, a company created by Orange to help service providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, and httv, a leader in the Digital TV application market, announced today that they are partnering to deliver next generation TV applications. Under the partnership, httv is investing resources in developing advanced TV applications running on SoftAtHome Operating Platform.

SoftAtHome Operating Platform is a key development platform that contains all the features and APIs necessary to create convergent applications for the Digital Home. Application developers can combine services such as voice, video, user interface, security, network access, connectivity or management and deploy them across different devices in the home including Home Gateways (HGW), Set Top Boxes (STB) and PCs. Using standard programming languages and development tools, those services are accessible through the SoftAtHome API, that is made available to the developer community through the SoftAtHome SDK. Once developed applications can be deployed by any ope...

SoftAtHome Key Milestones Achieved During Its First 6 Months of Operation

SoftAtHome goes from strength to strength in its aim to deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home.

PARIS, Thursday, 2 October 2008 – SoftAtHome, a company created by Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications to help service providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, today celebrated a series of milestones achieved in its first six months of operation.

“In the six months over which SoftAtHome has been operational, we have successfully developed and integrated a number of cutting edge technologies into our Home Operating Platform, aligned ourselves with standard bodies and launched our partner program to certify integrators. Last but not least, we established a relationship with Etisalat as likely customers as well as potential shareholders in the company,” said François Josserand, CEO of SoftAtHome. “It’s been six intense months for us, as we continue to build our company and are well on our path to change the dynamics of the Digital Home.”

Standard bodies

The company has been keen to align itself with standard bodies, such as the DLNA Forum, to ensure its support in driving forward interoperability between different devices and enabling content to be seamlessly shared.

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Service Providers and Integrators offer Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™solutions on SoftAtHome Operating Platform.

PARIS, Monday, 29 September 2008 – SoftAtHome, a company created by Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications to help service providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, today announced its membership of the Wi-Fi Alliance. SoftAtHome joins a group of companies that drive the adoption of the Wi-Fi Technology. It reinforces SoftAtHome’s support of industry standards and certification programs necessary for the development of the Digital Home.

The Wi-Fi Alliance develops testing and certification programs to help ensure the best user experience with Wi-Fi technology. The organization’s Wi-Fi CERTIFIED programs, which have been a driving force in the growth of the worldwide Wi-Fi market, address interoperability across manufacturers’ products and help ensure strong security.

The SoftAtHome Operating Platform, which enables service providers to deliver innovative and convergent applications for the Digital Home on different devices including Set Top Boxes and Home Gateways, fully integrates the use of Wi-Fi technology as part of its software stack.

It offers a wide variety of possibi...

SoftAtHome Operating Platform meets the specifications and requirements of the Home Gateway Initiative.

PARIS, Monday, 29 September 2008 – SoftAtHome, a company created by Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications to help service providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, today announced that it has joined the Home Gateway Initiative (HGI), an industry body created to facilitate the delivery of home communication services to millions of broadband customers worldwide. It strengthens SoftAtHome’s commitment to industry standards initiatives, which are essential to the success of the Digital Home.

The goal of the HGI is to establish technical specifications that ensure the interoperability of residential gateways with multiple connected devices and the implementation of end-to-end services in the Digital Home. The HGI works closely alongside other industry such as the Broadband Forum, UPnP Forum and DLNA, and develops functional specifications around the home gateway for the delivery of multiple-play services to consumers.

The SoftAtHome Operating Platform enables service providers to deliver innovative and convergent applications for the Digital Home on different devices including Set Top ...

PARIS, Monday, 29 September 2008 – SoftAtHome, a company created by Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications, to help Service Providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, today announced the expansion of its ecosystem of partners through its SoftAtHome Certified Partner Program. This program provides partners who want to develop a deeper working relationship with SoftAtHome, with a comprehensive training and certification program to ensure that Service Providers get the best support to deploy their services for the Digital Home.

The certification program is designed to help Integrators gain knowledge in SoftAtHome Operating Platform, build on their existing expertise and ultimately maximize market coverage. It will provide tangible and practical benefits including technical training and sales support. Integrators will also have access to integration kits and testing tools, maintenance and support as well as the ability to call upon ad-hoc resources.

There are three different levels of certification; Silver,...

PARIS, Monday, 29 September 2008 – SoftAtHome, a company created by Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications to help service providers deliver convergent applications for the Digital Home, today announced that Etisalat, the largest operator in the Arab world, will be demonstrating SoftAtHome solutions for the Digital Home, on their booth during the Gitex Technology Week in Dubai. This event further strengthens the relationship between the two companies and paves the way for the deployment of leading convergent services in this part of the world.

Etisalat is planning to use the SoftAtHome Operating Platform to launch multiple-play offers in their markets and intends to become a shareholder of SoftAtHome, enabling them to help shape the future of the Digital Home. As such, it is inviting SoftAtHome to demonstrate its technology on their booth, during the most important high tech event in the Arab world. The Gitex Technology Week , in Dubai, is open between October 19th and 23rd.

SoftAtHome develops and markets a Home Operating Platform that enables Service Providers to deliver innovative and convergent appli...

PARIS and MONTREAL, Friday, 12 September 2008 — SoftAtHome, announced today that it has licensed Bluestreak Technology’s MachBlue™ platform. MachBlue runs Flash®-formatted files with a series of custom ActionScript functions on iTV, set-top boxes (STBs), Web tablets and mobile devices. The licensing agreement will see Bluestreak’s MachBlue™ platform integrated into SoftAtHome’s Operating Platform.

Service providers and developers will benefit from using Adobe® Flash® authoring tools combined with the MachBlue Studio and SoftAtHome Operating Platform to create vibrant user experience on TV. The SoftAtHome Operating Platform is available on different home devices including STBs and Home Gateways (HGWs). Application developers can seamlessly create Flash® applications for TV that combine services provided by the STB as well as by the HGW.

SoftAtHome Operating Platform provides all the features and APIs necessary to create applications for the digital home. MachBlue TV is a complete software platform for cable, satellite, and IPTV digital STBs. The combined solution ...

Visiware Announces Partnership with SoftAtHome to Deliver Intuitive Navigation Interfaces for Television

Paris, 9 September 2008 – Visiware, a leading worldwide publisher of interactive television, and SoftAtHome, a publisher of an operating software platform for the converged Digital Home, announce both a partnership and launch of a new Television application for digital set top boxes. Developed in Flash, this new application makes access to the various services offered on digital television smoother and faster, employing interactive animations which guide the user within the different menus and functionalities. To be presented at the IBC2008 content creation, management and delivery exhibition in Amsterdam from the 11th to the 16th of September 2008, the work carried out by Visiware’s and SoftAtHome’s teams includes the following:

Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications are creating SoftAtHome, a joint venture publisher of software for the digital home.

SoftAtHome aims to create and promote a software platform to simplify and accelerate the adoption of residential digital services.

Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications have joined forces to create a joint venture: SoftAtHome. This structure is aimed at creating a standard for the interconnection of equipment within the multimedia ecosystem.

SoftAtHome is designed to facilitate the deployment and interoperability of digital equipment in the home and make it possible to combine it with enhanced and innovative services. For instance, it enables you to access photos stored on a computer on your TV, make a telephone call using the television remote control, or even simultaneously save multimedia content, wherever the digital equipment is located in the home.

SoftAtHome harnesses the technologies and experiences of its founding shareholders. Its software solutions are being offered to players in this sector, such as telecommunications operators, third-party developers, OEMs and manufacturers.

Since it was founded, the company has had development and sales teams in France and Belgium, while...