Tag archive: Dan Moloney

Electronics giant Motorola has made another aquisition designed to strengthen the company's portfolio of digital video and IPTV-related technologies, this time snapping up the privately-held Modulus Video for an undisclosed amount. Modulus Video develops MPEG-4 video encoding and compression systems designed for use in broadcast, satellite, cable, and IPTV systems. “Motorola is committed to offering an integrated, end-to-end… Read More

Technology giant Motorola is carving out more turf for itself in the nascent IPTV market by acquiring Tut Systems for some $39 million. Tut currently develops encoding, processing, and distribution products aimed at the digital video marketplace (although they originally won a place in this writer's heart with long-run Ethernet products back at the dawn of the 21st century). Tut's technology supports MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 video,… Read More

Today at The National Show, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's (NCTA's) Annual Convention and International Exposition, Microsoft Corp. announced Microsoft® TV Foundation Edition 1.7, the latest update of its digital cable software platform and one of the first to support the Motorola DCT6412 set-top with integrated dual-tuner digital video recording (DVR) and high definition functionality. Microsoft TV… Read More