Motorola Mobility is showcasing new home technologies at IBC2012 that...
Motorola Mobility is showcasing new home technologies at IBC2012 that the company said “will drive the future of TV and the smart, simple connected home.” IBC2012 began Friday and runs through Tuesday in Amsterdam. Motorola Mobility said in a news…
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release Friday it will feature its new Internet Protocol and cable set-top technology that will allow for multi-screen, over-the-top (OTT) and time shift TV while also reducing required energy use and maintenance. The new IPTV set-tops will support IPTV services like HD broadcast, time shift, on-demand, OTT and interactive apps. The Microsoft Mediaroom-supported set-tops will offer energy efficiency with new system on a chip technology, Motorola Mobility said. The company said its other hybrid and HD set-tops will be DVR compatible and will offer lower-priced choices. Motorola Mobility will also demonstrate its High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) video compression technology, which the company said will halve the amount of bandwidth required by MPEG4 AVC/H.264 but will have comparable video quality. The technology makes HD video more practical to transfer over Wi-Fi or mobile, and can reduce storage costs for DVRs, the company said. Motorola Mobility first demonstrated HEVC to global service providers in May. The company will also demonstrate its newest Medios Multi-Screen Software Suite programs, such as Medios DreamGallery and Medios Merchandiser (http://xrl.us/bnoteg). Motorola Mobility’s now part of Google, which recently acquired it.