July 4, 2006 -  With the advances in broadband communications, interactive wireless technology and secure digital content, the concept of the Connected Home is increasingly becoming a reality. Gerard Kleisterlee, president and CEO of Royal Philips Electronics, talked to World News at CeBIT about how the company's leading-edge technology will enable that vision sooner rather than later.

July 25, 2006 – Oregan Networks, a digital media delivery software provider, has entered into a licensing agreement with Sampo of Taiwan, a flat-panel television manufacturer, who supplies products to well-known global high street CE brands, such as Sharp, as well as targeting domestic Taiwanese and US markets with its own-branded HD-Ready and network enabled TVs.

July 26, 2006 – Motorola has revealed that it will acquire privately-held Broadbus Technologies, Inc., a Boxborough, Ma.-based provider of technology solutions for Television On-Demand (TOD®).

Broadbus Technologies’ carrier-class technology solutions enable the distribution of on-demand content to consumers through multiple devices. The company's solid-state server architecture is based on the configuration and management of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). Consequently, the platform is able to use less space and power than traditional hard-disk based technology.

July 27, 2006 - Universal Pictures UK, NBC Universal International Television Distribution and BT have announced a ground-breaking development for the entertainment industry with simultaneous digital distribution agreements bringing a wide range of NBC Universal content for purchase (via download-to-own) or rental (via video-on-demand) in the UK.

July 27, 2006 - The escalating use of broadband wireless home networks will lead to the implementation of a whole host of new wireless home devices over the next 5 years, according to "Wireless Home Devices Global Market Forecast," the latest research from the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service.