Motorola Acquires IPTV Embedded Linux Developer

Posted by Zonk on Friday January 20, 2006 @05:46PM from the new-toys-for-motorola dept.

segphault writes "Ars Technica is covering Motorola's acquisition of Kreatel, a European company that designs Linux-based Internet Television Protocol (IPTV) technologies, including a set-top box powered by embedded Linux." From the article: "I'm not big on television (I generally prefer to wait for the shows I like to be released on DVD), but the sheer extensibility of Linux-based IPTV technologies is more than enough to capture my imagination. If provided with a good on-demand service that lets me watch what I want, when I want to watch it, I would definitely be interested. As tantalizing as this Kreatel stuff is, it appears as though the SDK isn't available to average consumers yet. I hope that Motorola has the sense to realize that a devoted fan base of eager Linux device junkies will be a good thing for the platform."

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All hail Ed Zander by stox · 2006-01-20 17:49 · Score: 3, Funny

What a turn around this man has done with Motorola. There are an awful lot of great people at Motorola, and finally they have a CEO who actually listens to what they say.

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Oh, average consumers? by bugg · 2006-01-20 19:59 · Score: 2, Funny

the SDK isn't available to average consumers yet
Oh man, I can't believe it. I know when I go to Consumer Electronics Store, all I hear are the salespeople and customers discussing whether the SDK is available.

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-bugg