News Archive
05 Feb 2013
RVU Ported to Sony PS3 & Bravia TVs
At CES 2013, the RVU alliance announced, along with its expansion to DIRECTV holdings in Latin America, that DIRECTV RVU clients will be coming to Sony PlayStation 3s and new BRAVIA TVs during 2013.
24 Jan 2013
DIRECTV Welcomes More CE Clients for its Whole-Home DVR
Consumer response has been overwhelmingly positive for the next generation of whole-home DVR that DIRECTV introduced to consumers across the U.S. in October.
09 Jan 2013
DLNA® Announces Service Providers Deploying Services Using DLNA Premium Content Guidelines
DLNA recognizes RVU as part of the DLNA Premium Content Guidlines.
07 Jan 2013
CES 2013: Samsung Announces Smart TVs
Samsung took the stage at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show, and swept it away with big announcements at this year’s event.
The South Korean company announced it would be launching a new line of Smart TVs that will support a Remote User Interface technology that could behave as a client to the DIRECTV Server.
07 Jan 2013
RVU Alliance Expands to Include New Operators In Latin America
The RVU Alliance, which develops and promotes the RVU® Remote User Interface (RUI) standard, today welcomed two new members, with Sky Mexico and DIRECTV PanAmericana, joining DIRECTV and Sky Brasil to the roster of Pay TV broadcast operators supporting the standard.
07 Jan 2013
Next Generation RVU Specification Is Now Available
The RVU Alliance, which develops and promotes the RVU® Remote User Interface (RUI) standard, announced today that the next generation of the RVU specification is now approved and available to existing and new RVU Alliance members. The RVU 2.0 specification provides a major update to the Remote User Interface (RUI) standard, adding vector graphics commands, which further improve the performance and enhance the capabilities of RVU clients.
14 Oct 2012
DirecTV Releases Genie to Serve Multiple Rooms
DirecTV says it has granted subscribers their wishes with the launch of Genie, which it claims is the most advanced and intuitive high-definition digital video recorder available.
Genie supports RVU technology, based on DLNA standards, which allow the media server to deliver a Remote User Interface to other compatible devices within the home.
06 Sep 2012
Experience the RVU Remote User Interface Client-Server Solution Throughout IBC2012
View Product Demonstrations of the IBC Innovation Award Finalist at DLNA and RVU Alliance Member Stands
25 Jul 2012
RVU Alliance Welcomes SKY Brasil to Growing Membership
Largest Pay-TV operator via satellite in Brazil joins expanding alliance of RUI developers.
20 Jun 2012
RVU Alliance Remote User Interface Solution Shortlisted for IBC Innovation Awards 2012
The DIRECTV Home Media Center (HMC) solution, based around the RVU Alliance’s Remote User Interface (RUI) technology, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Content Delivery Innovation Award by the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC).