DLNA Gaining Ground

According to research from ABI Research on behalf of the Digital Living Network Alliance, DLNA VidiPath Certified devices will be available in approximately 40% of all U.S. cable households that subscribe to advanced services by 2016, and in 70% by 2020. If additional capabilities are added in the coming years as the VidiPath multiscreen, home networking certification program continues to evolve, ABI anticipates its adoption among the advanced cable service footprint could grow to 100% by 2017.

VidiPath is intended to enable consumers to use TVs, smartphones, PCs and tablets to view subscription TV content throughout the connected home using VidiPath browsers that automatically discover and execute service provider applications. It's designed to support HTML5 and other technologies for content protection, authentication, remote diagnostics, network power save and adaptive delivery.