Gaming & Games Consoles (Xbox, Playstation, PSP, Wii …) News

Explosive Market Growth in the US for MIDs/Tablets and 3DTVs
May 26, 2010 – Demand for CE devices is soaring in the US - especially in segments like 3DTVs and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs)/Tablets. Year-over-year shipment growth for these two segments will be 142% and 231% respectively between 2010 and 2011, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Metaverse, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, USA

FOXTEL and Microsoft Sign Xbox Agreement
May 20, 2010 – FOXTEL and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have announced a new partnership offering Australians a brand new way of receiving FOXTEL - over the internet and direct to television sets through Xbox 360's online service Xbox LIVE.
News categories: FOXTEL, Xbox, Australia, Digital TV, Gaming, Streaming

Renesas Reports Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2010
May 11, 2010 – Renesas Electronics (TSE: 6723) has announced former NEC Electronics' consolidated financial results for the year ended March 31, 2010. Semiconductors for game consoles dropped significantly and sales of home appliances declined year on year.
News categories: Renesas, Gaming, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

FCC Takes Action to Unleash Video Innovation and Consumer Choice
Apr 21, 2010 – The FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) and a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in seeking to create a competitive retail market for navigation devices for use with multichannel video programming distributors.
News categories: Federal Communications Commission, Blu-ray, Cable TV, CAM, Digital TV, Gaming, Middleware, Peripherals / Accessories, Regulation, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

U.S. households using PCs and game consoles to extend online video to the TV
Mar 30, 2010 – Parks Associates has found that consumer interest in Web-on-TV applications is so strong that households are making their own connections via PCs and game consoles.
News categories: Parks Associates, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming, USA

3D Portion of HDMI Specification Version 1.4 Available for Public Download
Feb 3, 2010 – HDMI Licensing, the agent responsible for licensing the High-Definition Multimedia Interface® (HDMI®) specification, has announced that it has made the 3D portion of the HDMI Specification Version 1.4 available for public download on the HDMI Web site.
News categories: HDMI Licensing, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Metaverse, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Widevine® and Qtv™ Partner to Enable Internet Video on PlayStation® 2 and Mobile Phones
Feb 2, 2010 – Widevine and Qtv have announced that they will partner to bring Widevine's video optimization and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to the Qtv Internet TV Media Player for the television, mobile phone and personal computer.
News categories: Widevine, Qtv, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Gaming, Middleware, Mobile, Streaming

1 in 5 Dutch households has a hard disk recorder
Jan 29, 2010 – The Dutch Audience Research Foundation (SKO) has published the results of its annual 'TV in the Netherlands' report. Penetration of digital TV in the Netherlands has increased from 41.3% in 2008 to 50.8% in the second half of 2009.
News categories: Stichting KijkOnderzoek, Intomart GfK, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Gaming, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial

NEC Electronics Reports Results for the Third Quarter Ended December 31, 2009
Jan 27, 2010 – NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. Sales of semiconductors for game consoles and of the company's 'EMMA' series image-processing LSI chips for digital consumer declined year on year.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Blu-ray, Gaming, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box