Smart TV (Connected TV, Integrated Digital Television, IDTV) News

Panasonic announces smart TV partnership with Freesat
Mar 13, 2014 – Panasonic has announced a deal which will see the UK's Freesat Freetime service available in new Panasonic VIERA smart TVs.
News categories: Panasonic, Freesat, Craig Cunningham, Emma Scott, Digital TV, Satellite, Smart TV, UK

MStar and Connected-Labs collaborate on Web solutions for TV and STB
Mar 11, 2014 – MStar Semiconductor has announced that Connected-Labs, an MStar spin-off, will assist MStar's R&D team with HbbTV, HTML5, OIPF, W3C standards and Web browsers such as Webkit and Blink.
News categories: MStar Semi, Connected-Labs, Bill Hsiung, Joel Reboul, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Vonetize starts streaming 4K video on Smart TVs
Mar 10, 2014 – Vonetize has announced the first ever global 4K streaming service, to be released as a dedicated Smart TV app. The service will be launched commercially next week with Samsung on a worldwide basis.
News categories: Vonetize, Samsung, Noam Josephides, Apps, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Samsung, Vizio control U.S. Smart TV market
Mar 10, 2014 – The majority of Smart TV shipments in the United States were fulfilled by Samsung and Vizio Flat Panel TVs (FPTV) in Q4 2013, according to the latest Strategy Analytics research.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, David Watkins, Eric Smith, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, USA

Majority of televisions in U.S. housholds are now HDTVs
Mar 7, 2014 – According to Leichtman Research Group (LRG), 77% of households in the United States have at least one high definition television (HDTV) set, and about 46% of all households have multiple HDTVs.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, USA

Chunghwa Telecom launches TVs with MOD IPTV integrated
Mar 4, 2014 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has announced the availability of Smart TVs with access to its Multimedia-On-demand (MOD) service built-in.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Smart TV, Taiwan

FreeviewPlus for Australia unveiled
Mar 3, 2014 – Freeview Australia has unveiled the key features for FreeviewPlus, the new service that provides access to content and services from the country's free-to air networks.
News categories: Freeview Australia, Liz Ross, Australia, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

US Wi-Fi households to own average of 11 Wi-Fi devices in 2017
Feb 26, 2014 – Global shipments for Wi-Fi enabled Consumer Electronics devices grew 19 percent year-over-year to reach 1.9 billion units in 2013 according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, David Watkins, Eric Smith, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Worldwide

NETGEAR teams with HTC to support TV mirroring
Feb 24, 2014 – NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) has joined HTC Connect, a partner program created by HTC (TWSE: 2498). HTC Connect is designed to deliver a seamless A/V experience between HTC's devices and CE devices such as NETGEAR's Push2TV Wireless Display Adapter.
News categories: NETGEAR, HTC Corp, Damir Skripic, Tai Ito, Digital TV, MWC24, Smart Home, Smart TV, Smartphone, Tablet, Worldwide