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

Opera Devices SDK for Sigma Designs' Smart TV processors
Jan 9, 2014 – Opera Software and Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) have announced that the Opera Devices SDK will land in Sigma Designs’ Smart TV processors.
News categories: Opera Software, Sigma Designs, Aneesh Rajaram, Mustafa Ozgen, CES2025, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Consumer Electronics market to contract in 2014
Jan 8, 2014 – The exciting new products shown at CES won’t ship in high-enough volume in 2014 to rescue the traditional consumer electronics (CE) device from a decline in revenue this year, according to IHS (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: IHS Inc, Jordan Selburn, CES2025, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Worldwide

Sigma Designs announces high-performance SoCs for Smart TVs
Jan 8, 2014 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has unveiled its new SX6 series TV chip family. Designed to support Ultra HD video, the Sigma Designs' HiDTV® PRO-SX6 is its first fully-integrated Ultra HD ready smart TV SoC.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Mustafa Ozgen, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Worldwide

MediaTek announces fifth generation Smart TV platform
Jan 8, 2014 – MediaTek has announced its fifth generation of Smart TV platforms. MediaTek's 8-series chipset family consists of fully integrated SoCs (systems on chip) specially designed for the next-generation UHD smart TVs.
News categories: MediaTek, Joe Chen, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Worldwide

Opera Devices SDK to power Bang & Olufsen connected TVs
Jan 8, 2014 – Opera Software has announced that Bang & Olufsen is now shipping the latest version of the Opera Devices Software Development Kit (SDK) on selected high-end connected TVs.
News categories: Opera Software, Bang & Olufsen, Aneesh Rajaram, Lou Schreurs, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV, Worldwide

Yahoo Smart TV unveiled at CES2014
Jan 8, 2014 – Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) has unveiled Yahoo Smart TV, the next evolution of its Connected TV platform. Yahoo Smart TV offers interactive viewing with personalized program recommendations from TV, Video on Demand, and Web services.
News categories: Yahoo!, Apps, CES2025, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Digital Entertainment Group released year-end 2013 U.S. Home Entertainment Report
Jan 7, 2014 – Stability in home entertainment continued for the second straight year in 2013. Results were boosted by the growing awareness and acceptance of digital services and products offered by both online and brick and mortar retailers.
News categories: Digital Entertainment Group, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, USA

Marvell launches quad-core ARMADA 1500 PRO Smart TV platform
Jan 7, 2014 – Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) has unveiled the ARMADA® 1500 PRO (88DE3114) a quad-core platform optimized to support Google services for Smart TV and IP-hybrid service security from Verimatrix.
News categories: Marvell, Verimatrix, Weili Dai, Petr Peterka, CES2025, Digital TV, DRM, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Worldwide

Marvell partners with Skyworth to introduce TV and STB with Google Services for Smart TV
Jan 7, 2014 – Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) has announced a partnership with Skyworth to deploy Smart TVs and set-top boxes with Google services for Smart TV. The offerings are powered by Marvell's ARMADA® 1500 Plus SoC platform.
News categories: Marvell, Skyworth, Weili Dai, Tangzhi Liu, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide