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

Marvell Powers TCL Smart TV and Set-top Box with Google TV
Jan 8, 2013 – Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) and TCL have announced that TCL is the first company to offer both a Smart TV (Movo) and set-top box (MoVo Box) with Google TV, powered by Marvell's ARMADA® 1500 series SoC platform (88DE3100).
News categories: Marvell, TCL, Google TV, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Marvell and Hisense Introduce Smart TVs and Set-top Boxes with Google TV
Jan 8, 2013 – Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) has announced that its ARMADA®1500 series System-on-Chip (88DE3100) is at the core of new Google TV products from Hisense, including the Hisense Pulse and the XT780 Smart TV series.
News categories: Marvell, Hisense, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Sigma Designs Showcases 4K x 2K Ultra HD at CES
Jan 7, 2013 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that it will demonstrate a 4K x 2K digital TV platform on a 55" inch screen at CES 2013. The Ultra HD display technology (UHDTV) is based on Sigma Designs' MEMC/FRC (Motion Estimation Motion Compensation based Frame Rate Conversion) technology.
News categories: Sigma Designs, CES2025, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Sigma and Boxee create cloud-based DVR, OTT and Premium platform for television OEMs
Jan 7, 2013 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that they have teamed up with Boxee to make it plug-and-play easy for manufacturers to embed Boxee's software with Cloud-based DVR, Internet applications and social TV guide inside their televisions.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Boxee, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming

Onida Selects Orca Hybrid TV Tuner for LED Televisions
Jan 7, 2013 – Orca Systems has announced that Onida, an Indian consumer electronics manufacturer, has selected Orca's ORC5305 single-chip, CMOS-based, hybrid TV tuner for its Next Generation LED televisions.
News categories: Orca Systems, Onida, CES2025, Digital TV, India, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Smart TV Alliance announces updated SDK and new members at CES 2013
Jan 6, 2013 – The Smart TV Alliance has announced that five new manufacturers and solution providers have joined the Alliance to stimulate cross-platform Smart TV applications and services. The Alliance will also announce an updated SDK at CES 2013.
News categories: Smart TV Alliance, Apps, CES2025, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming

4K LCD TVs Expected to Outpace OLED TV Shipments
Jan 4, 2013 – According to NPD DisplaySearch, 4K LCD TV shipments are projected to exceed OLED TV shipments through 2015. This is a result both of the delay in commercialization by OLED TV makers, as well as increased promotion of 4K LCD TVs by several brands.
News categories: DisplaySearch, CES2025, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV

Ultra High Definition TVs to Reach 10 Million Households Worldwide by 2016
Jan 4, 2013 – Ultra High Definition (UHD) TVs will be installed in nearly 10 million households worldwide by 2016 according to the latest report from Strategy Analytics. By 2020 more than 130 million households worldwide will own a UHD TV.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV

Hisense Integrates Flingo Samba to Automatically Identify and Enhance Live TV Programs
Jan 4, 2013 – Hisense has announced the integration of Flingo's Samba interactive TV platform into its Smart TVs. Samba identifies live TV shows, recommends related online videos, and aggregates real-time information including social media discussions about the TV program currently playing.
News categories: Flingo, Hisense, Apps, CES2025, Smart TV