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

Asia Pac TV market to pass one billion TV sets in 2012
Apr 24, 2012 – According to Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia Pacific is the world's largest TV market and will pass the one billion TV sets mark this year. The region leads the way in terms of pay-TV subscribers with 394 million households taking pay-TV at the end of 2011.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

STMicroelectronics Reports 2012 First Quarter Financial Results
Apr 23, 2012 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. ST's net revenues decreased 8.0% on a sequential basis with ST's wholly-owned businesses posting a decrease of 3% while the Wireless product segment was lower by 29%.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

STMicroelectronics Announces its Next Step in Multimedia Convergence
Apr 23, 2012 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the next step in its multimedia convergence strategy, which will focus on offering a single application processing platform to serve a broad range of multimedia devices like set-top-boxes, TVs, cars, smartphones and tablets.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Smartphone, Tablet

ARM and MStar Extend Relationship with License for ARM Cortex-A9 Processor
Apr 23, 2012 – ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) has announced that MStar has licensed the ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ and ARM926EJ-S™ processors, in addition to a range of ARM system IP for use in smart-TVs, set-top-boxes (STBs) and smartphones.
News categories: MStar, ARM, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart TV, Smartphone

ACCESS Extends HTML5 Browser to Support HbbTV Standard
Apr 17, 2012 – ACCESS has announced that its NetFront™ Browser NX 2.0 DTV Profile has been extended to support the HbbTV standard. NetFront Browser NX 2.0 DTV Profile is a WebKit-based HTML5 browser that features efficient memory usage, high stability and high portability.
News categories: ACCESS CO., HbbTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

TV set shipments decreased in 2011, and it hasn't reached bottom yet
Apr 16, 2012 – IMS Research estimates indicate that worldwide TV set unit shipments during 2011 were 0.4 percent lower than in 2010, and the forecast indicates that the TV set market will experience another dip in shipments during 2012.
News categories: IMS Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

LG announces global launch of '3D World' Premium 3D content service
Apr 16, 2012 – LG (KSE: 066570) has announced the worldwide opening of 3D World, a premium content service that will be available to LG's CINEMA 3D Smart TV users in nearly 70 countries. 3D World gives LG customers access to 3D content via a 'card' on the Home Dashboard.
News categories: LG Electronics, Metaverse, Smart TV, Streaming

Dolby and Philips Unveil 3D HD Format Capable of Bringing Full HD 3D to Glasses-Free 3D Devices
Apr 12, 2012 – Dolby (NYSE: DLB) and Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) have unveiled Dolby® 3D, a 3D HD format and suite of technologies designed to deliver full HD 3D content to 3D-enabled devices, including glasses-free displays.
News categories: Dolby, Philips, Metaverse, NABShow, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Online games titan Miniclip moves into Smart TV with PlayJam
Apr 11, 2012 – PlayJam has partnered with Miniclip to bring content to Smart TV. Miniclip will utilize PlayJam's platform to capitalize on the growth of Smart TV gaming. Miniclip's titles will thus be monetized and distributed via all major Smart TV manufacturers.
News categories: PlayJam, Miniclip, Apps, Smart TV