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

Parks Associates finds three million U.S. households ready to buy Internet-connected TV during 2010 holiday shopping season
Nov 30, 2010 – Parks Associates reports three million U.S. broadband households plan to purchase an Internet-connected TV during the 2010 holiday shopping season, further eroding consumer need for brick-and-mortar video sources.
News categories: Parks Associates, Blu-ray, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

3DTVs shipping faster than HDTV
Nov 30, 2010 – The retail performance of 3D hardware for the home has been developing at a healthy pace. Year one adoption of 3DTV is running at a far quicker rate in most territories than it did for high definition, according Futuresource Consulting.
News categories: Futuresource, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

MRG Report Shows OTT Video Services Exceeding US$20 Billion In 2014
Nov 25, 2010 – A new forecast from MRG, Inc., projects that global growth of OTT video services will exceed US$1 billion in 2010 and US$20 billion in 2014, based on over 40 OTT Service Operators and Device Vendors profiled.
News categories: MRG, Blu-ray, Gaming, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

NorDig releases Unified IRD specification Ver. 2.2.1
Nov 24, 2010 – NorDig has released the NorDig Unified Requirements for profiles Basic TV, Enhanced and Interactive, for IRDs and relevant parts of IDTVs for use in cable, satellite, terrestrial and IP-based networks, version 2.2.1.
News categories: NorDig, Cable TV, DVB-S2, DVB-T2, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Web-Enabled TV Sets in China to Ship in Excess of 15 Million Units by 2014
Nov 23, 2010 – China's web TV market kicked off in 2009, with over 2 million web TV set shipments and about 1/4 million web TV set top box (STB) shipments. In-Stat forecasts web-enabled TV shipments to exceed 15 million units by 2014.
News categories: In-Stat, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Siano Launches Integrated Receiver Chip for Latin America Digital TV Market
Nov 23, 2010 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of a new product targeting the digital TV markets of Latin America and Japan. The SMS2270 supports the ISDB-T high definition DTV technology, also known as ISDB-T 'full-segment'.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

German CE Market Grows by 5.5% in First Three Quarters of 2010
Nov 23, 2010 – Results from Q1-Q3 2010 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX) are available for download. The German CE market continued to grow with a plus of 5.5% within the first nine months of the current year, compared to the same period last year.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Iran opens digital television factory
Nov 22, 2010 – Iran's Minister of Industries and Mines, Ali-Akbar Mehrabian, has inaugurated Iran's first digital TV production line in Savojbolagh, Alborz province. The factory will produce DVB-T capable LCD and LED TVs in various sizes from 32 to 55 inches.
News categories: Iran, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Average US Consumer Household Will Own 5-10 Web-Enabled CE Devices by 2014
Nov 17, 2010 – By 2014, there will be over 200 million web-enabled wire-line CE devices in operation in the US. When PCs and mobile devices are added in, the average US consumer will own between 5-10 web-enabled devices to choose from, according to In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet, USA