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

Microtune DTV Chipset Delivers Highest-Quality Reception to China's TV Manufacturers
Mar 10, 2010 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced a digital TV receiver chipset compliant with China's GB20600-2006 National Standard for DTV broadcast. The chipset consists of Microtune's MT3141 RF receiver with one of its MT886x demodulators.
News categories: Microtune, CCBN, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

CBS Sports, NCAA and LG To Deliver NCAA Games in 3-D
Mar 9, 2010 – CBS Sports (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) has teamed up with the NCAA, LG Electronics USA and Cinedigm Digital Cinema (Nasdaq: CIDM) to present for the first-time ever the 2010 NCAA Men's Final Four semifinal and national championship games in 3-D.
News categories: LG Electronics, Cinedigm, NCAA, CBS Sports, Metaverse, Smart TV, USA

LG Electronics 3D TV Enters India Market
Mar 9, 2010 – LG Electronics (Seoul: 066570) will introduce 3D LCD TVs in India via a partnership with Valuable Group. Valuable Group recently acquired the global broadcasting license for Indian Premier League, the country's professional cricket league.
News categories: LG Electronics, Valuable Group, India, Metaverse, Smart TV

Samsung HDTV Application Store officially launches
Mar 9, 2010 – Samsung Electronics America has launched Samsung Apps, the first HDTV-based application store where users can download applications from select 2010 Samsung HDTVs, Blu-ray Players and Home Theater systems via its Internet@TV - Content Service.
News categories: Samsung, Blu-ray, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Mitsubishi Offers Television For Large Screen 3D Entertainment At Home
Mar 4, 2010 – Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America is showcasing its 82 inch Home Theater TV, the world's largest mass production 3D-Ready television available, with almost four times the viewing area of a small screen 42-inch flat panel TV.
News categories: Mitsubishi, Metaverse, Smart TV, USA

Telenet proves CI Plus with technology from S&T
Mar 3, 2010 – Strategy & Technology has announced that it has successfully completed a CI Plus (CI+) Proof of Concept (PoC) project for Telenet, Belgium's largest cable TV operator.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Telenet, Neotion, Belgium, Cable TV, CAM, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Smart TV

Insight Media Issues 3DTV Forecast
Mar 2, 2010 – Insight Media has issued its 2010 3DTV Forecast Report. The report finds that nearly 50M 3DTVs are expected to be sold in 2015, rising from 3.3M 3DTVs in 2010.
News categories: Insight Media, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

At Cabsat MENA 2010, E-Vision explores 3D TV with LG; launches new EPG
Mar 2, 2010 – E-Vision has announced the launch of new exciting interactive services offering customers the ability to plan their television viewing in addition to alternatives for customer communication at the Cabsat MENA 2010 exhibition.
News categories: E-Vision, Cable TV, Digital TV, Metaverse, Smart TV, UAE

Global 3-D TV Shipments Set to Soar to 78 Million Units in 2015
Mar 1, 2010 – Global 3-D television shipments will soar to 78 million units by 2015, rising at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 80 percent from 4.2 million in 2010, iSuppli Corp. predicts.
News categories: iSuppli, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV