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

Italy - July 2009 DTT decoder market
Sep 14, 2009 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of July 2009 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, DVB-MHP, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

NEOTION introduces Secure Processor for CI Plus TV Modules
Sep 10, 2009 – Neotion has announced its NKE-1 single chip, an optimized combination of security, advanced CI Plus capabilities, and performance at a price point that is set to meet Operators' and Consumer Electronics needs in these challenging times.
News categories: Neotion, CI Plus, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

SISVEL Announces Progress in the Formation of the DVB-T2 Patent Pool
Sep 10, 2009 – On the occasion of IBC2009, SISVEL has announced that it has been coordinating meetings among owners of patent rights that have been evaluated as essential to the DVB-T2 standard by independent experts.
News categories: SISVEL, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Patent, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Nagravision Brings Widget Services to Pay TV Operators
Sep 10, 2009 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD) will debut its new widget publishing platform, at IBC 2009. Internet-enabled set-top boxes or set-top-less TVs can run TV-centric widgets on the TV screen that are controlled by the customer's standard remote.
News categories: Nagravision, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

CANAL READY certification obtained by SmarDTV's latest CI Plus module
Sep 10, 2009 – SmarDTV (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced the availability of a new Conditional Access Module (CAM) for France. The SmarCAM-3 CANAL READY module enables CANAL+ Group's DTT offer to be viewed without a set-top and comes bundled with a CANAL+ smart card.
News categories: SmarDTV, CANAL+, CI Plus, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Realtek Announces Digital Media Processor with Hardware HD Decoder
Sep 9, 2009 – Realtek (Taiwan: 2379.TW) has announced its third generation Digital Media Processor (DMP), the RTD1073, for the consumer electronics market. The RTD1073 provides a hardware decoder for all mainstream HD AV formats.
News categories: Realtek, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

MHEG-5 South African Profile now available
Sep 9, 2009 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced that the MHEG-5 profile for South Africa is now available for implementation in set top box decoders for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT).
News categories: SABC, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Smart TV, South Africa, Terrestrial

Ocean Blue Software and Opera unite for Internet TV solution
Sep 9, 2009 – Ocean Blue Software and Opera Software have announced a joint collaboration to deliver a fully integrated DVB Web-based solution for offering advanced digital TV capabilities such as Internet-based streaming of TV content.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Opera Software, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

More than half of Germany's households now have digital TV
Sep 8, 2009 – The German regulatory authorities (ALM) have released their 2009 report on the status of digitisation in Germany. By mid-2009, more than half of German TV households (55 per cent) had at least one digital mode of reception at their disposal.
News categories: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Landesmedienanstalten, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial