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

TCL to sell IDTV with Beijing Gehua CATV
Apr 15, 2009 – TCL (Shenzhen:000100) has announced that it has teamed up with Beijing Gehua CATV Network Co. Ltd. to sell an integrated digital television (IDTV) in Beijing.
News categories: TCL Corp, Gehua Cable, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Smart TV

Spain - April DTT monthly update and annual report released
Apr 13, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, February sales of DTV tuners in Spain exceeded 576,000. The total volume of DTT receivers sold since 2003 is now around 17 million units.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Italy - February 2009 DTT decoder market
Apr 9, 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 February 2009 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

FLO TV planning iPhone accessory
Apr 9, 2009 – FLO TV (Nasdaq: QCOM) has said that it is planning to offer its mobile TV service as an add-on accessory for devices such as Apple's iPhone and for other smartphones platforms such as Windows Mobile.
News categories: FLO TV, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, Tablet, USA

Half of UK TV households choosing pay TV
Apr 6, 2009 – Almost half of all television households in the UK are now choosing to pay for access to additional television channels, with satellite and cable services driving growth of digital TV according to new research from Ofcom.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

TV IC Market Competition as Fierce as Ever
Apr 2, 2009 – While the flat panel TV market is beginning to consolidate, that process has not yet begun in TV chip manufacturing, according to analysis in DisplaySearch's Q1'09 Quarterly TV Electronics Report.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV

FLO TV Expands Mobile TV Coverage To 10 Million Consumers
Apr 1, 2009 – FLO TV (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced the expansion of its service in 19 markets around the country. The expansion extends FLO TV's coverage for more than 10 million potential new viewers ahead of the June 12 final date for the DTV transition.
News categories: FLO TV, Mobile, Smart TV, USA

Macrovision's Connected Platform to Support Tru2way™
Apr 1, 2009 – Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN) has announced its Connected Platform's support of tru2way. By deploying the new solution, manufacturers of set-top boxes and TVs now have the ability to develop tru2way-ready multi-room digital video recorders.
News categories: Macrovision, Cable TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Panasonic To Demonstrate Live tru2way™ Cable Feed at 2009 Cable Show
Mar 31, 2009 – Panasonic (Tokyo:6752; NYSE:PC) will feature demonstrations of its new High Definition DVR set-top box (TZ-PCH2180) and the world's first tru2way VIERA Plasma HDTVs with a live tru2way signal provided by Comcast at the 2009 NCTA Cable Show.
News categories: Panasonic, Cable TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV