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

Home Entertainment goes 3D
Mar 31, 2009 – As more 3D movies are released in the cinema, technology is arriving that will allow viewers to enjoy the experience at home. Screen Digest believes that autostereoscopic technology will eventually become popular as it has one major advantage: no glasses.
News categories: Screen Digest, Blu-ray, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Changhong to offer online video with its TVs
Mar 30, 2009 – Changhong (Shanghai: 600839) has announced plans to invest CNY150 million to establish an internet content platform named Lejiao Web. Users who buy Changhong flat-panel TVs in China will be able to login to a website for free download of thousands of TV programs.
News categories: Changhong, China, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming

SMiT successfully gains CI+ certification
Mar 25, 2009 – SMiT has announced that its CI+ Secure (SECURE PLUS) CAM has passed the CI+ certification from Digital TV Labs in UK, the official Test Center of CI Plus LLP.
News categories: SMiT, Conditional Access, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

ANT Hits 10 Million Deployed Units
Mar 25, 2009 – ANT (London: ANTP) has announced at IPTV World Forum that it has surpassed 10 million units deployed worldwide. The figures reveal that ANT Fresco and ANT Galio are among the most widely deployed IPTV platforms in the world.
News categories: ANT plc, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Video Exchange

Sohu and Haier to offer HD Internet TV
Mar 23, 2009 – Sohu (Nasdaq: SOHU) and Haier (Hong Kong: 1169, Shanghai: 600690) have announced plans to provide an online HD movie channel that can be accessed using Haier's forthcoming line of internet-enabled televisions.
News categories: Haier, Sohu, China, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming

Broadcom and RaisingSun Deliver 'All-in-One' Digital TV Platform for China
Mar 20, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that, with RaisingSun Digital Video Technology, it has produced an 'all-in-one' digital television (DTV) turnkey solution that supports all Chinese broadcasting standards as well as Internet connectivity.
News categories: Broadcom, iTVware, Cable TV, CCBN, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

472 Million to Receive Mobile TV by 2013
Mar 20, 2009 – The number of people receiving Mobile TV will reach 472 million by 2013 according to an analysis by Cantab Wireless. Subscriber growth is anticipated to be strongest in Asia at first, especially in Korea and Japan.
News categories: Cantab Wireless, 5G, Digital TV, DTMB, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers

Italy - January 2009 DTT decoder market
Mar 19, 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 January 2009 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

SmarDTV successfully completes CI Plus certification
Mar 18, 2009 – SmarDTV (SWX:KUD) has announced that it has achieved CI Plus certification with its latest SmarCAM-3 module and additionally that its CI Plus Reference Kit is used by Digital TV Labs for certification of CI Plus TVs and set-top boxes.
News categories: SmarDTV, Digital TV Labs, ANGA COM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Set Top Box, Smart TV