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

TiVo and Alticast Announce Agreement
Mar 2, 2009 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) and Alticast have announced that they have entered into an agreement intended to reduce the time-to-market for pay TV operators seeking to harness TiVo's consumer experience in conjunction with the Alticast embedded software.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Alticast, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Panasonic Announces First Line of DivX Certified® HDTVs
Feb 26, 2009 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) has announced the first line of DivX Certified® HDTVs from Panasonic (Tokyo:6752; NYSE:PC), available in Europe. The Panasonic VIERA® 1080p full-HD flat panel TV enables consumers to playback DivX® video directly on the television.
News categories: DivX, Panasonic, Digital TV, Europe, Media Player, Smart TV

Broadcom Extends chumby® Platform to Internet-Connected TVs, Set-Top Boxes and Blu-ray Disc® Players
Feb 23, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) and chumby® have announced the integration of the chumby rich media Internet platform into Broadcom's latest digital television (DTV), set-top box (STB) and Blu-ray Disc® system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions.
News categories: Broadcom, chumby, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Single-Conversion Silicon Tuner Enables Superior Reception of Analog and Digital TV Broadcasts
Feb 19, 2009 – Maxim (NASDAQ: MXIM) has introduced the MAX3542 single-conversion silicon tuner for hybrid applications. The device uses a single downconversion step to provide artifact-free reception of analog signals and high-quality reception of digital signals.
News categories: Maxim Integrated Products, Digital TV, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Philips introduces simple and easy internet access on your TV
Feb 19, 2009 – Signaling the start of a new generation of multimedia televisions, Net TV from Philips (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) enables simple, fast access to a wide range of entertainment and information websites from the online start page on the TV screen.
News categories: Philips, Digital TV, Europe, Smart TV

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Approves Publication of FLO™ Air Interface Specification
Feb 16, 2009 – The FLO Forum is pleased to recognize the decision of the EBU / CENELEC / ETSI Joint Technical Committee (JTC) Broadcast to publish ETSI TS 102 589, 'Forward Link Only Air Interface; Specification for Terrestrial Mobile; Multimedia Multicast.'
News categories: FLO Forum, Mobile, Smart TV

Leading TV Manufacturers Rely on TC TrustCenter to Implement the CI Plus Standard in Europe
Feb 13, 2009 – CI Plus LLP has announced the publication of the new CI Plus Common Interface Standard. To implement the necessary content protection mechanisms that are based on digital certificates, CI Plus has signed an exclusive contract with TC TrustCenter.
News categories: CI Plus, TrustCenter, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Europe, Set Top Box, Smart TV

SiS Announces ATSC HDTV SoC Chipset - SiS328
Feb 12, 2009 – Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) has unveiled a new high integration HDTV chipset for the full-HD digital LCD TV market. The SiS328 is targeted at ATSC digital LCD TVs systems, adopting the latest generation of SiS's DNVE™ technology.
News categories: Silicon Integrated Systems, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

PacketVideo and Nagravision turn WiFi-enabled devices into mobile TVs
Feb 11, 2009 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) and PacketVideo (PV) [NASDAQ: WAVE] have introduced the first conditional access (CA)-enabled version of the Telly device. Telly turns iPhones, WiFi-enabled phones, portable media players and PCs into mobile television sets.
News categories: Nagravision, PacketVideo, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet