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

Mediatek Maintains Position as #1 TV IC Vendor
Dec 30, 2008 – With the Flat Panel TV market experiencing consolidation, the turmoil is being repeated in the TV semiconductor sector. At the same time, technology demands race ahead with the internet entering the TV space for the first time.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Micronas and Oregan Networks Partner to Bring Internet TV, Movies, Pictures, and Games to the TV
Dec 22, 2008 – Micronas (SIX: MASN) has announced that it is partnering with Oregan Networks™ to offer a complete solution for next-generation internet-connected televisions. The solution is based on Micronas' Pegasus IDTV platform.
News categories: Micronas, Oregan Networks, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

China to Issue Standards for Digital TV Sets
Dec 22, 2008 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has stated that new manufacturing standards will be released next year designed to accelerate the custom manufacturing of high-definition televisions.
News categories: SARFT, Cable TV, China, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Regulation, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Motorola Announces Strategic Cooperation Agreement with SXBN on Integrated DTV Platform
Dec 18, 2008 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that Hangzhou Motorola Technologies (HMT) has signed a strategic agreement for joint development of its integrated Digital TV (DTV) platform with China's Shaanxi BC & TV Intermediary Co. (SXBN).
News categories: Motorola, SXBN, China, Finance, Set Top Box, Smart TV

UK digital TV sales boom as credit crunch bites
Dec 17, 2008 – Figures released by Digital UK show that in the year to October 2008, UK consumers bought nine million televisions. Ninety per cent of televisions purchased in October 2008 were digital, the highest proportion ever recorded.
News categories: Digital UK, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Germany: CE Market Index CEMIX Q1-Q3 2008
Dec 17, 2008 – Results from Q1-Q3 2008 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for Consumer Electronics markets, are available for download.
News categories: GfK Retail and Technology, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Trident's HiDTV™ PRO-QX SoC with MEMC Technology Enters 100Hz European IDTV Market
Dec 17, 2008 – Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ: TRID) has announced that Grundig Eletronik's Vision-9 FHD 100Hz digital television has adopted Trident's HiDTV™ PRO-QX digital TV processor system-on-a-chip (SoC).
News categories: Trident Micro, Grundig Elektronik, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Ofcom releases Q3 2008 Digital Television Update
Dec 16, 2008 – Almost 2.5 million DTT devices were sold in the UK in Q3, 4% more than in Q3 2007. Q3 sales data for BBC/ITV freesat show that unit sales had reached almost 108,000 by the end of September, up from 39,000 units in Q2.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Spain - December DTT monthly update released
Dec 16, 2008 – October saw exceptionally high DTT equipment sales with 675,000 receivers sold, bringing Spain's cumulative figure to 13.6 million units. October was only 12,000 units short of January's total, which remains the best month of the year.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial