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

ATSC Publishes New Standard For Advanced Video Coding
Sep 15, 2008 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. has approved and published A/72 which details the methodology to utilize Advanced Video Coding (AVC) within an ATSC DTV transmission.
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Italy - July 2008 DTT decoder market report update
Sep 15, 2008 – 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 2008 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

UpdateLogic® Licenses UpdateTV Software to Zoran for Integration Into DTV Silicon Platforms
Sep 15, 2008 – UpdateLogic® has announced that Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN) has licensed the UpdateTV® solution for its embedded digital TV hardware platforms.
News categories: UpdateLogic, Zoran, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Broadcom's New Digital TV Solutions Bring Advanced Functionality and Differentiated Features to TV Manufacturers
Sep 15, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its next generation of DTV systems-on-a chip for the US market. Included in each are a multi-format decoder, Ethernet connectivity, 3D graphical user interface, and unique 3D color management.
News categories: Broadcom, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

NEOTION Pocket Recorder: the original credit card size Digital VCR that simply slots into your Flat idTV set!
Sep 13, 2008 – The NEOTION Pocket Recorder (NPR) is the first SD-Card based digital recorder for TVs. The NPR allows control over Live TV (pause and rewind), digital recording, and Ethernet connection to the PC, all in a low cost plug-in card.
News categories: NEOTION, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, Media Player, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Fujitsu presents comprehensive range of digital broadcasting and set-top box solutions at IBC 2008
Sep 12, 2008 – Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) is exhibiting its range of solutions for the broadcast and set-top box (STB) markets for the first time at this weeks IBC exhibition, at the RAI, Amsterdam.
News categories: Fujitsu, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Launch of DVB-T2
Sep 12, 2008 – IBC 2008 sees the official launch of the latest addition to the DVB family of open standards, DVB-T2 - a second generation transmission system for digital terrestrial television.
News categories: DVB Project, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

SoftAtHome Strengthens its Solution with Bluestreak Technology to Provide Further Innovation in the Digital Home
Sep 12, 2008 – SoftAtHome has announced that it has licensed Bluestreak Technology's MachBlue™ platform. MachBlue runs Flash®-formatted files with a series of custom ActionScript functions on iTV, set-top boxes (STBs), Web tablets and mobile devices.
News categories: Bluestreak, SoftAtHome, Digital TV, Gateway, IBCShow, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Conax to support secure broadcast home cinema via CI+
Sep 12, 2008 – Conax has announced support for CI+ on Conditional Access Modules (CAMs). Conax will be ready to support the upcoming market for advanced HD flat screens with a built in slot for CI+ modules, removing the need for an external set top box.
News categories: Conax, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Smart TV