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

CableLabs® Announces New Tru2way™ Retail Host Device License Agreement
May 5, 2008 – CableLabs® and Samsung have announced their agreement on a new tru2way™ license that provides consumer electronics device manufacturers a streamlined license for their retail products to interface to 2-way interactive cable networks.
News categories: CableLabs, Samsung Electronics, ATSC 3, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Licensing, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

AT&T Mobile TV Premieres Sunday, May 4
May 1, 2008 – AT&T (NYSE:T) and MediaFLO USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), have announced the May 4 availability of the AT&T Mobile TV with FLO™ service.
News categories: AT&T, Qualcomm, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, USA

SHARP To Offer Ultra-thin LCD TV with Wireless HDTV Link by AMIMON
Apr 30, 2008 – AMIMON has partnered with leading LCD TV manufacturer Sharp Corporation to offer a wireless HDTV link for the new X-Series ultra-thin LCD TVs.
News categories: AMIMON, Sharp, Digital TV, Japan, Smart Home, Smart TV

Top Chinese Consumer Electronics (CE) Companies Join Forces to Build Next-Generation Digital Communications Interface
Apr 29, 2008 – A group of Chinese companies has announced the formation of a consortium whose mission is to build and drive the adoption of the next-generation interactive TV and home CE networking interface known as DIVA, or Digital Interface for Video and Audio.
News categories: CVIA, China, Digital TV, Smart Home, Smart TV

STMicroelectronics Reports 2008 First Quarter Revenues and Earnings
Apr 28, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported financial results for the 2008 fiscal first quarter ended March 30, 2008.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Automotive, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Results, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

France - 17.4 million DTT receivers in homes
Apr 25, 2008 – According to the latest data from GfK, 17.4 million DTT receivers are now in French television households.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Cabot Communications announce single chip IDTV software
Apr 23, 2008 – Cabot Communications has announced that it has developed a single software stack IDTV solution that seamlessly supports both analogue and digital TV broadcasts.
News categories: Cabot Communications, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Fragmentation of Mobile TV Broadcasting Here to Stay
Apr 22, 2008 – There is a fragmentation of standards for digital mobile TV broadcasting--just as we have NTSC, PAL, and SECAM for analog TV--that appears to be the way of the future, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV

Zoran Corporation Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
Apr 21, 2008 – Zoran (Nasdaq GS: ZRAN) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
News categories: Zoran, Blu-ray, DVD, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV