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

Thomson and NXP Semiconductors to Combine Can Tuner Modules Activities
Feb 14, 2008 – NXP Semiconductors and Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS) have announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to combine their can tuner modules operations in a joint venture.
News categories: NXP, Thomson, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, Mobile, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Breakthrough NXP solution brings H.264/MPEG-4 to IDTV
Feb 13, 2008 – NXP Semiconductors has announced the world's first single-chip LCD TV solution to deliver ground-breaking HDTV picture quality for advanced H.264 broadcast and MPEG-4 Internet content.
News categories: NXP, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Maxscend Debuts IC for Huge Potential China Digital TV Market
Feb 13, 2008 – Eyeing the huge potential China digital TV market, Maxscend Technologies has announced the MXD1320, a demodulator IC fully compliant with China digital terrestrial television standard.
News categories: Maxscend, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Qualcomm Launches New Family of Chips for Mobile Consumer Devices with Wireless Connectivity, GPS, Rich Multimedia and Broadcast TV
Feb 11, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced a family of three new industry-leading chipset solutions - QST1000™, QST1100™ and QST1105™ - designed to power the next evolutions of mobile consumer devices.
News categories: Qualcomm, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Newport Media Demonstrates World's First Mobile TV System-On-Chip (SOC) For MediaFLO
Feb 11, 2008 – Newport Media has announced sample availability of the world's first complete single-chip solution for the MediaFLO™ mobile broadcast platform.
News categories: Newport Media, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Qualcomm Showcases International Mobile Broadcast Platform at Mobile World Congress 2008
Feb 11, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced its venue-wide demonstration of MediaFLO™ technology at Mobile World Congress 2008.
News categories: MediaFLO, Qualcomm, MWC24, Smart TV

Newport Media Announces Acquisition of Mobile TV Middleware Developer WRG
Feb 8, 2008 – Newport Media has announced the acquisition of industry leading DVB-T/H middleware company WRG Inc. Based in Bundang, Korea.
News categories: Newport Media, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Korea, MandA, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Sony Rises to Top of North America LCD TV Shipments for First Time
Feb 6, 2008 – Sony climbed four spots in Q4'07 to reach #1 in LCD TV shipments for the first time with a boost in share from 9.7% to 12.8% on 83% Q/Q sequential growth, the strongest among the top five brands.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Canada, Market Research, North America, Smart TV, USA

The Worldwide Digital Terrestrial Television Receiver Market Will Reach 350 Million Units in 2013, According to ABI Research
Feb 6, 2008 – The worldwide DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) receiver market will grow from 65 million units in 2007 to more than 350 million units in 2013, representing a compound annual growth rate of 32%.
News categories: ABI Research, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DTMB, ISDB-T, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial