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

Xceive and Legend Silicon Announce Industry's First Hybrid Front-End Silicon Tuner Based Platforms for China
Jan 7, 2008 – Xceive and Legend Silicon have unveiled the industry's first hybrid front-end silicon tuner based platforms customized for China's DTTB market.
News categories: Legend Silicon, Xceive, CES2025, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Xceive Selected in High Performance Television Reference Design for HD-Ready Televisions
Jan 7, 2008 – Xceive has announced that its XC4100 tuner is a featured component in the Marvell® 88DE2710-WX TV reference design, developed to meet the demand for high performance HD-ready televisions.
News categories: Xceive, Marvell, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

Marvell Announces Comprehensive LCD-TV Chassis Reference Design Powered by Qdeo Video Processing
Jan 7, 2008 – Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) has announced the 88DE2710-WX, a complete HD-ready hardware and software solution LCD-TV chassis.
News categories: Marvell, CES2025, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Shinco Selects Xceive to Power New Hybrid Portable Lines of TVs and TV/DVD Players
Jan 7, 2008 – Xceive has announced that Shinco Corporation has selected Xceive's XC5000 silicon tuner for its new lines of 5" and 7" analog/digital hybrid TVs and combination portable TV/DVD player units for the North America market.
News categories: Xceive, Shinco Electronics, ATSC 3, Canada, Digital TV, DVD, North America, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

Panasonic and Comcast Announce Products With tru2way™ Technology
Jan 7, 2008 – Panasonic (NYSE: MC) and Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) have announced a series of new products powered by tru2way™ technology, including Plasma HDTV, HD DVR set-top boxes and portable DVR devices.
News categories: Panasonic, Comcast, Cable TV, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, USA

DivX Certifies Blu-Ray Capable ''UniPhier'' Chip Platform from Panasonic
Jan 7, 2008 – DivX (NASDAQ:DIVX) has announced the DivX® Certification of Panasonic's UniPhier® System LSI. The UniPhier is a platform that enables high-quality video, such as DivX playback, in products such as Blu-ray DVD players and recorders, digital TVs, mobile phones and in-car devices.
News categories: DivX, panasonic.co.jp/, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Media Player, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Smart TV

NXP Brings the Next Consumer Experience to Life at CES 2008
Jan 7, 2008 – NXP is showcasing at CES 2008 the vibrant media technologies that allow consumers to enjoy better sensory experiences - brilliant images, crisp clear sound and easy sharing of information in homes, cars and mobile devices.
News categories: NXP, Automotive, CES2025, DVR, Mobile, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Mirics expands broadcast tuner product family for portable consumer electronics
Jan 7, 2008 – Mirics Semiconductor has announced the addition of the MSi002 poly-band tuner IC to its product family. The MSi002 tuner features an industry standard I2C control interface to provide support for legacy single and multi standard demodulators ICs.
News categories: Mirics, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Dolby Displays Cutting-Edge Audio and Image Technologies for Digital Entertainment
Jan 7, 2008 – At the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB), is demonstrating technologies that transform images and sound to elevate the digital entertainment experience.
News categories: Dolby, Blu-ray, CES2025, DVD, HD-DVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming