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

Intel Demonstrates Next-Generation Silicon Products for CE Devices
Jan 7, 2008 – At CES, Intel demonstrated for the first time Intel's first Intel Architecture-based system-on-a-chip product optimized for a new generation of set-top boxes, media players and TVs.
News categories: Intel Corp, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

Samsung Leads Consumers to a Life Made Simple at CES 2008, Unveils Breakthroughs in Digital Media Technology and Design
Jan 6, 2008 – Samsung Electronics opened the CES 2008 show unveiling its vision of a world of complete connectivity, one in which the boundaries to both rich content and beautiful design are gone and the result is a life made simple.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, Blu-ray, Camcorder, CES2025, DVD, HD-DVD, IPTV, Mobile, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

STMicroelectronics Introduces Full High-Definition Integrated Digital TV Platform Supporting Worldwide Standards
Jan 4, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the DTV150, which provides demodulation, MPEG-2 HD and SD decoding, full HD video processing, high quality audio, and the video switching functions, for integrated digital TV (iDTV) sets worldwide.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Highly Integrated, Low-Power, Single-Conversion Silicon Tuner for ATSC and NTSC Applications
Jan 3, 2008 – Maxim Integrated Products (Pink Sheets: MXIM) has introduced the MAX3540 highly integrated, single-conversion television tuner for ATSC and NTSC applications.
News categories: Maxim Integrated Products, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, North America, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Westinghouse Digital and Pulse~LINK Unveil the World's First Fully Integrated Wireless HDTV at CES 2008
Jan 3, 2008 – Westinghouse Digital and Pulse~LINK have introduced the world's first fully integrated wireless HDTV. The HD LCD TV, featuring Pulse~LINK's integrated CWave® UWB Wireless HDMI technology, will be on display for the first time at the 2008 International CES.
News categories: Pulse~LINK, Westinghouse Digital, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV

Sigma Signs Definitive Agreement for Acquisition of Gennum's VXP® Image Processing Business
Jan 3, 2008 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire assets of the VXP® Image Processing business from Gennum Corporation (TSX:GND).
News categories: Sigma Designs, Gennum, Digital TV, MandA, Semiconductor, Smart TV

More than Half of US Households Own a Digital Television
Dec 28, 2007 – More than 50 percent of U.S. households now own a digital television (DTV), according to new research released by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Sunplus Group Demonstrates New Chip Solutions for Digital TV, Home Entertainment, and Multimedia Personal Applications at 2008 International CES
Dec 27, 2007 – Sunplus Technology (TSE:2401) (LSE:SUPD), and its subsidiary Sunplus mMedia, will jointly exhibit at 2008 International CES and demonstrate the latest chip solutions for Digital TV, Home Entertainment, and Multimedia Personal applications.
News categories: Sunplus, ATSC 3, CES2025, DVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial

MediaTek to Offer TV Chips for Mainland China
Dec 26, 2007 – An industry insider has revealed that MediaTek has won chipset orders from Chinese LCD manufacturers Hisense (600060.SH) and Konka (2016.SZ), with products due on the markets in H1 2008.
News categories: MediaTek, China, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial