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

Digital TV Labs Launches DVB-T Receiver RF Test Suite for Top 50 Trouble-Spots Across Europe
Nov 21, 2007 – Digital TV manufacturers can now guarantee front-end receiver performance in Europe's most challenging DVB-T locations, with the launch of the first lab-based Radio Frequency (RF) test suite for benchmarking digital terrestrial receivers against the top 50 DVB-T trouble spots across Europe.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, Digital TV, Europe, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, TV Services

Freeview reaches 14 million homes
Nov 20, 2007 – Freeview has confirmed that it is in 14 million UK homes, reinforcing its position as the most popular digital TV service in the UK.
News categories: Freeview, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

DisplaySearch Reports Double-Digit Growth in Q3'07 Global TV Market on Strength in Europe, Developing Regions and at 1080p
Nov 19, 2007 – DisplaySearch has reported in its latest 'Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report' that TV units rose 18% Q/Q and 11% Y/Y to 50.6 million, while revenues rose 17% Q/Q and 10% Y/Y to $26.3 billion in Q3'07.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV

More CE Devices Enter the Digital TV Market
Nov 13, 2007 – Hybrid devices such as IP-enabled game consoles and DVD players/recorders with integrated digital TV receivers are beginning to make their mark on the DTV industry.
News categories: IMS Research, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Watermarking

Spain - November DTT monthly update released
Nov 8, 2007 – In September, 372,325 DTT receivers were sold, marking a new record high for the last twelve months, with a substantial increase in the sale of DTT set-top boxes from 128,000 in August to 153,000 in September.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

FLO™ Forum Completes Open Conditional Access Framework
Nov 6, 2007 – The FLO Forum has announced the completion of the Open Conditional Access (or OpenCA) Key Management System Framework, creating a standards-based environment that enables multiple vendors to implement content security systems within the FLO architecture.
News categories: FLO Forum, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV

Mobile video phone sales will more than double to $125B by 2010
Nov 5, 2007 – Sales of mobile video phones hit close to $58 billion worldwide in 2006 and are forecast to more than double to nearly $125 billion by 2010, says market research firm Infonetics Research in its latest report.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers

Genesis Microchip Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2008 Financial Results
Nov 1, 2007 – Genesis Microchip (Nasdaq:GNSS) has announced its financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2008, which ended September 30, 2007.
News categories: Genesis Microchip, Earnings Release, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Nielsen Releases High Definition TV (HDTV) Universe Estimates for Total U.S. and Local People Meter Markets
Oct 30, 2007 – The Nielsen Company has announced that 13.7% of TV households in the U.S. are equipped with an HD television and HD tuner capable of receiving signals in HD, while 11.3% are equipped with an HD television and HD tuner and receive at least one HD network or station.
News categories: The Nielsen Company, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA