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

Portable Video Playback On The Rise Across Asia; GfK Asia Expects Asian Consumers to Purchase More than 10 Million Portable Video Players in 2007
Aug 24, 2007 – GfK Asia releases its 2007 Half Year Pan Asian Consumer Electronics Data Summary, highlighting the trends in the region's consumer electronics sector.
News categories: Asia, Australia, Cambodia, Camcorder, China, Digital TV, DVD, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Optical Disc Recorder, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Tablet, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Micronas announces single-chip solution for Full HD 1080p Flat-Panel TVs
Aug 23, 2007 – Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN) has announced VCT-Premium - the third generation of the Micronas VCT-family of single-chip flat-panel TV processors.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Neotion TNT France shall finally introduce its breakthrough DTT Pay TV offer by December 2007
Aug 21, 2007 – The NTF company (Neotion TNT France) shall launch its "low-cost" DTT TV package by December 2007. Initially planned for September, the start of the NTF service has been postponed to be synchronised with the legal framework governing the sales of TV sets in France.
News categories: Digital TV, France, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Alticast Brings a Complete Digital Receiver Software Stack - 'entavio Total Solution' to the Market for entavio Set-Top-Boxes
Aug 21, 2007 – In cooperation with APS and Nagra, Alticast has developed a complete digital receiver Software Stack for the new Astra satellite platform 'entavio' which is now available for STB and iDTV manufacturers.
News categories: Alticast, DVB-MHP, Europe, IBCShow, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

iSuppli sees huge promise in DTV chip market
Aug 20, 2007 – The expected upsurge in DTV sales this coming year is creating huge opportunities for semiconductor suppliers, especially as revenues from DTV chip shipments are predicted to double from 2006 to 2091, according to iSuppli Corp.
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV

184 Million Digital Media Adapters in Homes in 2012
Aug 20, 2007 – The installed base of Digital Media Adapters is expected to number about 184 million in 2012. But according to ABI Research, only a little more than 11% of those will be dedicated standalone devices - fully 85% will be embedded in game consoles.
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

DS2 emerges as leading supplier of Powerline Technology solutions for US multi-media networking
Aug 20, 2007 – DS2 has confirmed that shipments to the US of its 200 Mbps chipset increased by 229% during the first half 2007. In general the Powerline market is growing at a rate of 100% p.a. while growth in other home networking technologies has stagnated.
News categories: DS2, NPD Group, NETGEAR, Digital TV, Gaming, Gateway, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, USA

Mobile TV Standards: Winners Emerging One Region at a Time
Aug 17, 2007 – IMS Research is forecasting that by 2011 the Americas region will account for 60% of worldwide FLO subscribers. Similarly, Europe is forecast to claim 61% of worldwide DVB-H / DVB-SH subscribers. Other standards, such as T-DMB and ISDB-T, are also expected to become increasingly region-specific between 2007 and 2011, with an increasing number of these standards' subscribers coming respectively from Korea and Japan.
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV

LCD Continuing March Toward DTV Dominance
Aug 14, 2007 – LCD will continue its ascension to market dominance in the worldwide digital TV (DTV) market, reports In-Stat. LCD will have almost 75% of the market in 2011, with plasma fading to less than 15%, the high-tech market research firm says.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Terrestrial