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

Complicated Mobile Video Market in Europe, North America and Asia
Jul 16, 2007 – While Mobile Video Services are a hot topic with great potential, the market is very complicated, and will take quite a few more years to completely sort itself out, reports In-Stat.
News categories: Asia, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Mobile, North America, Smart TV

NDS to Integrate Simulcrypt Synchronizer into MediaFLO System
Jul 16, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced an agreement with QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM) to begin integration of the NDS Simulcrypt Synchronizer (SCS) into QUALCOMM's MediaFLO multiplexer software reference platform.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV

Intel OpenCable System-on-a-Chip products expected H2 2008
Jul 13, 2007 – Intel's planned support of CableLabs' Opencable Platform in its future system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions is not expected to result in actual products before the second half of 2008, according to the company.
News categories: Intel, CableLabs, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Italy digital TV switchover to get tax boost in coming months
Jul 11, 2007 – Italy's switchover to digital television broadcasting from traditional analogue will get a boost in the coming months with tax breaks for those buying new TV sets, said government sources.
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Italy, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Growing MPEG IC Market Finds New Applications
Jul 11, 2007 – The MPEG video IC market has plenty of room for growth, reports In-Stat. MPEG IC unit shipments will grow from 649 million in 2006 to 1.6 billion in 2011, the high-tech market research firm says.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

STMicroelectronics Passes 400 Million MPEG-Decoder Shipment Milestone
Jul 11, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that by the end of the first quarter of 2007 it had shipped a cumulative total of more than 400 million MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoder chips since entering the market with the world's first MPEG-2 decoder in 1995.
News categories: ATSC 3, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

IWEDIA ready for the booming market of integrated Digital High Definition TVs compliant with MPEG-4 HD
Jul 10, 2007 – IWEDIA has announced that it will be showcasing its market solution for MPEG-4 HD-compliant integrated Digital HDTVs during IFA '07 in Berlin from August 31st through September 5th.
News categories: Digital TV, IFABerlin, Middleware, Smart TV, Software, Terrestrial

Spain - July digital TV monthly update released
Jul 10, 2007 – Digital terrestrial TV receiver sales in Spain have passed the 5.1 million unit mark, with 346,010 sold during the month of May.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

IGRS and Metalink Wireless HDTV Platform for China TV Vendors
Jul 9, 2007 – IGRS, the Intelligent Grouping and Resource Sharing working group, and Metalink (NASDAQ: MTLK) have announced that they are working together to provide an advanced High Definition (HD) TV Decoder Platform for wireless home networks.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Router, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming