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

PCCW Teams with QUALCOMM to Explore Mobile Broadcasting Opportunity
Jun 19, 2007 – QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM) and PCCW have announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement to conduct a technical trial of QUALCOMM’s MediaFLO(TM) technology in Hong Kong. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Hong Kong, Mobile, Smart TV

QUALCOMM and Siano Sign FLO Chip Agreement
Jun 18, 2007 – QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM) and Siano Mobile Silicon have announced that the companies have signed a royalty-free agreement that enables Siano to use QUALCOMM's patented technologies to produce chips that implement FLO™ technology.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, QUALCOMM, Digital TV, Mobile, Patent, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Standardisation of FLO continues with TIA Transport Specification
Jun 17, 2007 – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has approved the Forward Link Only (FLO) Transport Specification as part of the continuing standardisation of the MediaFLO-based technology ecosystem. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV

'Non-traditional' Devices Will Lead Growth of TV Receiver Market
Jun 17, 2007 – Of the more than 360 million digital terrestrial television (DTT) receivers expected to ship in 2013, about a quarter will be found in "non-traditional" consumer electronics devices rather than in standard TVs and set-top boxes.
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet, Terrestrial

Joost everywhere, embedded in hardware
Jun 17, 2007 – This week, Joost started publicly talking about getting equipment manufacturers to embed its video-playing software in TV sets and other consumer hardware. More …
News categories: Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Kolorific Licenses MIPS32 Core for Next-Generation iDTV Applications
Jun 12, 2007 – MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) has announced that Kolorific has licensed the MIPS32® 24KEc(TM) core for its next-generation DTV solutions. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart TV

SoftBank Subsidiary Aims to Start MediaFLO Business in 2009
Jun 11, 2007 – Masahiko Yabuki, President of SoftBank's wholly-owned subsidiary Mobile Media Planning Corp., revealed its plan to start services in 2009 in a lecture at "MediaFLO Conference 2007" held in Tokyo on June 8, 2007.
News categories: SoftBank, Digital TV, Japan, Mobile, Smart TV

Spain - June digital TV monthly update released
Jun 8, 2007 – Digital terrestrial TV receiver sales in Spain have passed the 4.75 million unit mark, with 266,827 sold during the month of April.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Ceroma Selects Silicon Image's Video Decoder IP Core for Its DTV Chip
Jun 1, 2007 – Silicon Image (NASDAQ: SIMG) has announced that CeRoma will integrate Silicon Image’s Multistandard HD Video Decoder (MSVD-HD) IP core in a SoC for consumer electronics products including set-top boxes and DTVs. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart TV