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

LG Electronics Launches ATSC Digital TV Broadcast Receiver Chipset
Apr 17, 2007 – To support the completion of the digital television (DTV) transition in the United States, LG Electronics Inc. is launching its sixth-generation reception circuitry in a wide range of DTV products hitting the market this year.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

Over 240 Million TV-Enabled Handsets and Over $2.9 Billion of Infrastructure Equipment To Be Sold By 2011
Apr 16, 2007 – MRG has announced a sweeping new Mobile TV Market analysis and forecast that provides a ground-up analysis of over 70 trials and deployments, using both the better-known DVB-H and MediaFLO technologies and other technologies like DVB-S, 3G, DAB IP, T-DMB, S-DMB and WiMAX.
News categories: Multimedia Research Group (MRG), 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV

Italy - Over 5 million DTTV receivers sold
Apr 16, 2007 – According to Gfk, the number of DTT set-top-boxes sold in Italy since launch in February 2004 up to February 2007, has reached 4,706,899. To this number can be added IDTV sales to give a total of 5,006,867. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Spain - April DTT monthly update released
Apr 11, 2007 – According to Impulsa-TDT, digital terrestrial TV receiver sales in Spain have passed the 4.1 million unit mark, with 300,936 sold during the month of February, 152% up on a year ago.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

MIPS and Trident Microsystems Complete MIPS32 24KEc Licensing
Apr 11, 2007 – MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) has announced that Trident Microsystems has licensed the MIPS32® 24KEc(TM) Pro core for use in Trident’s next-generation consumer devices. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart TV

Mobile TV is next IPR battleground
Apr 9, 2007 – Our source at Qualcomm was, the other day, defending his company’s mobile TV proposition – MediaFLO. He let slip, however, that Nokia might have patents on DVB-H that rival handset vendors have overlooked. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Patent, Smart TV

Spain - Government may push for industry-led tuner mandation
Apr 9, 2007 – The Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism, Joan Clos, has announced that the government is currently in negotiations with manufacturers to ensure the availability of DTT tuners in all television sets sold. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Opportunities and Pitfalls in the Mobile Broadcast TV Market
Apr 4, 2007 – Datamonitor predicts at the end of 2006 there were around 4.4 million mobile broadcast TV subscribers. This subscriber base is forecasted to grow to c65.6 million in 2010 and c155.6 million by 2012 with a CAGR of 66.2%. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers

France - DTT penetration reaches 22%
Apr 1, 2007 – Since the launch of DTT services in March 2005, 8.2 million DTT receivers are now in French households. More …
News categories: Digital TV, France, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial