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

Taiwan - QUALCOMM, China Network Systems and TTV Plan MediaFLO Trial
Mar 5, 2007 – QUALCOMM and China Network Systems (CNS), together with Taiwan Television Enterprise Ltd. (TTV), today announced that the companies have signed an agreement to conduct a technical trial of QUALCOMM’s MediaFLO(TM) technology in Taipei. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, Taiwan

France Leaps Ahead In European HDTV
Feb 21, 2007 – France's new 'TV of the Future' law has taken an important step towards high definition television (HDTV) on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform by allocating capacity for HD channels and mandating HD tuners in HD-Ready TV sets.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Smart TV, Terrestrial

1 in 4 of Australian homes estimated to have Free to view digital TV
Feb 13, 2007 – The estimated number of free to view digital television receivers sold to retailers and installers in the Australian market during the period 1 October to 31 December 2006 reached 302,000 units.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

AT&T Selects QUALCOMM MediaFLO for Mobile Entertainment Services
Feb 13, 2007 – MediaFLO and Cingular, the new wireless unit of AT&T (NYSE: T), have announced that they signed a definitive agreement to deliver mobile entertainment and information services to the wireless unit’s subscribers. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, USA

Qualcomm and British Sky Broadcasting Complete Second MediaFLO Trial
Feb 12, 2007 – QUALCOMM and British Sky Broadcasting Limited (BSkyB) have announced the successful completion of a second joint technical trial of QUALCOMM's MediaFLO™ System in the United Kingdom.
News categories: QUALCOMM, BSkyB, Digital TV, Mobile, Smart TV, UK

QUALCOMM Announces Early Delivery of World's First Universal Mobile TV Chip
Feb 12, 2007 – QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced the Company's Universal Broadcast Modem (UBM) chip is sampling ahead of schedule.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Freeview's Best Ever Christmas Delivers Two Million Sales
Feb 6, 2007 – Freeview has announced that Christmas 2006 was its best ever, with over two million digital boxes and digital televisions sold during the quarter.
News categories: Freeview, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Japan - 2006 Domestic shipments of digital terrestrial broadcast receivers
Feb 1, 2007 – Total shipments of digital terrestrial broadcast receivers for 2006 reached 8,925,000 units. Cumulative sales of these devices exceeded 17 million units, reaching 17,286,000 units by the end of December 2006.
News categories: DiBEG, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, Japan, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

EPA Working to Make Digital Television Technology Energy Efficient
Jan 31, 2007 – In anticipation of the nationwide changeover to digital TV signals in February 2009, EPA's Energy Star program is announcing new specifications that are expected to cut the energy use of digital-to-analog converter boxes by more than 70 percent.
News categories: Energy Star, EPA, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA