IFABerlin (IFA – Internationale Funkausstellung 2024): September 6-10, 2024: Messe Berlin

Sigma Designs Announces HiDTV Pro-UXL™ for Smart TVs
Sep 2, 2012 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced the release of its HiDTV Pro-UXL Smart TV SoC. With its integrated 1GHz CPU, 3D graphics and video processing, HiDTV Pro-UXL picture quality is designed to deliver a cinematic experience.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Digital TV, ICs, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart TV

IBM Cloud to Deliver Home Entertainment Services for Philips Smart TVs
Aug 31, 2012 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) has unveiled a cloud platform for CE firms and announced that it will power the Philips Smart TV platform for Internet services, which will deliver interactive services to TV viewers in Europe, as well as Brazil and Argentina.
News categories: IBM, Philips, TP Vision, Argentina, Brazil, Content Distribution, Europe, IFABerlin, Smart TV, Streaming

Rovi Enters DivX Plus Streaming Licensing Agreement With Hisense
Aug 31, 2012 – Rovi Corporation (Nasdaq:ROVI) and Hisense (600060.SH) have announced that they are collaborating to integrate DivX Plus Streaming™ into a new range of Hisense Smart TVs. Rovi will be demonstrating DivX Plus Streaming at IFA 2012.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Hisense, Digital TV, IFABerlin, Licensing, Media Player, Smart TV, Streaming

Ubitus, MStar join forces on Smart TV cloud gaming
Aug 31, 2012 – Ubitus and MStar Semi will showcase smart TV cloud gaming solutions at IFA. By pre-integrating Ubitus' GameCloud, MStar's Smart TV Controller SoCs will enable TV makers to stream video games over broadband networks without additional hardware.
News categories: MStar Semi, Ubitus, Apps, Digital TV, IFABerlin, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV

iWedia to launch Teatro-4 turnkey software for Smart TVs at IFA 2012
Aug 31, 2012 – iWedia has announced the launch of its Teatro-4 line of products at IFA 2012 in Berlin. Teatro-4 is a comprehensive line of turnkey software solutions targeted at Smart TVs giving support to analogue and digital TV and managing the TV chassis.
News categories: iWedia, Digital TV, IFABerlin, Middleware, Smart TV

Vestel Latest Generation of European TV Models To Use MaxLinear MxL601 Tuner IC
Aug 31, 2012 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that Vestel has selected the MxL601 for its latest generation of hybrid televisions targeting the European LED/LCD television market.
News categories: MaxLinear, Vestel, Digital TV, Europe, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Rovi Unveils Digital Copy Solution for Retailers
Aug 31, 2012 – Rovi (Nasdaq:ROVI) has announced Rovi Digital Copy for Retailers, an offering that is expected to provide consumers in Europe and the U.S. more ways to turn their physical DVD and Blu-ray Disc® movie collections into virtual movie libraries.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVD, IFABerlin, Streaming

TeliaSonera and Samsung launch IPTV for Smart TV - eliminating the set-top box
Aug 30, 2012 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) and Samsung (Seoul: 005930) have started a collaboration to develop a Smart TV solution that will allow existing IPTV without the need for an external set-top-box, with full support for key linear, catch-up and on-demand features.
News categories: Samsung, TeliaSonera, Elion, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, IFABerlin, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Sweden

Rovi and Media Markt Introduce Digital Entertainment Services on a Range of Connected Devices
Aug 30, 2012 – Rovi (Nasdaq:ROVI) and Media Markt Germany have announced that they continue to expand the reach of Media Markt's Video-On-Demand services with new launches of the Media Markt Videodownloadshop on connected set-top boxes.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Media Markt, Digital TV, Germany, IFABerlin, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming