Streaming (Over-the-top, OTT, P2P, PC-TV, Internet TV, online video, IP Video) News

3D TV Forecast to Reach 3.2 Million Global Shipments in 2010 and 91 Million in 2014
Jan 4, 2011 – The availability of 3D content will remain the greatest determinant of the value of 3D TVs to consumers. Global shipments in 2010 were expected to total 3.2 million worldwide, according to the DisplaySearch Quarterly TV Design and Features Report.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Market Research, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming

Funai Electric First CE Manufacturer to Launch Cloud-Based Interactive Television
Jan 4, 2011 – Funai Electric and ActiveVideo Networks™ have announced an agreement that will make Funai the first consumer electronics manufacturer to bring interactive television solutions based entirely in the network cloud to connected televisions.
News categories: ActiveVideo, Funai, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming

Parks Associates forecasts sales of Internet-connectable TV devices soaring to 350 million by 2015
Jan 4, 2011 – Consumer desire for on-demand and online video content will motivate sales of Internet-connectable TV devices to nearly 350 million units worldwide by 2015, setting the stage for intense competition in app development, Parks Associates reports.
News categories: Parks Associates, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Sigma Designs Brings 'Hollywood Experience' to the Living Room at CES 2011
Jan 4, 2011 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that it will showcase at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, new products and award-winning solutions that bring the first studio-quality entertainment experience to the living room.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Thinh Tran, Blu-ray, CES2025, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Sigma Designs Upgrades the Front of Screen Experience
Jan 4, 2011 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced support for four exciting new TV development environments: Adobe® AIR® for TV, the Espial Browser with support for Adobe Flash® Player, a Hardware Accelerated Open GL ES 3D UI Framework, and XBMC Media Center.
News categories: Sigma Designs, CES2025, ICs, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

DivX Continues to Expand DivX Plus™ HD Certification on Broadcom® Platforms; Demonstrates Support for DivX TV™
Jan 4, 2011 – DivX® (Nasdaq: SNIC) has announced its first DivX Plus™ HD Certified chip for set-top boxes (STBs) with Broadcom's BCM7208 HD IP STB system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution. In addition, Broadcom has certified its latest BCM35230 connected DTV platform.
News categories: DivX, Broadcom, CES2025, Media Player, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

RCA is First to Launch New Line of Portable Television Products for Easy Reception of Both Standard and Mobile Digital TV Broadcasts
Jan 4, 2011 – With nearly 70 TV broadcasters now transmitting Mobile Digital TV signals in the U.S., RCA is launching a new line of portable digital television sets that have the capability of receiving both Mobile DTV and standard digital TV signals.
News categories: Digital Stream, ATSC 3, CES2025, Mobile, Portable, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Fuugo Enables Easier TV and Video Consumption on Mobile and Portable Devices
Jan 3, 2011 – Axel Technologies will launch the online video version of Fuugo at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011. Fuugo™ is the world's first TV and video application for personalizing video content from Internet, mobile and broadcast TV.
News categories: Axel Technologies, Fuugo, CES2025, Mobile, Social TV, Streaming

Sigma Designs Launches First Studio-Grade Set Top Box SoC
Jan 3, 2011 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has introduced its SMP8910 media processor. The SMP8910 is the first chip to integrate VXP studio quality video processing and the most flexible 3D video processing into a high-performance media processor.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming