Digital TV News: Skype

China will Overtake US in Connected TV Sales in 2014
Apr 26, 2012 – The global Connected flat-panel TV (FPTV) market will increase to 91 million units in 2012, according to Strategy Analytics. Strategy Analytics projects that the number of global connected FPTV households will reach 502 million by 2016.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Brazil, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Russia, Smart TV, Streaming, UK, USA

IN Media Announces Tablet PCs and IP Set Top Box on Android 2.3
Apr 23, 2012 – IN Media (IMDC.OB) has announced that they have begun to ship Android-based Tablet PCs with telephony capabilities using CDMA and GSM SIM cards, and an IP Set Top box that brings web content to large screen TVs transforming a TV into Smart TV.
News categories: IN Media Corp, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, Tablet

Sigma Designs Enables Cost Effective HD Video Conferencing to the Living Room
Jan 12, 2012 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has introduced a suite of home video conferencing solutions. The solutions, which include an HD Camera, a console and a remote control, add an immersive video conferencing experience that fits into any home.
News categories: Sigma Designs, CES2024, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Mobile Video Calling Users to Exceed 130 Million by 2016
Aug 16, 2011 – The prospects of mobile video calling have improved in the last eighteen months due to the launch of mobile video calling services by major industry players, increased availability of front-facing cameras on smartphones and underlying technology improvements finds Juniper Research.
News categories: Juniper Research, Market Research, Mobile

Sigma Designs Demonstrates Suite of Hybrid IP Set Top Box Technologies Including ISDB-T, Satellite and Cable
Aug 9, 2011 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) is demonstrating a full line of hybrid IP set-top box solutions for cable, satellite and the Brazilian International Standard Digital Broadcast - Television (ISDB-T), also called SBTVD, at ABTA.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Latin America, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Android IPTV from NetUP is released
Aug 3, 2011 – NetUP has developed an Android-based IPTV solution, which is the new generation of IPTV Middleware. The solution will be demonstrated in September at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam, stand # 13.383.
News categories: NetUP, Apps, Digital TV, IBC2023, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming

Comcast and Skype to Bring a New HD Video Calling Experience to the Television
Jun 14, 2011 – Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) and Skype have announced that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership that will enable Comcast customers to communicate with family and friends through HD video calling on their television.
News categories: Skype, Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

MIPS Technologies and SiS Continue to Drive Android™ Into the Digital Home
May 31, 2011 – MIPS Technologies (Nasdaq:MIPS) and Taiwan's Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) have announced that they have collaborated to deliver an optimized Android solution on SiS' new MIPS-Based™ integrated internet TV platform, which is available now.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, Silicon Integrated Systems, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Zoran Demos DTV, Set-Top Box and Silicon Tuner Platforms at Computex 2011
May 31, 2011 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) is demonstrating its latest internet connected and mobile product platforms for global consumer electronics manufacturers at Computex 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Taipei.
News categories: Zoran, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV