One in five US broadband households intends to purchase a new flat-panel TV before the end of 2011, making it the most popular CE product this holiday season, according to new consumer research from Parks Associates. Among households intending to purchase a flat-panel TV, 73 per cent plan to select a set with advanced features […]
LG Electronics has joined forces with Intel to promote Intel’s sophisticated Wireless Displays technology in its products. According to the companies, 2012 could be the year Intel’s Wireless Display technology, more commonly referred to as WiDi, becomes blended with LG’s forthcoming LG Cinema 3D Smart TVs. Intel’s WiDi is a new-generation wireless ‘technolog’ that allows […]
Although one in ten (10 per cent) of UK homes already own a Smart TV, only a further four per cent intend to purchase one at some point in the next 12 months, according to YouGov research. Over one half (52 per cent) say they definitely won’t purchase a Smart TV, while one quarter (25 […]
Screen has further expanded its product portfolio of broadcast solutions to include connected TV. Having only recently acquired fellow broadcast technology company SysMedia, Screen has announced that it has obtained the On Screen Publishing connected TV solution, now named ‘SceenConnect’, which allows the content owners to easily deploy and manage services across a range of […]
Apple has emerged as the leading player in the rapidly growing connected TV player market, according to research from the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service. According to the report – Connected TV Players: Another Battlefield in the Smart TV War – global sales of Connected TV players – also known as video streaming or […]
Rovi has announced that automaker MINI and its agency Mediaplus are participating in the launch of the Rovi Smart TV Advertising programme in Germany. The programme enables companies to develop and introduce innovative advertising campaigns across HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc players, and other Internet-connected devices. The launch in Germany builds on the success of similar programs […]
The French catch-up market will more than quadruple by 2015 says NPA Conseil. In “The Catch Up Market in France” the researcher says the market will be worth €300 million by 2015 across connected TVs tablets and mobile phones. Meanwhile a joint report from the ministries of culture and industry says thirty per cent of […]
Rovi and media research company Decipher have released the first results from a two-phase study about Smart TV usage and interactive advertising in the UK. The first phase examined connected device familiarity and usage, creating a profile of the connected TV audience and comparing it to the average UK household. “The study, combined with the […]
The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 551 million by 2016 for the 40 countries covered in a report from Digital TV Research, up from 124 million at end-2010. The report states that this translates to 20 per cent of global TV sets by 2016, up from only 6 per cent […]
IP Vision, the UK’s hybrid DTT/IPTV over-the-top TV specialist, has unveiled the first two FetchTV apps for smart TVs. The FetchTV app for Panasonic Smart VIERA TVs went live this week; the app for Samsung’s Smart TV platform will launch during Q1 2012. Customised versions of the FetchTV content portal for other smart TV platforms […]