MediaCorp selects Tvinci for OTT

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Tvinci has been selected by Singapore-based MediaCorp to power its new cross device OTT service, Toggle.

CE manufacturers already on the Horizon…

We all know we can look at the horizon, but we can never touch it. Does the same also apply to Liberty Global’s Horizon set-top box? We saw the pictures, we even saw the box at IBC – and we saw some flashy Flash demos. But touching it was out of the question – let [...]

Connected devices sales set to soar

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Shipments of internet-enabled consumer electronics devices will soar to exceed those of the traditional platform used for accessing the internet (the PC) for the first time in 2013, according to a new IHS iSuppli consumer platforms report.

Samsung sells two million Smart TVs

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Samsung Electronics said it has sold a record number of two million of its Smart TVs in the three months since it was launched. Comparing figures with its LED sets, the company said it took eight months to reach 2 million LED sets sold.

Philips, Sharp and Loewe create common connected TV platform

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IFA 2010 – BERLIN. Three consumer electronics manufacturers – Philips, Sharp and Loewe – have signed a letter of intent to create a common, competitive internet platform for connected TVs and other internet-enabled electronic devices across Europe and Russia.

Leading role for connected hybrid devices

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IFA 2010 – BERLIN. Broadcasters, platform operators, consumer manufacturers and other parties are showing connected hybrid devices at this year’s IFA in Berlin signaling new roads for television.

Connected TV market to reach $1.3bn by 2014

Connected TV devices such as Blu-ray players, game consoles, smart-phones, and TV sets are swamping the market. The value of hybrid STBs that are immediately put into use will reach $1.3 billion (€1 billion) worldwide by 2014, according to research firm In-Stat.

German broadcasters to showcase HbbTV at IFA

All major German broadcasters will be showcasing a number of interactive HbbTV applications during this year’s consumer electronics show IFA in Berlin. Public broadcaster ARD has earmarked HbbTV as the main focus for this year’s event.

700,000 connected TVs in German speaking market

“Television will change fundamentally because of connected TV sets, 3D is only a passing fad,” according to Christoph Puhl, responsible for product training at Philips Austria. One in four people buying in new TV set in Austria is getting a connected TV set.

First details of new UPC STB emerge

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UPC’s new high-end set-top box will combine linear and on-demand television, content stored on the home network and the open Internet. Details of the new receiver being adopted by parent company Liberty Global were revealed by Ivo Lochtman, content director of UPC Netherland at the Mediapark Jaarcongres in Hilversum. “We will bring the content that [...]