"smart TV" articles
This was interesting news, particularly since we completed a Webcast today where we talked about the very dymanic market for supplying Web capabilities to the consumer electronics market. Today, Nagravision announced that it was partnering with Samsung Electronics America to provide TV applications an interactivity to Web-connected Samsung products such as connected TVs and Blu-ray players.
It's interesting that a company like Nagravision - which has a strong foundation in providing...
Broadcast & Cable reported on Consumer Reports' tests of Web-connected TVs and Blu-ray players and devices such as broadband-connected TiVos and game consoles. It sounds like the reviews were generally favorable - Consumer Reports indicates that video quality was pretty decent. One of the key conclusions from them is for consumers to take a closer looks at the connected Blu-ray players, as they will obviously be lower-cost alternatives to a full-blown connected TV. That makes sense -...
France’s Orange is in talks with TV manufacturers Samsung, LG and Panasonic to integrate its services with TVs connected to the internet, according to a report in French financial daily Les Echos .
The number of actors attempting to bring the connected TV vision to reality in Europe is quite diverse. I am organizing my analysis of the market by the following categories:
* Operators acting independently (Orange);
* Operators acting within the framework of the Open IPTV Forum...
Parks Associates is supporting IPTV World Forum Middle East and Africa on November 15-16 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
IPTV World Forums Middle East & Africa always provide the opportunity to benefit from established local deployments of IPTV and also meet those from further afield, along with other seasoned attendees from the IPTV World Series. This year, the event once again featured the series’ unique operator-centric formula, bringing together local and worldwide...
Parks Associates is supporting Digital Hollywood Fall from October 19-22 in Santa Monica, California.
Parks Associates is hosting the Lunch & Special Research Presentation “Cloud Media & Connected TVs: The New Face of Digital Entertainment” on Wednesday, October 21, 10:45 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
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Parks Associates is a media partner for the Social TV Forum to be held September 28-29 in London.
This conference will examine the current state of social TV, the challenges in developing and implementing social TV experiences, and the future outlook of social TV. Understand the key trends during social TV - hear an up to date analysis on the current state of the market and how it continues to grow and attract new audiences. Learn about the integration of social networking into...
Here it comes. Just a few weeks after introducting Twitter and Facebook access on its Widgets Bazaar, Verizon has added enhancements to allow subscribers to use their onscreen keyboard to send Tweets and the ability for subscribers to update their Facebook status with personalized messages.
