http://www.screendigest.com/rss/ en-gb Copyright: (C) Screen Digest 240 Digital terrestrial television is now available to six billion people around the world, the most widely spread platform for receiving free video content ever created. The politics, usage and opportunities presented by digital terrestrial television are reviewed in this presentation.(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/presentations/2012_02_the_global_state_of_dtt/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/presentations/2012_02_the_global_state_of_dtt/view.html 2012-02-06 As the number of TVs per home has increased dramatically over the last decade there has been pressure to offer premium services which can reach across two or more sets. In many European markets premium pay TV services cannot are only watched on the primary TV, leaving second and third TVs to watch free-to-air content, or only used for gaming or physical media. However, over-the-top internet streaming services are starting to gain traction to supply occasional-use premium content to these bedroom and kitchen TVs. This is pushing the pay TV industry to offer strong home networking strategies coupled with increasingly advanced multiscreen services to provide their branded video platforms to all the screens and devices in a subscriber home.(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/presentations/2012_02_next-generation_television_connecting_the_home/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/presentations/2012_02_next-generation_television_connecting_the_home/view.html 2012-02-06 The last 14 months have seen a surge in companies buying patent portfolios in the technology, media and telecoms industry. Starting in late 2010 with the purchase of 882 patents from Novell by a Microsoft-led consortium there have been almost $20bn of patent-related spend from just a handful of major IT and mobile companies. In early 2012 Intel entered the fray with a $120m purchase of 360 video-related patents from RealNetworks. But regulators may be about to respond to the constant sparing as the European Commission starts antitrust reviews over Samsung's mobile claims to prevent innovation from being stiffled.(subscription content) http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201212a/2012_02_the_battle_for_patents/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/reports/201212a/2012_02_the_battle_for_patents/view.html 2012-02-02 Australian online video rental subscription company Quickflix is extending its streaming service WatchNow to Samsung IETVs, Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and the Galaxy line of Android tablets and smartphones....(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_02_quickflix_launches_on_samsung_devices/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_02_quickflix_launches_on_samsung_devices/view.html 2012-02-02 In its financial reports for the fourth quarter of 2011, Japanese company Toshiba posted a loss of ¥10.6bn ($138.7m; ?105.2m) amongst total revenues of ¥1.4tn ($18.3bn; ?13.8bn). The...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_japan_tv_slump_hits_toshiba/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_japan_tv_slump_hits_toshiba/view.html 2012-02-01 Hitachi Ltd. plans to end in-house production of television sets in Japan.  Both overcrowding in the market and strengthening of the yen have made it difficult for the company to compete in a low profit...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_hitachi_to_end_tv_manufacturing_in_japan/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_hitachi_to_end_tv_manufacturing_in_japan/view.html 2012-01-31 In 2011, 3D technology was at the forefront of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, but this year, overall, 3D was much less visible. Those 3D announcements that were made tended to focus on new models of existing 3D products rather than new developments in the evolution of the technology. (free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_3d_technology_becomes_mainstream_at_ces_2012/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_3d_technology_becomes_mainstream_at_ces_2012/view.html 2012-01-31 Boxee, the TV platform for multiple devices, is releasing an outboard USB stick-based DTT tuner, marketed as 'Live TV', in January 2012. The product, which will go on sale at an initial price of $49, will...(free content) http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_boxee_launches_live_tv_on_usb_/view.html http://www.screendigest.com/news/2012_01_boxee_launches_live_tv_on_usb_/view.html 2012-01-27