Nielsen: most Americans still pay for traditional TV, but a growing minority go broadband-only

A small but growing percentage of households, however, are opting to
ignore cable or satellite, using broadband internet along with free
broadcast TV. While only 5 percent of consumers, their numbers are up
over 20 percent from last year, and they watched about half as much TV
and twice as much streaming video as the average viewer. Of course,
that's still a heavily skewed number: 122.6 daily minutes of TV and 11.2
minutes of streaming for this small group versus over four and a half
hours of TV and a mere five minutes of streaming in general.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/9/2787037/tv-internet-streaming-video-viewing-survey-2012-nielsen

NTT Docomo announces first devices compatible with Nottv, Japan's new mobile TV service

NTT Docomo has announced the launch of the first two devices to
support Nottv, a new mobile TV standard due to start broadcasting in
Japan on April 1st. The Sharp Aquos SH-06D is a dual-core smartphone running Android 2.3, with a 4.5-inch 720p 3D display and an 8-megapixel camera, and the NEC Casio Medias Tab N-06D is an LTE-ready Android tablet with a 7-inch 1280 x 800 display.

Mobile TV is popular in Japan, with a large number of devices
supporting one-seg, the current broadcast standard. Nottv is the result
of a collaboration between Docomo and several Japanese media companies
which will offer three high-quality (720 x 480 pixel) stations. It uses spectrum
vacated when analog TV stopped broadcasting in Japan last July and will
cover 73 percent of the population at launch, expanding to 91% in 2014.
The service will broadcast programs from traditional stations alongside
original shows and content from overseas broadcasters. In addition to
the three live stations, Nottv offers "clipcasting" which sends media
such as ebooks, applications, and video clips directly to devices
without using Docomo's cellular network. Smartphones and tablets
supporting the service will be able to share live broadcasts with TVs
and other large-screen devices via Wi-Fi.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/19/2808389/ntt-docomo-nottv-mobile-tv

ISDB is maintained by the Japanese organization ARIB. The standards can be obtained for free at the Japanese organization DiBEG website and at ARIB.

The core standards of ISDB are ISDB-S (satellite television), ISDB-T(terrestrial), ISDB-C (cable) and 2.6GHz band mobile broadcasting which are all based on MPEG-2 or MPEG-4
standard for multiplexing with transport stream structure and video and
audio coding (MPEG-2 or H.264), and are capable of high definition
television (HDTV) and standard definition television. ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb are for mobile reception in TV bands. 1seg is the name of an ISDB-T service for reception on cell phones, laptop computers and vehicles.

The concept was named for its similarity to ISDN,
because both allow multiple channels of data to be transmitted together
(a process called multiplexing). This is also much like another digital radio system, Eureka 147, which calls each group of stations on a transmitter an ensemble; this is very much like the multi-channel digital TV standard DVB-T. ISDB-T operates on unused TV channels, an approach taken by other countries for TV but never before for radio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISDB

The traditional lean-back TV experience is being shaken-up by
interactive services, such as Netflix and Shazam, available on Smart
TVs. With the Smart TV global market predicted to grow to $49bln, over
the next three years, the battle is set to intensify.

Shazam capture viewers' attention with more interactive experiences.
David Jones, Executive VP, Shazam says: "Shazam extends programmes and
adverts to the second screen - the mobile device. So, you can take a TV
ad for a film and give people the option of buying a ticket, and even
having a calendar-reminder placed on their phone."

To retain and re-capture audiences, broadcasters are looking to embrace similar interactive experiences.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/04/15/prweb9400953.DTL

Emergency... The sheeplees have too many options!! They are not focusing on the propaganda anymore..

Sony, Sharp Post Combined $11 Billion Loss as TV Units Bleed

Smart TV may be too smart to win over consumers

A new report from leading management consultant McKinsey is warning
that beyond the hype the maturity of connected TV and most importantly
the consumer appeal of its value proposition are questionable.

The company based its conclusions on research conducted in France and the UK,
McKinsey assessed the smart TV opportunity and determined how TV
manufacturers, media/content providers, and telecoms operators should
prepare for this new battleground.

Concurring with other recent reports McKinsey concluded that from a
supply side at least, the transition to connected TV seems unstoppable
in the two markets and calculates that Internet connectivity in TV sets
is slowly but surely becoming a mainstream feature. Given the current
growth of TV sales, it expects the installed base of Internet-enabled
TVs to grow 70% each year to reach over 500 million devices by 2015.

Yet McKinsey also says that there has been a lukewarm reception for
smart TVs so far. That is to say despite the active push on the supply
side, actual usage remains marginal with only a tenth of households
owning a smart TV and only 3% of them actually using Internet
functionality.

The research also revealed two main bottlenecks along the adoption
funnel, which given the status of the UK and France, should provide
cause for concern. First, awareness is low regarding what smart TVs
actually are, with only 42% of households in France and 62% of
households in the UK even knowing about the technology – this compares
with 80% of UK households aware of game console technology, and 81% of
those in France knowing about set-top boxes. Second, over half of the
tenth of households who currently own a smart TV have never tried to
connect it. This says McKinsey reflects the relative power of
alternative devices (laptop, tablets) that fulfil the primary
entertainment needs and also points to the perceived technical
complexity of actually connecting the smart TV.

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2012060122187/smart-tv-maybe-too-smart-to-win-over-consumers.html

People are not stupid. All current so called "smart TV" is just another schemes to lock in viewers to one more service. The softwares are just gimmick.  there is nothing "smart" about the scheme.