List of smart TV platforms
Following list encompasses notable Smart TV platforms and application software that are used as software framework and middleware used by more than one manufacturers.
Middleware providers for TV sets and companion boxes available under OEM license to multiple third-parties
Managed by standardization bodies or technology consortium
- HbbTV, by the HbbTV consortium
- CE-HTML (as part of Web4CE), by CEA (Consumer Electronics Association)
- Smart TV Alliance[1]
- OIPF, by Open IPTV Forum
- Tru2way, by CableLabs
- Ginga (SBTVD Middleware) (Brazilian Digital TV System)[2]
Managed by single companies or foundations
- Boxee (popular fork of the XBMC media center software with custom GUI and some proprietary application framework for apps)[3][4]
- Frog by Wyplay
- Google TV (Android based platform by Google, Intel, Sony, and Logitech)[5] and the new Google Chromecast
- Inview Technology Ltd's ‘Inview Inside’ software which connects an ordinary TV (or set-top box) to get IPTV.[6][7]
- MeeGo for Smart TV[8] (Linux Foundation, Intel, AMD[9]) currently based on a derivative fork of XBMC media center software[10][11][12][13]
- Mediaroom[14][15][16] (former Microsoft, Acquired by Ericsson in Sept 2013)
- OpenTV (by Nagravision, also known as NAGRA, a company of the Kudelski Group)
- Opera TV (Opera Devices SDK based platform from Opera Software)
- RAYV
- Espial
- ToFu Media Platform (cross-platform fork of XBMC media center licensed to third-parties and other commercial partners as OEM)
- TVBLOB[17] (used in Tiscali TvBox, TELE System Electronic's Free-To-Air DVB Receiver,[18] and TVBLOB Srl's own BLOBbox[19]
- Ubuntu TV, Unity user interface and Ubuntu operating system[20][21][22] based platform by Canonical.
- Yahoo! Connected TV, formerly Yahoo! GoTV (by Yahoo!)[23]
- XBMC Media Center, by the XBMC Foundation and its open source community, cross-platform media center and DVR/PVR frontend software
- Wise TIVI, a range of Android 4.2 Smart TV devices[24]
- Shodogg,[25] connects mobile devices to Smart Tvs
Vendor specific smart TV platforms
- Get smart media
- Matricom
- Samsung Smart TV[26][27][28]
- Panasonic Viera Cast, new platform is Viera Connect
- LG NetCast,[29][30][31] "SMART TV"[32] branded NetCast Entertainment Access devices by LG Electronics[33]
- Philips NetTV
- Sharp Aquos Net+
- Sony Internet TV
- Toshiba Places[34]
- Roku (also the name of the company who makes the device)[35]
- TiVo[36]
- PlayStation Vita TV (by Sony)[37]
- Xbox 360 (by Microsoft), while primarily a game console, it features many typical smart TV features.
- Vizio 3D SMART TVS
- Apple TV Media Receiver
- Intel TV expected this year[38]
- German based company called FOXXUM develops and operates Smart TV Portal Solutions for international TV and STB manufacturers [39]
- Sony Entertainment Network,[40]
- Chromecast by Google
- Penta TV, which enables casting from smartphone and tablet to TV
See also
- Smart TV
- Digital media player
- Comparison of set-top boxes
- Comparison of Net-Connected Media Players
- List of Net Connected Media Players
References
- ^ http://smarttv-alliance.org
- ^ http://www.ginga.org.br/ Ginga TV Interativa
- ^ September 15, 2011 (September 15, 2011). "IBC 2011: Smart TV Q&A with iomega's Olivier D'Eternod". Scoop.intel.com. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Boxee See Internet TV Moving Away From The Computer To Mobile And Connected TV". Worldtvpc.com. December 29, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "Google TV 2.0 gains Honeycomb, Android Market". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05.
- ^ Smith, Tony. "Acetrax joins Inview VoD squad". Retrieved 08/03/2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|published=ignored (help) - ^ "Acetrax to launch online movie service with Inview platform". DigitalTV.net. undated (2011). Retrieved 08/03/2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help); soft hyphen character in|url=at position 46 (help) - ^ https://meego.com/devices/smart-tv MeeGo for Smart TV
- ^ "AMD to contribute to MeeGo development". The H open. November 15, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ^ "MeeGo Smart TV for Trimslice". Wiki.meego.com. September 21, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "XBMC + MeeGo hardfp on trimslice – nvidia tegra2 (MeeGo TV)". Madeo.co.uk. August 1, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "XBMC + MeeGo hardfp on trimslice – nvidia tegra2 (MeeGo TV)". Youtube. August 1, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ https://build.pub.meego.com/package/show?package=xbmc-gles&project=home%3Aarfoll%3Axbmc-testing xbmc-gles
- ^ "Microsoft Mediaroom: IPTV gets a makeover". Engadget.com. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "Microsoft unveils all new time shifting, interactive features for Mediaroom IPTV". Engadget.com. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "New Mediaroom clients to bring Microsoft's TV platform everywhere this year". Engadget.com. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "TVBLOB Srl – The Platform". Tvblob.com. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ http://www.Telesystem-World.com TELE System Electronic Srl
- ^ "BLOBbox – a connected DTT decoder". Blobbox.tv. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "Canonical outs Ubuntu TV: Brave or stupid?". Extremetech.com. January 9, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ Schofield, Jack (January 9, 2012). "CES 2012: free Ubuntu TV has service and revenue fees". Zdnet.co.uk. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "Unity-based Ubuntu TV takes on Google TV". Archived from the original on 2012-09-06.
- ^ http://connectedtv.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Connected TV
- ^ http://wisetivi.com/
- ^ "Shodogg".
- ^ [1] Samsung 2011 CES Wrap-up: Products for a Smarter Life
- ^ "The Wonder of Samsung Smart TVs". Samsung.com. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ http://www.samsungsmarttvchallenge.eu Samsung Smart TV Challenge
- ^ "Smart TV". Lg.com. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "LG Smart TV – Access the World of Entertainment using the LG Smart TV". Lg.com. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "LG Smart TV – Easily Connect, Stream and Share with the new LG Smart TV". Lg.com. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "Smart TV". Lg.com/au. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ^ Contact Kat Hannaford: Email the author Comment (September 1, 2010). "Internet-Connected TV Apps System Renamed to "Smart TV" by LG". Gizmodo.com. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Toshiba Places". Toshiba.eu. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
- ^ "Roku media player shrinks again – to an HDMI dongle". Archived from the original on 2012-09-06.
- ^ http://photos.appleinsider.com/AppleTV.71613.png
- ^ Breaking down the PS Vita TV: Why Sony's $100 set-top box is more than a consolation prize
- ^ "Yes, Intel Is Building a Web TV Service (A Box, Too)". AllThingsD. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ^ "FOXXUM Smart TV".
- ^ "Sony Entertainment Network".
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