DTV (HDTV), Digital TV News

TV Makers Looking to New Designs and Features to Break out of Commodity Trap
Dec 30, 2009 — According to DisplaySearch, TV manufacturers are developing a wide variety of design features to differentiate products and slow price declines. For example, in 2010, shipments of sets with MPEG-4 decoders will surpass those with MPEG-2.
News categories: DisplaySearch, 3D, China, Digital TV, DTV, Europe, Home Networking, Japan, Korea, LCD TV, Market Research, North America, OTT, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Nearly Half of U.S. Households Have an HDTV Set
Nov 30, 2009 — New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) found that 46% of households in the United States have at least one high definition television (HDTV) set -- approximately double the percentage of households that had an HDTV set two years ago.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Digital TV, DTV, Market Research, USA

U.S. Full-Power TV Broadcasters Go All-Digital
Jun 13, 2009 — The historic switch to digital television in the U.S. prompted hundreds of thousands of consumers to call for assistance but caused no widespread disruption of free, over-the-air television broadcasts.
News categories: FCC, ATSC, Digital TV, DTV, Infrastructure, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

One Day Until U.S. DTV Transition
Jun 11, 2009 — On the eve of an historic technological transition to digital television, the focus for the FCC and NTIA, the two agencies managing the switch, is on helping Americans who are at risk of losing their TV signals.
News categories: FCC, NTIA, ATSC, Digital TV, DTV, Infrastructure, Regulation, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Statement of President Barack Obama on Signing the DTV Bill
Feb 11, 2009 — President Barack Obama has signed S.352, a bill to postpone the DTV transition date to June 12th to allow for more time for the American consumers to prepare for the switch from analog television.
News categories: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Committee on Energy and Commerce, The White House, ATSC, CECB, Digital TV, DTV, Regulation, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Zoran Ships New HDTV Processor Family With Advanced Audio Processing and Color Management Capabilities
Nov 17, 2008 — Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that its highly integrated SupraHD® 775 and SupraHD® 785 HDTV processors are shipping to qualified DTV manufacturers supplying the high-volume, cost-sensitive ATSC digital TV market in the U.S.
News categories: Zoran, ATSC, Digital TV, DTV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

DISH Network® Launches Next-Gen Digital-To-Analog Converter Box: DTVPal™ Plus
Sep 24, 2008 — DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has announced the availability of the DTVPal™ Plus digital-to-analog converter box. The DTVPal™ Plus offers all the features of the DTVPal™, plus an enhanced digital tuner for optimizing weak signal areas.
News categories: DTVPal, DISH Network, ATSC, CECB, DTV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Zentek announces Active Format Description software
Sep 19, 2008 — Zentek has announced the successful completion of Active Format Description (AFD) software for ATSC demodulators. AFD allows broadcasters to control the timing of the aspect ratio switches more accurately than using MPEG signaling alone.
News categories: Zentek, ATSC, DTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial