IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung): September 3-8, 2010: Messe Berlin

TechniSat MultyText® for interactive digital television
September 4th, 2009
TechniSat, in cooperation with the German Weather Service and Strategy & Technology (S&T) presented the TechniSat Germany & Regional weather service – the first MHEG-5 application in Germany – at this year’s IFA show in Berlin.

Deutsche Telekom Entertain IPTV passes 800,000 marketed packages
September 4th, 2009
The Entertain IPTV offering from Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) is about to break into the mass market with over 800,000 marketed packages. The Group has a target of marketing one million Entertain packages by the end of the year.

Samsung Selects RMI Processor for ‘LED TV Couple’ Product Family
September 4th, 2009
RMI Corporations's Au1250® processor has been selected for Samsung’s LED TV Couple. The LED TV Couple allows two channels of video to be watched on a primary digital TV as well as on the portable LED TV Couple device simultaneously.

IWEDIA details ‘Web on TV’ projects
September 3rd, 2009
IWEDIA Middleware has supplied details of its involvement in 'Web on TV' projects, such as HbbTV, which aim to provide a variety of Web services for Internet-connected TV sets.

Samsung Introduces DivX Certified® MP3 Player at IFA
September 3rd, 2009
DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) and Samsung (Seoul: 005930) have announced the launch of Samsung's first DivX Certified® MP3 player, the R1, the newest edition to Samsung's BEAT line of portable media players. The R1 is designed to playback DivX® video.

Marvell and NuTune Collaborate on New Hybrid NIM for European IDTVs
September 3rd, 2009
Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) and NuTune have announced the availability of a new Hybrid Network Interface Module (NIM) design for reception of DVB-C, DVB-T and Analog TV signals, featuring Marvell's 88DE8020 hybrid demodulator.

DivX Announces Licensing Agreement With Realtek for DivX Plus™ HD
September 3rd, 2009
DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) and Realtek have announced a licensing agreement at IFA. Under the agreement, Realtek will incorporate DivX technology into Realtek's RTD1283/RTD1073 chips, enabling playback of DivX Plus HD video in the MKV file container.

WirelessHD® 60GHz CE Products Arrive in Europe
September 3rd, 2009
The WirelessHD® Consortium has announced that the European Union has approved the 60GHz band for unlicensed commercial use and WirelessHD products are now available in Europe. Products will be showcased at the IFA Expo in Berlin.

Marvell Debuts Family of Single Chip Hybrid Demodulators for IDTVs
September 3rd, 2009
Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) has announced the Marvell® 88DE80xx family of hybrid demodulators. The Marvell 88DE8020 and 88DE8025 are the first in a family of solutions that Marvell is developing for worldwide TV Radio Frequency (RF) sub-systems.

LG Selects Broadcom DVB-Based Digital TV Solution for New Line of HDTVs
September 3rd, 2009
Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its highly integrated and advanced BCM3556 digital TV (DTV) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution has been selected by LG Electronics (LG) for its new line of DVB-based HDTVs and will be demonstrated at IFA 2009.