SanDisk Launches V-MATE, A Video Flash Memory Card Recorder
September 2, 2006 - SanDisk® Corporation today introduced the V-Mate™ Video Memory Card Recorder at the IFA Show, where the company is exhibiting in Hall 2.1, Booth 103. The ground-breaking V-Mate is a video memory card recorder, allowing users to record video from video inputs such as over-the-air television as well as cable, satellite, DVD players, personal video recorders (PVRs) like TiVo and video cassette recorders (VCRs) onto their flash memory cards.

SAMSUNG Releases 10 inch Mobile TV
September 1, 2006 - Samsung Electronics introduced the largest Mobile TV based on terrestrial DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) with a screen size of 10 inches to provide viewing excitement on the move. This Mobile TV will open up the era where everyone will have their own TV – one for each person.
The largest among Mobile TVs, the 10 inch screen is configured for the 16:9 aspect ratio that is optimal for showing digital broadcasting. MP3 and digital photo viewing functions are added, and connection to an external HDD is provided for playing downloaded multimedia content.

ViXS Technology Enables Europe's First 5.2 GHz Wireless Digital Televisions
September 1, 2006 - ViXS Systems, the leading provider of video processors and wireless ICs, announced today that its ViXS WaveTV™ reference design is being used for the launch of Europe’s first line of wireless digital flat TVs.

Sweden - The use of frequency space that can be released upon the switch-off of the analogue broadcasting
September 1, 2006 - The Riksdag (Swedish Parliament) has decided that terrestrial television should switch over completely to digital technology. The analogue terrestrial television broadcasting is being switched off in stages and will have ceased completely on 1 February 2008. As digital technology is significantly more frequency efficient than analogue technology, frequency space can be released upon the switch-off of the analogue broadcasting.

Frequency area (MHz)	Designation	Size of frequency space (MHz)
47 – 68	Band I	21
174 – 230	Band III	57
470 – 862	Band IV/V	392

Intel aims to mend digital display interface split
September 1, 2006 (EETimes) - Intel Corp. is committing to sorting out the competition between two digital display interfaces by the end of the year.

Philips Semi, Reborn As NXP, Targets HDTV
September 1, 2006 (TechWeb) - NXP said Friday that it has developed a semiconductor chip that allows high-definition LCD television sets to switch automatically between analog and digital signals.

UK - Top Up confirms channel line-up for Anytime
September 1, 2006 (DTG) - Top Up TV, the UK's digital terrestrial pay-TV operator, has confirmed its revamped service will launch in the autumn.

New ATI DTV Single Chip Supports Full HD For Worldwide Standards
September 1, 2006 - ATI Technologies Inc. today announced Xilleon® 260, the first System-on-a-Chip that supports Full HD for worldwide DTV (digital television) standards including Europe, Japan, Korea and North America. Xilleon 260 is designed to help consumer electronics manufacturers meet and surpass the high quality video and audio expectations of home theater enthusiasts. ATI is showcasing DTV solutions at IFA from September 1 to 6, 2006 in Berlin, Germany.

IFA 2006: Toshiba announce HD-E1 and HD-XE1 HD-DVD players
September 1, 2006 (Pocket-lint) - Toshiba has announced two new HD-DVD models to Europe at IFA in Germany.

IFA 2006: Samsung officially launch BD-P1000 Blu-ray player in Europe
September 1, 2006 (Pocket-lint) - At IFA, Samsung has officially launched the BD-P1000 in Europe.

Genesis Microchip Announces Availability of Turnkey Digital TV Solution with Iwedia Comedia DVB Middleware and Genesis's gm10500 Chipset
September 1, 2006 - Genesis® Microchip Inc., a world leader in the development of image processing technologies for flat-panel TVs, monitors, and other consumer display products, today announced the availability of a turnkey Digital TV solution with its partner, IWEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, the international provider of embedded software solutions for digital television devices. The solution combines Genesis's PurVIEW HD™ 500 (gm10500) High Definition and Standard Definition digital television decoder with any of the Genesis's Cortez family video processors and IWEDIA'S robust and production-proven COMEDIA DVB middleware for use in integrated DTVs.

IPTV expands throughout Shanghai with 58 channels and 48-hr playback functions
September 1, 2006 (INTERFAX-CHINA) - Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and China Telecom's subsidiary Shanghai Telecom jointly announced Friday the launch of Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) across Shanghai proper.

NDS Announces New DRM Capabilities, Securely Extending pay-TV Operators' Reach Into a Range of New Platforms & Devices
September 1, 2006 - NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay TV, today announced the addition of new DRM capabilities to its VideoGuard solution, enabling pay TV operators to securely provide content across any platform to any type of device.

Analog Devices Teams With Legend Silicon to Ready First Mobile TV Receiver Solution for China’s New Digital Broadcast Standard
September 1, 2006 - Analog Devices Inc., a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, today announced it has collaborated with Legend Silicon Corp., a leading supplier of silicon solutions for broadband wireless broadcasting, to accelerate the development of mobile TV receivers for China with the industry’s first digital TV standard-compliant receiver solution.

DiBcom Launches "2 In 1": A New Family Of Products For A Simpler And More Highly Integrated Solution For DVB-T And DVB-H
August 31, 2006 - DiBcom, a designer of high-performance chipsets that enable low-power mobile and portable TV reception, today introduced its "2 in 1" family of products. With support for dual DVB-T/H standards, the "2 in 1" chipsets simplify integration into a variety of mobile and portable products, reducing design and production costs.

China develops its own digital TV standard
August 31, 2006 (Xinhua) - The Standardization Administration of China (SAC) has announced China will adopt a terrestrial digital TV broadcast standard by integrating two domestically developed systems.

South Africa - Telkom may soon compete with DSTV
August 31, 2006 (MyADSL) - South African consumers could soon have an alternative choice for pay-television services as Telkom prepares to enter the pay-TV market.

Japanese Digital TV Experts Promote ISDB-T in Venezuela [Spanish]
August 31, 2006 (AHCIET) - In order to help in the evaluation of the ISDB-T digital TV standard, Japanese experts visited Venezuela on the 28th and 29th of August to speak at a seminar on digital television - to explain the benefits of the new system, the economic and technical advantages, and the implementation status in Japan.

Huawei awarded Phase II IPTV contract by Maroc Telecom
August 31, 2006 - Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world today announced that Morocco's Maroc Telecom has selected Huawei as the exclusive supplier for the second phase of its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) project to expand the existing capacity of its IPTV infrastructure to cater to strong market demand. Maroc Telecom has registered more than 10,000 subscribers registered for its IPTV service in just three months.
Huawei's highly scalable end-to-end solution was again chosen for Phase 2 because it offers a wide range of services, stable system operation, and provides an excellent user experience. The first phase of the IPTV project covered the capital city Rabat and Casablanca, and the service focused on BTV and VOD by adopting the most advanced H.264 coding format.

O2 launched in the Czech Republic with new IPTV service and advertising campaign
August 31, 2006 - Telefónica O2 Czech Republic will offer its services under the O2 brand from tomorrow and launch a new IP-based TV service, it was announced today.

IPTV Operators Have Broad Choice of Set-top Boxes when Deploying Verimatrix’s Forensic Watermarking
August 31, 2006 - Verimatrix, setting the standard in content security technologies that enhance the value of pay-TV networks, today announced a growing range of partners that have committed to the commercial availability of VideoMark™-enhanced set-top boxes (STBs). Tilgin, WEGENER, Entone, Softier and Setabox are integrating VideoMark, Verimatrix’s patent-pending forensic watermarking technology, and Video Content Authority System (VCAS) with their leading IPTV boxes in response to new content owner and system requirements. Verimatrix will be demonstrating VideoMark capabilities and exhibiting their partners’ upgraded STBs at IBC2006 Hall 4, Booth 199.

Pace commences shipments to DIRECTV
August 31, 2006 - Pace Micro Technology has today received approval on its first product for US customer DIRECTV, the leading provider of satellite entertainment and interactive services in the US.

Fraunhofer IIS Reveals Software H.264/AVC Encoder For Realtime HD Video At IBC
August 31, 2006 (Broadcast Buyer) - At IBC 2006, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS is going to show one of the world‘s first software-based MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) real-time HD encoder.

LSI Powers Award-Winning LG DVD Recorder
August 30, 2006 - LSI Logic Corporation, the pioneer in media processing technology, today announced that the LG Electronics LG RH200MHS combination HDD/DVD recorder, powered by the LSI DoMiNo® media processor and DVFXTM video quality technologies, has won the prestigious EISA Award for best European DVD Recorder of 2006-2007. EISA will present the award to LG Electronics this week at the IFA show in Berlin.

LSI and Micronas Deliver New High-Definition ATSC Reference Design
August 30, 2006 - LSI Logic Corporation and Micronas today announced the availability of a qualified reference design that provides all of the functionality required for a high-quality, feature-rich, flat-panel integrated digital TV (IDTV). The reference design gives TV manufacturers a stable, proven platform that enables them to quickly and cost effectively get to market with a range of ATSC IDTVs.

South Africa - Digital switchover plans revealed
August 30, 2006 (DigiTAG) - The broadcast network operator Sentech has announced the plans for the roll-out of DTT services in South Africa.

France - 3.1 million DTT receivers sold
August 30, 2006 (DigiTAG) - Latest figures show that 3.1 million DTT receivers have been sold in France.

Broadband CPE and DSL hardware markets up, CMTS down in 2Q06
August 30, 2006 - The broadband boom continues, says Infonetics Research in three new reports tracking the broadband CPE, DSL aggregation hardware, and CMTS markets.
Broadband CPE Market Highlights:
• Worldwide broadband CPE unit shipments are up 5% in 2Q06
• IP set top box sales are up 89% from 1Q06, as more service providers begin volume deployments of IPTV
• Worldwide voice CPE sales are up 10%, as more service providers opt for voice-enabled CPE to stimulate ARPU
• Motorola overtook the lead for overall broadband CPE revenue in 2Q06, and Linksys moves from 1st to 2nd

Cinea Launches First Forensic Watermarking Application for Use with Broad Range of Consumer Video Devices
August 30, 2006 - Cinea, Inc., a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Inc., today announced the launch of an expanded video forensic watermarking technology, which for the first time enables device-specific content tracking on a wide range of consumer video devices.

SAMSUNG is Set to Demonstrate 4th Generation Mobile Technology
August 30, 2006 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced its plan to demonstrate 4th Generation (4G) mobile technology at the annual Samsung 4G Forum in Jeju Island, Korea for the first time in the world. Demonstration will take place at the specially designed bus in mobile circumstances reaching 100 Mbps data transmission as well as at the display area inside forum venue to show speeds of 1Gbps of data transmission.

DTS And Coding Technologies Launch High Efficiency MPEG-4 Surround Sound Solution For HDTV
August 30, 2006 – DTS, Inc. and Coding Technologies will stage the European launch of their 5.1 multi-channel audio transcoding system for HD broadcasting at IBC (RAI Amsterdam, 8-12 September 2006), with both companies demonstrating the unique advances of the system, in terms of bandwidth efficiency and perceived audio quality, at the DVB pavilion (Stand 1.481).

India - MTNL pips rivals to IPTV, launch slated for Oct
August 30, 2006 (Financial Express) – The much-touted IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) is likely to be first launched by state-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) rather than private operators such as Reliance Communications, which have also been pursuing it aggressively.

SeaChange International Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2007 Results (Seachange Share Price Chart)
August 30, 2006 – SeaChange International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEAC), a leader in providing digital video systems, today announced financial results for its fiscal second quarter and first six months ended July 31, 2006.
Revenues in the second quarter of fiscal 2007 from the Company's Broadband segment, which includes Video on Demand (VOD) and Advertising Insertion hardware and software, was $23.7 million, which was $7.4 million or 45% higher than comparable revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. Sequential revenue growth in the Broadband segment for the second quarter, and corresponding margin enhancements for the Company, were driven by $9.9 million of middleware contract revenue as well as software development revenue related to the two-year, Video on Demand (VOD) Purchase Agreement signed with Comcast during the quarter. VOD systems revenue increased to $12.9 million from $11.0 million in the first quarter of this fiscal year as the Company continued to see increased order activity from North American cable providers during the second quarter as well as strength from several European customers.

Verimatrix Extends its VCAS Content Security Solutions for Hybrid Broadcast and Broadband Networks
August 30, 2006 – Verimatrix, setting the standard in content security technologies that enhance the value of pay-TV networks, today introduced its VCAS™ for DVB security system, which extends the benefits of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) to hybrid broadcast and broadband network applications. VCAS for DVB is a best-in-class, comprehensive security system for hybrid network pay-TV services built on proven, mature Internet cryptographic technologies. VCAS for DVB enables system operators to combine standards-based DVB technology for broadcast distribution with the interactivity of IPTV systems using a single robust security solution. Verimatrix’s software-based architecture is not only more secure than conventional smartcard approaches, but also enables the deployment of less expensive set-top box (STB) hardware and a more flexible capacity to respond to theft of service attacks. Verimatrix will be demonstrating VCAS for DVB capabilities at IBC2006 Hall 4, Booth 199.

TiVo Announces Second Quarter Results (TiVo Share Price Chart)
August 30, 2006 – TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today reported financial results for its quarter ended July 31, 2006.
TiVo reported 30,000 new net TiVo-Owned subscriptions. This figure was impacted by a slightly improved year-over-year churn rate set against a higher average subscription base, resulting in an additional 7,000 churn compared to last year. As expected, TiVo reported a net decline in the number of DIRECTV TiVo subscriptions during the period, against several thousand per month of new TiVo subscriptions that were still being added by DIRECTV during the quarter. Total subscriptions as of July 31, 2006, were up slightly from last quarter to more than 4.4 million, and up 24% over the year-ago subscription totals.
Recent Highlights
• TiVo Announces TiVoCast, Bringing Broadband Video Content to the TV
• TiVo Launches TiVo KidZone, a Revolutionary New Service Enhancement to Help Parents Provide Appropriate Programming for Children
• TiVo and Cox Communications Sign Deployment Agreement
• TiVo Signs an Agreement with RadioShack to Offer New TiVo Series2 Dual Tuner DVR in More Than 3,000 Stores Nationwide
• TiVo Launches Audience Research and Measurement (ARM) Division
• TiVo Signs Comprehensive Advertising and Research Agreement with Omnicom Media Group
• TiVo Interactive Tags Increase BMW’s Visibility On Speed’s Test Drive
• TiVo Features Sprite’s “subLYMONal” Advertising Campaign

Consistent Growth of DTH Services in Asia Pacific Likely to Boost Future Consumer Satellite Services
August 30, 2006 - The Asia Pacific region offers the strongest growth potential and opportunities in the next five years for Direct-to-Home (DTH) service providers, particularly multisystem operators (MSO). DTH video is the flagship service to establish a foothold in previously underserved emerging markets. By achieving economies of scale and providing quality local content, service providers can capture a huge and profitable consumer base.

Broadcast Industry's Move to High Definition and Increasing Popularity of Video on Demand Services Drive Growth of Video Server Technology
August 30, 2006 - With video servers being an important part of any broadcast facility, vendors have much to look forward to as broadcasters make the switch to digital content in accordance with the federal communications commission (FCC) and other government mandates. While this would translate into widespread deployment of video server products, an added factor spurring the growth of this technology is the need of video servers by telecom companies that are now beginning to offer video services to their customers. This move on the part of telecommunication providers is largely to combat the triple play strategy adopted by cable multiple system operators (MSOs), who traditionally carried data and video and have now entered the voice arena.

Vestel Selects LSI Solution for New DVD Recorder Products
August 29, 2006 - LSI Logic Corporation, the pioneer in media processing technology, today announced that Vestel A.S., a leading manufacturer of consumer electronic (CE) products for the European market, has selected the LSI DoMiNo® DMN-8603 DVD recorder system processor for its new line of DVD recorder products. The market-leading feature set and high integration level of the DMN-8603 processor enables Vestel to offer affordable DVD recorders with superior audio and video quality that are optimized for Europe, the largest regional DVD recorder market.

China rolls two more mobile TV specs
August 29, 2006 - A pair of Chinese mobile TV technologies are competing for a shot to prove their worth at the 2008 Olympics at Beijing.

Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Results (Sigma Share Price Chart)
August 29, 2006 - Sigma Designs®, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIGM), a leader in digital media processors for consumer appliances, announced results for its second fiscal quarter ended July 29, 2006.
Recent business developments include:
• Announced that T-Online, a division of Deutsche Telekom, is delivering its “T-Home” service, a converged data, voice and video (triple-play) service, based on a client platform using hardware technology from Sigma Designs and software technology from Microsoft. The “T-Home” service is delivered with Cisco IP set-top boxes (STBs), based on Sigma’s SMP8634 media processor, supporting the Microsoft TV® IPTV Edition software platform.
• Announced that Neuf Cegetel now offers a high-definition video service, which is being delivered using the new Neuf TV HD set-top box, which is in turn based on Sigma’s SMP8635 media processor. The Neuf TV HD set-top box was developed in partnership with Netgem and decodes high-definition video programs received over both ADSL and TNT networks.
• Announced that AOL France is in the process of launching its new digital television service via ADSL, using the Netbox HD from Netgem, based on Sigma’s SMP8635 media processor. The Netbox HD is a hybrid set-top box that connects to ADSL and digital terrestrial television (DTT) to receive services in standard and high-definition for a wide range of viewing choices.
• Announced that Netgem’s Netbox HDTV, which is powered by the Sigma SMP8635 media processor, is now being sold through FNAC, a major retail chain in France. The Netbox HDTV offers consumers access to the new DTT subscription-free TV services, in high-definition, based on the MPEG-4 standard.
• Announced that Celrun’s new TD900H VoIP enabled set-top box, which supports video, voice, and data in one box, is powered by Sigma’s SMP8634 media processor. Celrun’s new set-top box will be deployed in Korea by Hanaro Media under an agreement to purchase Kr 57 billion worth of product.
• Announced the launch of the Pika 8622L development kit, showcasing the next-generation Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender. The Pika 8622L was developed by Sigma Designs to enable Microsoft industry partners to develop networked digital TVs and media center adapters. The Pika 8622L was featured in the keynote address, in the Microsoft Pavilion and at the Media Center Extender Platform Adaptation Kit track at the WinHEC 2006 conference in Seattle.

Siano Enables TV Everywhere With Launch of New Multi-standard, Multi-band Single-chip Receiver for Mobile TV
August 29, 2006 - Siano Mobile Silicon, a fabless semiconductor maker of solutions for Mobile Digital TV (MDTV), announced today the launch of its new product, the SMS1010 single-chip receiver for mobile digital TV (MDTV). In addition, the company announced integrated single chip solutions available from its partners Alps Electric and Samsung Electro-Mechanics, using Siano's SMS1000 CMOS silicon.

Verimatrix Introduces ViewRight PC Player for IPTV Systems to Enable Desktop Access to Premium Content
August 29, 2006 - Verimatrix, setting the standard in content security technologies that enhance the value of pay-TV networks, today announced the availability of ViewRight™ PC Player for IPTV operators. ViewRight PC Player provides a fully interactive viewing experience over broadband-connected PCs within the subscriber’s home. Verimatrix‘s new ViewRight PC Player is an integrated component of the Video Content Authority System (VCAS) and provides the same level of content security and revenue protection as with dedicated set-top box (STB) equipment, giving operators and consumers more viewing choices to suit their lifestyles. Verimatrix will be demonstrating ViewRight capabilities at IBC2006 Hall 4, Booth 199.

Zhone Technologies Enables Working Demonstration of MPEG-4 High Definition IPTV over DSL at IBC
August 29, 2006 - Zhone Technologies, Inc., and its partners Tut Systems and Amino Communications, will be unveiling high quality HDTV broadcast using MPEG-4 Advanced Video Codec (AVC) over xDSL as part of a working IPTV demonstration at IBC September 8-12 at the RAI Congress Centre, Amsterdam, on Stand 4.256.

Coppergate to provide home network chipsets to AT&T
August 29, 2006 (Globes) - Sources inform "Globes" that that high-speed IP communications start-up Coppergate Communications Ltd. has won a contract with AT&T (NYSE:T) to provide broadband communications applications for private customers.

KDDI Announces TV Phone and Group Phone Services for au; Service Offers Sending and Receiving of High-quality Moving Images
August 28, 2006 - KDDI and Okinawa Cellular are pleased to introduce a TV phone service from December 2006 that allows users to make calls to models of other cellular providers as well as a group TV phone service, enabling up to 5 people to converse at the same time using au-capable models.
The sending and receiving of high-quality moving images using the TV phone service and group TV phone service is achieved by the use of high data-transmission download speeds of 3.1Mbps and upload speeds of 1.8Mbps together with EV-DO Rev. A equipped with packet delay control function. The services will be available nationwide in the area currently served by CDMA 2000 1x EV-DO, but in the EV-DO Rev. A area users will enjoy smoother moving images.

China Digital Media Corporation Announces Acquisition of Minority Ownership Interest in Leading Digital TV Middleware Software Development Company in China
August 28, 2006 - China Digital Media Corporation announced today that the Company has entered into a subscription and cooperation agreement to acquire a minority ownership interest in Arable Media Limited, a Hong Kong registered company, which specializes in the development of middleware software and applications for digital TV set-top-box and digital broadcasting system. The Company will also become the exclusive distributor and wholesaler of Arable's products and applications.

Analog Devices’ Video and Audio Signal Processing Expertise Advances Hard Disk Recorder with (HD) DVD Capabilities
August 28, 2006 - Analog Devices Inc., a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, today announced that Toshiba Corp. has chosen several of ADI’s leading signal processing solutions to power the video and audio signal chains in the industry’s first hard disk recorder with high-definition (HD) DVD. The RD-A1 with 1-terabyte (TB) of hard disk space employs multiple ADI data converters, video encoders, amplifiers, SHARC® processors and temperature monitors to enable the HD video and audio qualities that consumers are seeking in today’s home electronics equipment. Toshiba previously tapped ADI’s signal processing expertise by selecting its SHARC processors to power the audio signal chain in the world’s first HD DVD players, the HD-A1 and HD-XA1.

Video-on-demand (VoD) Market on Verge of Explosive Growth
August 28, 2006 - The VoD market, already seeing strong growth of over 40% growth in 2005 versus 2004, is on the verge of breakout, explosive growth in late 2007. By 2008, iSuppli predicts several developing trends will mature to drive VoD growth across Cable, IPTV and Broadband.

Mobile Video Industry Will Begin to Shape up in 2008
August 28, 2006 - The market for long form mobile/portable video content (video content of greater than 30 minutes) is currently in an experimental phase, and will likely remain at this stage for at least two years, reports In-Stat. By 2008, however, the industry will begin to gain traction and demonstrate its long-term potential, the high-tech market research firm says.

Widevine® Technologies Selected by National Telco of Estonia to Protect Premium Broadcast Channels
August 28, 2006 - Widevine Technologies, the world’s leading provider of downloadable content protection, digital forensics and digital copy protection solutions, today announced that Elion—the largest telecommunications provider in Estonia—has chosen Widevine to protect premium broadcast channels for its DigiTV service and enable its acquisition of video-on-demand content.