ATSC 3 (ATSC 3.0 / NextGen TV) and other Advanced Television Systems Committee News

Zoran Demonstrates ATSC Set-Top Converter Box Designed to Meet ENERGY STAR Requirements
Sep 17, 2007 – Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN) has announced that its advanced ATSC-compliant set-top converter box reference design, demonstrated last week at the International Broadcast Congress (IBC) in Amsterdam, is available to qualified Zoran customers.
News categories: Zoran, ATSC 3, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

FCC Adopts Rules to Ensure all Cable Customers Receive Local TV Stations After the Digital Television Transition
Sep 11, 2007 – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted rules to ensure all cable subscribers, including those with analog TV sets, can view broadcast television after the transition to digital television occurs on February 17, 2009.
News categories: FCC, ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, TV Services, USA

Brazilian Forum for Digital TV Selects Coding Technologies' and DTS' MPEG-4 aacPlus/DTS Audio Solution for Digital Terrestrial Television Based on ISDB-T
Sep 7, 2007 – Coding Technologies has announced that the company's aacPlus audio solution has been selected by the Brazilian Digital TV Forum for Brazil's digital terrestrial ISDB-T platform to be officially launched on December 2nd, 2007.
News categories: ATSC 3, Brazil, Digital TV, IBCShow, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

Zoran Demonstrates Highly Integrated HDTV 1080P Processor With HDMI 1.3 for European DVB-T Market at IBC
Sep 6, 2007 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that at the International Broadcast Conference in Amsterdam it will be demonstrating its new SupraHD® 670 HDTV multimedia processor, now shipping to qualified manufacturers developing 1080P high definition digital television products for European markets.
News categories: ATSC 3, Europe, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

MaxLinear Announces First Global TV Standards CMOS Tuner IC With the Performance of Can Tuner
Sep 6, 2007 – MaxLinear has announced the MxL5007, a TV tuner IC that meets all global digital and analog cable and terrestrial TV standards. The MxL5007 incorporates key CMOS circuit design and radio architecture technology breakthroughs which enable "can" tuner equivalent performance in digital/analog televisions, terrestrial and cable set top box (STB) applications, and portable TV applications.
News categories: ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, DTMB, IBCShow, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Zoran Demonstrates New Family of Highly Integrated 1080P HDTV Processors for ATSC Market at IBC
Sep 5, 2007 – Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that its SupraHD® 780 and SupraHD® 770 HDTV multimedia processors are shipping to qualified manufacturers delivering high definition ATSC digital television products to the U.S. market.
News categories: ATSC 3, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Microsoft Shatters the PC-to-Television Barrier, Releases First Details on Extenders for Windows Media Center
Sep 5, 2007 – Watching a live TV broadcast in the living room, pausing it, and then effortlessly resuming it at the same moment from the bedroom or kitchen will soon become even easier, as Microsoft Corp. provides a first look at the new Extenders for Windows® Media Center platform, which will power a variety of devices to be released this holiday season.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Media Player, Smart Home, Software, Streaming

Celrun to target European market with launch of new TD9000 set-top box
Aug 31, 2007 – Celrun (KSE:013240) has announced that the company will demonstrate the interoperability of its IPTV/VoD solution (Celrun TV) with the industry's leading set-top boxes (STBs) at the upcoming IBC exhibition, September 7-11, 2007, Stand no. IP323.
News categories: ATSC 3, Europe, IBCShow, IPTV, Korea, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Broadcom Announces Complete Digital TV Receiver System Designed to Meet the NTIA's Digital-to-Analog TV Coupon Program
Aug 20, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced a complete digital television receiver system targeted at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA's) digital-to-analog converter box program.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA