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

LCD Continuing March Toward DTV Dominance
Aug 14, 2007 – LCD will continue its ascension to market dominance in the worldwide digital TV (DTV) market, reports In-Stat. LCD will have almost 75% of the market in 2011, with plasma fading to less than 15%, the high-tech market research firm says.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Terrestrial

China Standard Digital Terrestrial Television Transmission Begins
Aug 3, 2007 – August 1 saw the formal implementation of China's first digital television ground transmission standard, which the domestic color television manufacturers say is good for cleansing the color TV market and the development of television technology.
News categories: ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Microtune Announces Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Jul 26, 2007 – Microtune®, Inc. (NASDAQ:TUNE) has announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2007.
News categories: Microtune, Earnings Release, ATSC 3, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Open Mobile Video Coalition Doubles Membership
Jul 24, 2007 – Nine more major television broadcaster station groups have joined the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), taking the group from 281 stations to 422 stations, the Coalition has announced.
News categories: Open Mobile Video Coalition, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

TiVo Announces Lower Priced Cable-Ready HD DVR
Jul 24, 2007 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has announced the launch of a new TiVo high definition DVR, delivering a premium HD experience at an affordable price. Consumers can pre-order the TiVo HD today with product expected to arrive on retail shelves in early August.
News categories: ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, USA

Zoran Reports Second Quarter 2007 Revenues of $129.9 Million
Jul 23, 2007 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZRAN) has reported results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2007. Revenues by product line for the second quarter of 2007 were 30 percent DVD, 13 percent DTV, and 57 percent other.
News categories: Zoran, Earnings Release, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DVD, Results, Semiconductor

Zoran's ATSC Digital Television Receiver Is First to Exceed A/74 Requirement For Digital Broadcast Transition
Jul 16, 2007 – Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN) has announced that its VSB receiver technology, is the first to exceed A/74 requirements and to comply with the Advanced Television Systems Committee's "ATSC Recommended Practice: Receiver Performance Guidelines."
News categories: Zoran, Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Communication Research Centre Canada (CRC), ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, USA

Venezuela to choose digital TV system by end of the year
Jul 12, 2007 – Telecommunications Minister, Jesse Chacon has announced that Venezuela will decide on the digital television system it will employ by the end of 2007.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Terrestrial, Venezuela

STMicroelectronics Passes 400 Million MPEG-Decoder Shipment Milestone
Jul 11, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that by the end of the first quarter of 2007 it had shipped a cumulative total of more than 400 million MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoder chips since entering the market with the world's first MPEG-2 decoder in 1995.
News categories: ATSC 3, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial