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

Hisense and Metalink 802.11n Multimedia Home Networking for China
Jul 9, 2007 – Hisense and Metalink (NASDAQ: MTLK) have announced their collaboration to offer innovative and cost-effective solutions for delivering high-definition (HD) multimedia over wireless home networks.
News categories: ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, Router, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

CCID Predicts Turning Point for China Terrestrial Digital TV Chip Market
Jul 6, 2007 – CCID Consulting comments on the China TV transmission standard DMB-TH. The standard is scheduled to go into effect on August 1, 2007, but CCID predicts that the Beijing 2008 games will be the real turning point for the terrestrial Digital TV Chip Market. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Market Research, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

LG Electronics, Harris Corporation Submit MPH In-Band Mobile DTV Technology for ATSC's Mobile Standard
Jun 22, 2007 – LG Electronics and Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) have submitted a proposal to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) for a standard that would enable broadcasters to provide high-quality digital television signals to a wide range of mobile and portable devices.
News categories: Harris, LG Electronics USA, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Mobile, USA

Chile - Ministry to test digital TV standards over next 3mths
Jun 19, 2007 – Chile's government will evaluate over the next three months the technical aspects and other implications that choosing one of the three digital TV standards could have on the broadcast industry.
News categories: ATSC 3, Chile, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

Xceive Launches XC4000 Series of Performance Silicon Tuners
Jun 5, 2007 – Xceive has announced the latest addition to its family of integrated hybrid silicon tuners with the XC4000, a value/performance solution for the terrestrial television and PC-TV market.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Streaming, Terrestrial

LG and ARM Develop Converter Technology For US TV Switchover
Jun 1, 2007 – ARM (LSE:ARM) (Nasdaq:ARMHY) has announced that LG Electronics has licensed the ARM926EJ-S(TM) processor for its new line of digital set-top boxes. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Terrestrial

Enuclia sends staff home
May 27, 2007 – One of Oregon’s most promising startups has furloughed nearly half of its 53 employees after a prospective investor backed out of a financing deal at the “”11th hour,”” the company said Thursday.” More …
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial, Venture Capital

MIPS Unveils 74K™ Family Of Synthesizable Processor Cores
May 22, 2007 – Leveraging more than two decades of market and technology leadership, MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) has unveiled its next-generation processor core family based on an innovative embedded microarchitecture.
News categories: ATSC 3, Blu-ray, Digital TV, HD-DVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP

NEC Electronics Announces System LSI Chips That Enable TV Recording on PCs
May 21, 2007 – NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) has announced eight new MPEG encoder chips that target personal computer TV tuner markets to enable OEMs to build powerful multimedia PCs to receive and record world-wide digital and analog television broadcasts.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Semiconductor, Streaming, Terrestrial