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

NXP introduces DVB-T silicon tuner for SD/HD set-top boxes
Mar 5, 2007 – NXP has introduced a new generation of high-definition digital terrestrial silicon tuner, the TDA18211HD, which raises the performance and lowers the costs of set-top box applications.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

CableLabs to Create Specifications for Receiving Off-Air Digital Broadcasts
Mar 3, 2007 – CableLabs®, the cable television industry’s technology development consortium, announced that it is working on an initiative to develop cable interface specifications for receipt of off-air digital broadcast signals. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, USA

Brazil announces program to stimulate digital TV
Feb 16, 2007 – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday launched an ambitious program to stimulate the development of digital TV in the country.
News categories: ATSC 3, Brazil, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Japan Revs Up Digital Television
Feb 15, 2007 – A new organization - The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting (DPA) - hopes to achieve the goal of selling 30 million digital TVs in Japan by March 2008, or about 63 percent of its 48 million households.
News categories: Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite

Indonesia - Digital Television Standardization to be Prepared
Feb 10, 2007 – The government is to issue a regulation on terrestrial digital television programs in Indonesia.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Indonesia, Terrestrial

EPA Working to Make Digital Television Technology Energy Efficient
Jan 31, 2007 – In anticipation of the nationwide changeover to digital TV signals in February 2009, EPA's Energy Star program is announcing new specifications that are expected to cut the energy use of digital-to-analog converter boxes by more than 70 percent.
News categories: Energy Star, EPA, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Genesis Microchip Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2007 Financial Results
Jan 29, 2007 – Genesis Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq: GNSS) has announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2007, which ended December 31, 2006.
News categories: Genesis Microchip, Earnings Release, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor

CeRoma to Collaborate With IBM on Video Technology Solutions
Jan 29, 2007 – CeRoma has signed an agreement with IBM to collaborate in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of HD digital media ICs optimized for multiple applications such as set-top box, IPTV, digital television and multiple transmission standards.
News categories: IBM, ATSC 3, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Digital HDTV Alliance Formally Established In Beijing
Jan 29, 2007 – Beijing Gehua CATV Network Company has formed an alliance with other companies to provide comprehensive high-definition television service and accelerate the development of the service in China.
News categories: Gehua Cable, ATSC 3, Cable TV, China, Digital TV