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

Xceive Makes Conventional CAN Tuners Obsolete With New Silicon Tuner
Jan 8, 2007 – Xceive® Corporation, the market leader in multi-standard RF-to-baseband silicon transceivers for the digital home market, today announced its next generation silicon tuner, the XC5000.
News categories: ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

Auvitek Launches AU852x Demodulator Family
Jan 8, 2007 – Auvitek has announced the AU852x family of 6th generation HDTV and ATV Demodulators. All of the new ICs provide leadership performance in ATSC (8-VSB), digital cable (QAM) and legacy analog TV applications.
News categories: Auvitek, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

Samsung Advanced-VSB to Bring Portable and Mobile TV To North American Digital TV Broadcasting
Jan 8, 2007 – Samsung Electronics has introduced technology that brings portable and mobile TV to North American digital TV broadcasting. Advanced-VSB (A-VSB) is a proposed open standard that helps enable consumers to enjoy TV everywhere they go - in their car, on a laptop, and portable devices.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Mobile

Panasonic And Comcast To To Test Interactive Digital Cable-Ready Televison
Jan 7, 2007 – Panasonic and Comcast have announced they will begin joint testing on an interactive digital cable-ready high-definition plasma television based on the OCAP specifications that cable operators have begun to deploy.
News categories: Panasonic, Comcast, ATSC 3, Cable TV, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV

Micronas Delivers World's Smallest Digital TV Demodulator
Jan 4, 2007 – Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN) has announced availability of the DRX3931J, an 8VSB and QAM 64/256 demodulator with integrated IF amplifier.
News categories: Micronas, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

LG launches Sixth Generation Digital Broadcast Receiver Chipset
Dec 27, 2006 – LG Electronics, a leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications, has released a sixth generation digital broadcast receiver chipset for decoding digital broadcasts, both over-air and cable, for TV viewing.
News categories: LG Electronics, ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Shanghai firm readies chip for China digital TV spec
Dec 21, 2006 – One of the main Chinese IC design houses supporting a domestic digital terrestrial TV standard said it recently wrapped up development on its third-generation video processing platform.
News categories: ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Broadcom Single-Chip, 65nm HD 1080p Digital TV IC
Dec 11, 2006 – Broadcom has announced the industry's first high definition (HD) digital TV silicon solution that supports full 1080p display resolution.
News categories: Broadcom, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV