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Maxim announces compact T-DMB, ISDB-T and DAB silicon tuner
Jun 4, 2009 – Maxim (NASDAQ: MXIM) has introduced the MAX2169, a multimode silicon tuner for mobile TV. This device receives signals in FM, VHF-III, UHF, and L-band, making it ideal for multimode applications that need to receive mobile TV and audio broadcasts.
News categories: Maxim Integrated Products, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Tablet

Siano Brings Mobile TV to NVIDIA's New Tegra Platform
Jun 4, 2009 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that its multi-standard mobile TV receiver chip, the SMS1150, has been selected by NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) to power its new Tegra netbook reference design.
News categories: Siano Mobile, NVIDIA, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

HD Set-Top Boxes to Account for Nearly One Third of Total STB Shipments Next Year
Jun 3, 2009 – Shipments of set-top boxes are expected to peak this year, at least in mature markets, and then commence a gradual decline. However HD STBs will form a growing fraction of the market accounting for about 30% of all STB shipments as soon as 2010.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Mirics and Shanghai HDIC Announce Strategic Partnership
Jun 2, 2009 – Mirics Semiconductor and Shanghai High Definition Digital Technology Industrial Company (HDIC) have announced a strategic partnership to enable high-definition digital TV reception on portable devices using China's DTTB standard.
News categories: Mirics, HDIC, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

France TNT HD Channels Make Move to Dolby Digital Plus
Jun 2, 2009 – Dolby Labs (NYSE:DLB) has announced that Dolby® Digital Plus has become the sole audio stream for three leading high-definition terrestrial channels broadcast on France's national Télévision Numérique Terrestre HD (TNT HD) platform.
News categories: Dolby, France, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

AMD Launches New Chip For Worldwide HDTV-on-the-PC Reception
Jun 2, 2009 – AMD (NYSE: AMD) has launched the ATI Theater™ HD 750 PC TV chip offering HDTV viewing capabilities on desktop and notebook PCs around the world using analog, and digital, and free-to-air broadcast signals.
News categories: AMD, Cable TV, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Asia-Pacific Leads Telco TV Subscription Growth
Jun 1, 2009 – The bleak market outlook in the last quarter of 2008 did not seem to deter the growth of pay TV. According to market data from ABI Research, APAC will continue leading subscription growth, delivering a 37% CAGR over the next three years.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

MaxLinear Passes the 50 Million TV Tuner IC Shipment Milestone
Jun 1, 2009 – MaxLinear has announced that it has shipped more than 50 million TV tuner ICs, showing the value of MaxLinear's standard digital CMOS-based RF/mixed-signal IC technology as the replacement for RF BiCMOS and Silicon Germanium based tuner ICs.
News categories: MaxLinear, ISDB-T, Market Research, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

ITE Introduces World's First Mobile DVB-T Demodulator & Multimedia Processor SoC
Jun 1, 2009 – ITE Tech (Taipei: 3014) has announced the launch of AT9058M, the world's first DVB-T single chip SoC enabling a high quality, ultra low power, and small footprint solution for DVB-T feature phone, PND and pocket TV applications.
News categories: ITE Tech., Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet, Terrestrial