Terrestrial Digital TV (DTT, DTTV, DTV, DVB-T, DVB-T2, …) News

Entropic Communications Introduces Multi-Mode Hybrid Silicon Tuner
Jan 7, 2009 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced the EN4020, a multi-mode RF CMOS silicon tuner. The EN4020 offers industry leading performance, analog and digital support and enables cost reduction by streamlining production and testing.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Cable TV, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Sunplus Delivers Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Solution for DTMB Digital TV and Set-Top-Box in China
Jan 6, 2009 – Sunplus Technology (TAIEX: 2401; LSE: SUPD) has announced a DTMB digital terrestrial turnkey solution, including its DTMB demodulator (SPHE6630) and MPEG decoder (SPHE1002), targeted at digital TV and Set-Top-Box applications in China.
News categories: Sunplus, CES2025, China, DTMB, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

MaxLinear's MxL5007T Silicon Tuner Chosen for Stylish Digital Stream MUON Portable LCD Television
Jan 6, 2009 – MaxLinear has announced that its revolutionary MxL5007T digital terrestrial silicon tuner has been designed into the Digital Stream MUON ATSC portable LCD television.
News categories: MaxLinear, Digital Stream, ATSC 3, CES2025, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Commerce's NTIA Announces New Coupon Applicants Will be Placed on Waiting List Due to High Demand for TV Converter Box Coupons
Jan 5, 2009 – The NTIA has announced that consumers requesting coupons from the agency's TV Converter Box Coupon Program will be placed on a waiting list and coupons will be mailed on a first-come-first-served basis, as funds from expired coupons become available.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Regulation, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

China to Issue Standards for Digital TV Sets
Dec 22, 2008 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has stated that new manufacturing standards will be released next year designed to accelerate the custom manufacturing of high-definition televisions.
News categories: SARFT, Cable TV, China, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Regulation, Smart TV, Terrestrial

UK digital TV sales boom as credit crunch bites
Dec 17, 2008 – Figures released by Digital UK show that in the year to October 2008, UK consumers bought nine million televisions. Ninety per cent of televisions purchased in October 2008 were digital, the highest proportion ever recorded.
News categories: Digital UK, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Trident's HiDTV™ PRO-QX SoC with MEMC Technology Enters 100Hz European IDTV Market
Dec 17, 2008 – Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ: TRID) has announced that Grundig Eletronik's Vision-9 FHD 100Hz digital television has adopted Trident's HiDTV™ PRO-QX digital TV processor system-on-a-chip (SoC).
News categories: Trident Micro, Grundig Elektronik, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Cypress and Legend Silicon Debut World's First USB TV Dongle Reference Design to Bring High-Resolution TV to PCs and Laptops
Dec 16, 2008 – Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE:CY) and Legend Silicon have introduced a reference design for a DTMB USB PC-TV dongle. It leverages Cypress's EZ-USB® FX2LP high-speed USB controller to drive Legend Silicon's LGS-8GL5/LGS-8G75 demodulator.
News categories: Legend Silicon, Cypress Semiconductor, China, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Ofcom releases Q3 2008 Digital Television Update
Dec 16, 2008 – Almost 2.5 million DTT devices were sold in the UK in Q3, 4% more than in Q3 2007. Q3 sales data for BBC/ITV freesat show that unit sales had reached almost 108,000 by the end of September, up from 39,000 units in Q2.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK