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

Norway - RiksTV reaches 250,000 subscribers
Sep 16, 2008 – Only just over a year after the start of its digital terrestrial television (DTT) service, RiksTV is halfway to its goal of 500,000 subscribers. Yesterday the RiksTV total reached 250,000 customers.
News categories: RiksTV, Digital TV, Norway, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Legend Silicon Introduces Diversity Demodulator to Dramatically Improve Reception of Weak and Noisy Television Signals in China
Sep 16, 2008 – Legend Silicon has introduced the LGS-8G78, a demodulator designed, by employing diversity, to significantly improve reception of the digital terrestrial television broadcast (DTTB) signals defined by China's GB20600-2006 standard.
News categories: Legend Silicon, Automotive, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor

ATSC Publishes New Standard For Advanced Video Coding
Sep 15, 2008 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. has approved and published A/72 which details the methodology to utilize Advanced Video Coding (AVC) within an ATSC DTV transmission.
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

SiTune lunches lowest-power universal mobile TV silicon Tuner
Sep 15, 2008 – SiTune Corporation has announced a state-of-the-art hybrid (universal) CMOS TV tuner. STN-25T1000 is a highly integrated tuner that exceeds all of global digital and analog TV standard requirements for under 150 mW.
News categories: SiTune, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Italy - July 2008 DTT decoder market report update
Sep 15, 2008 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of July 2008 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

UpdateLogic® Licenses UpdateTV Software to Zoran for Integration Into DTV Silicon Platforms
Sep 15, 2008 – UpdateLogic® has announced that Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN) has licensed the UpdateTV® solution for its embedded digital TV hardware platforms.
News categories: UpdateLogic, Zoran, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Ecuador tests ISDB-T for DTT
Sep 15, 2008 – Ecuador has begun digital television transmision trials this month as part of a process to chose a new system for use after analogue switch-off.
News categories: Conartel, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Ecuador, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

Broadcom's New Digital TV Solutions Bring Advanced Functionality and Differentiated Features to TV Manufacturers
Sep 15, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its next generation of DTV systems-on-a chip for the US market. Included in each are a multi-format decoder, Ethernet connectivity, 3D graphical user interface, and unique 3D color management.
News categories: Broadcom, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

NEOTION unveils the T.NERGY flyweight set-top, a Micro MPEG-4 IP box"¦ but with all-in-one Maxi features
Sep 14, 2008 – NEOTION has announced the T.NERGY: the smallest MPEG-4 set-top ever made. Powered by the fully in-house designed NP5+ NEOTION processor, the T.NERGY is a genuine IP box that measures less than 4 inches (7 by 9 cm), and weights only 82 grams.
News categories: NEOTION, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial