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

Worldwide TV IC Market Grew 21% Y/Y in Q2'08; Mediatek Remains the Market Leader
Sep 11, 2008 – The worldwide market for TV ICs was 29.8 million units in Q2'08, 21% higher than Q2'07. Shipments were up 7.8% compared to Q1'08, as TV set makers built in line with seasonality and rapid flat panel TV sales growth in the US and Eastern Europe.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

DiBcom Launches New Very Low Power Mobile TV Receivers
Sep 10, 2008 – DiBcom is pleased to announce two new products, the DIB9090 and DIB8090, which both support very low power mobile TV reception of DVB-T and ISDB-T 13-Seg signals respectively. These chips also support the reception of DVB-H and ISDB-T 1-Seg.
News categories: DiBcom, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

NXP to Demonstrate End-to-End DVB-T2 Transmission at IBC 2008 in Amsterdam
Sep 10, 2008 – NXP will unveil a demonstration of end-to-end DVB-T2 transmission at the IBC 2008 conference in Amsterdam. The demonstration features NXP's silicon tuner TDA18211HN and one of the first prototypes of NXP's DVB-T2 demodulator TDA10055.
News categories: NXP, DVB-T2, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor

Vestel Selects Osmosys Java Based Middleware to Power Integrated Digital TV Devices
Sep 10, 2008 – Osmosys (SWX: ADBN) has announced that Vestel (Istanbul: VESTL) has selected its DVB-MHP middleware and Navigator software to power its integrated digital TV sets (IDTVs). Vestel will roll out the TVs to the Italian DTT market.
News categories: Osmosys, Vestel, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, IBCShow, Italy, Middleware, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Pace demonstrates High Definition over DVB-T2
Sep 10, 2008 – Pace (LSE:PIC) will be demonstrating the first set-top box capable of receiving and displaying DVB-T2 HD content at IBC 2008. Pace's prototype uses the world's first DVB-T2 front-end (TDA18211 tuner and TDA10055 prototype demodulator) from NXP.
News categories: Pace plc, NXP, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

France - HD/H.264 tuner for ≥66cm TV sets as of 1 December 2009
Sep 9, 2008 – TV manufacturers are required to include an MPEG-4 AVC HD tuner in all television sets sized 66cm (26 inches) and above as of 1 December 2009.
News categories: Digital TV, France, Regulation, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Hauppauge Launches Mobile DVB-T Digital TV Receiver for Personal Computers, Powered By Siano
Sep 9, 2008 – Hauppauge Digital (NASDAQ:HAUP) has announced the launch of a new small sized, high performance mobile USB DVB-T receiver. WinTV MiniStick, which uses Siano's MDTV receiver silicon, is primarily targeting Europe and South Asia broadcast networks.
News categories: Siano Mobile, Hauppauge, IBCShow, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

ADB to Show Innovative Technology Designed for Mass-Deployment at IBC2008
Sep 9, 2008 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SWX: ADBN) has announced that it will focus on a number of revenue enhancing features and solutions specifically designed to support digital television operators at IBC2008 (Hall 4, Stand B48).
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Vidiom, Osmosys, Cable TV, DOCSIS, DVB-MHP, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial

Newport Media Unveils World's First 65nm System-on-Chip (SoC) for Japan/Brazilian ISDB-T Mobile TV
Sep 9, 2008 – Newport Media has unveiled the world's first complete 65nm CMOS single-chip solution for the mobile version of Japan's Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) digital television standard.
News categories: Newport Media, Brazil, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor