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

Digital TV Penetration Rate Will Be 43% in 2012
Dec 27, 2007 – According to the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI), the proportion of digital TV subscribers in the world is expected to exceed 40% by 2012.
News categories: Korea Information Society Development Institute, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Europe, India, IPTV, Japan, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Terrestrial, USA

Tilgin receives IPTV order from Swedish Urban Networks
Dec 27, 2007 – Tilgin has announced a first commercial order from three Swedish Urban Networks of an IPTV solution for the Swedish open TV networks environment and open base box environment.
News categories: Tilgin, Swedish Urban Network Association, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial

Sunplus Group Demonstrates New Chip Solutions for Digital TV, Home Entertainment, and Multimedia Personal Applications at 2008 International CES
Dec 27, 2007 – Sunplus Technology (TSE:2401) (LSE:SUPD), and its subsidiary Sunplus mMedia, will jointly exhibit at 2008 International CES and demonstrate the latest chip solutions for Digital TV, Home Entertainment, and Multimedia Personal applications.
News categories: Sunplus, ATSC 3, CES2025, DVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial

MediaTek to Offer TV Chips for Mainland China
Dec 26, 2007 – An industry insider has revealed that MediaTek has won chipset orders from Chinese LCD manufacturers Hisense (600060.SH) and Konka (2016.SZ), with products due on the markets in H1 2008.
News categories: MediaTek, China, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

China - National Handset Mobile TV Standard Selection Resumed
Dec 26, 2007 – Previously halted testing for China's national mobile TV standard has resumed, and will last one month.
News categories: Standardization Administration of China, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Mobile

Auvitek's AU8515 Demodulation And Channel-decoding IC Powers Sansonic's NTIA-Certfied ATSC STB
Dec 26, 2007 – Auvitek International has announced that two of Sansonic's AU8515-based Coupon Eligible Converter Boxes (CECBs) designed by Falcon Digital have been formally certified by the NTIA as passing the most stringent standards for ATSC reception.
News categories: Auvitek, Falcon Digital, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Chile puts off digital television decision to March
Dec 24, 2007 – Chile has postponed until March its decision about which digital television standard it will adopt - Japanese, European or American - government spokesman Francisco Vidal has said.
News categories: Chile, Digital TV, Terrestrial, TV Services

CI+ Forum issues draft specification for horizontal pay-DTV market
Dec 21, 2007 – The CI+ Forum has published a final draft of its CI+ Specification for public review.
News categories: CI Plus, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics Introduces Low-Cost Standard-Definition Set-Top Box Decoder Supporting Leading Security Standards and Multiple Codecs
Dec 20, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced a new low-cost STB decoder chip - the STi5202 - intended for standard-definition TV applications, sharing the same architecture as ST's STi7109 single-chip H.264 high-definition (HD) decoder.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Japan, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial