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HUTRO Proudly Presents the Digital-to-Analog Set-Top Box to Analog TV Owners in the USA
Oct 10, 2007 – HUTRO has announced their first Digital-to-Analog (D2A) Set-Top Box to prepare analog TV owners for the analog switch-off date set for February 17, 2009.
News categories: HUTRO, SYNET, Korea IT Research Institute (KITRI), Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

MediaPhy Unveils All-Segment Single-Chip for Japanese Mobile TV Applications
Oct 10, 2007 – Following the launch of its multi-standard single-chip offering for global mobile TV applications last month, MediaPhy has introduced the second member of its product family, the J-Solo™, designed specifically to address the rapidly growing Japanese mobile TV market.
News categories: MediaPhy, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Facing Challenges, Set-Top Box Makers Will Respond with Advanced Features
Oct 10, 2007 – As revenue from standard STB (Set-top Box) sales declines along with demand in the period 2008 to 2012, STB vendors will have to add new features and functions in order to revive flagging shipment numbers.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

The Future of Television (TV) Market: The Evolving Landscape Of HDTV, IPTV And Mobile TV
Oct 9, 2007 – Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the worldwide consumer electronics industry is now available in its catalogue.
News categories: ReportLinker, Business Insights, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services

Technology Shifting in Real-Time Broadcast MPEG Encoder Market According to In-Stat
Oct 9, 2007 – The real-time broadcast MPEG encoder market is growing as new digital TV providers and TV channels are launched and HD content grows, reports In-Stat. There is also a large shift taking place, as H.264 is replacing MPEG-2 as the compression technology of choice in many of the segments.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Sagem Communications has already delivered more than 2 million MPEG4 Set-top boxes
Oct 8, 2007 – Sagem (SAFRAN Group) has announced the accumulated delivery of over 2 million MPEG-4 Set-top boxes and confirms that it will be the first supplier of dual MPEG2 and MPEG4 Freeview STBs dedicated to the reception of BSkyB's proposed Picnic DTTV service.
News categories: Sagem, Digital TV, DVR, France, IPTV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

LG Electronics Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Certified by U.S. Commerce Department
Oct 8, 2007 – In a key milestone in the nation's transition to digital television (DTV), the digital-to-analog converter box developed by LG Electronics has been officially certified for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) digital-to-analog converter box program.
News categories: LG Electronics, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Ocean Blue Powers Next Generation Sharp TVs
Oct 6, 2007 – Ocean Blue Software has won a contract to integrate its Voyager MHEG-5 software into the next generation of TVs from Sharp.
News categories: Trident Micro, Ocean Blue, Sharp, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Software, Terrestrial, UK

More customers for Sweden's Boxer
Oct 5, 2007 – By the end of September 2007 Boxer had 693,000 digital-TV subscribers, representing an increase of 39,000 hitherto during 2007 and an increase of 15,000 during the third quarter.
News categories: Boxer, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial