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DTT Market Flourishes During the Next 10 Years
May 8, 2007 – The transition to digital terrestrial TV (DTT) is now underway in many countries. As of the end of 2006, over 34 million TV households worldwide are receiving DTT. This market is forecast to exceed 250 million TV homes by the end of 2017. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial

Korea - TV System to Go Fully Digital by 2012
Apr 28, 2007 – Digital TV broadcasting services will fully replace the current analogue TV system in Korea by 2012. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Korea, Terrestrial

New Zealand - Set-top box firms launch price war for Freeview
Apr 28, 2007 – Consumers dipping their toes in the world of digital free-to-air TV will need to stump up anything from $160 to $650 depending on whether they buy an official Freeview set-top box and need to have a satellite dish installed.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Morocco - NEC Supplies Digital TV Transmitters to SNRT
Apr 27, 2007 – NEC Corporation today announced that it completed the supply of 12 digital terrestrial TV transmitters, which were ordered in July, 2006, to National Company of Radio and TV Broadcasting (SNRT). The broadcasting system started operations on March, 2007. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Morocco, Terrestrial

Turkey - Digital TV Broadcasting To Start In Six Months
Apr 27, 2007 – Digital TV broadcasting will begin in 13 major Turkish cities within the next six months, Nuri Colakoglu, chairman of the Anten Corp. Executive Board, said. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Terrestrial, Turkey

HDTV Future Would be Transformed by Ofcom HD-DTT Decision
Apr 26, 2007 – Recent Strategy Analytics research forecasts that 90 percent of UK homes will be watching High Definition TV by 2020 as long as Ofcom allocates spectrum on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform for HDTV. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial, UK

Samsung Designs-In Genesis Microchip's Video Controller
Apr 25, 2007 – Genesis® Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq:GNSS) has announced that Samsung Electronics has selected Genesis’s Torino video controller solution, the FLI30336, to power the video processing in its new Digital TV/Monitor. More …
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Lowest BOM, Zero-IF Tuner for DTT Eliminates Costly SAW Filters
Apr 23, 2007 – Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) has introduced the MAX3580 fully integrated, zero-IF (ZIF), direct-conversion TV tuner for digital video broadcasting-terrestrial (DVB-T) applications.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Asian Set-Top Box Vendors Growing Local Market Share
Apr 22, 2007 – The newest release of ABI Research’s set-top box research report shows that Samsung, Coship and other Chinese and South Korean STB vendors collectively account for over 55% of the Asia-Pacific STB market. More …
News categories: Asia, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial