Worldwide (not region-specific) Digital TV News

oViCs introduces 4Kp120 HEVC/H.265 decoder IP
Jan 15, 2014 – oViCs has introduced ViC-1, the world's highest performance and high efficiency 4Kp120 HEVC/H.265 decoder supporting Main, Main-10, and Main Still Picture Profiles up to Level 5.2, High Tier.
News categories: oViCs, Sorin Cismas, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Worldwide

Sigma Designs licenses ARM Mali-400 MP graphics IP
Jan 9, 2014 – Sigma Designs® (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that they have licensed the popular ARM® Mali™-400 MP for their leading range of multimedia SoCs.
News categories: Sigma Designs, ARM, Mustafa Ozgen, Trina Watt, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Worldwide

Zinwell selects MaxLinear IC for channel-stacking digital ODU
Jan 9, 2014 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that Zinwell is developing a new satellite digital outdoor (D-ODU) unit using MaxLinear’s MxL865 channel stacking system on chip (SoC).
News categories: MaxLinear, Zinwell, Brian Sprague, Chester Wu, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor, Worldwide

Opera Devices SDK for Sigma Designs' Smart TV processors
Jan 9, 2014 – Opera Software and Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) have announced that the Opera Devices SDK will land in Sigma Designs’ Smart TV processors.
News categories: Opera Software, Sigma Designs, Aneesh Rajaram, Mustafa Ozgen, CES2025, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide

COSHIP joins the Frog By Wyplay initiative
Jan 9, 2014 – Shenzhen COSHIP Electronics has announced that it is joining the Frog By Wyplay initiative for their next generation TV software solution.
News categories: Frog By Wyplay, COSHIP, Dominique Feral, Ruiliang Yang, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Jiuzhou integrates FROG by Wyplay TV software
Jan 9, 2014 – Shenzhen Jiuzhou Electric has announced that it has decided to join Frog by Wyplay initiative for its next generation STB platforms.
News categories: Frog by Wyplay, Shenzhen Jiuzhou, Dominique Feral, Wei Huang, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Consumer Electronics market to contract in 2014
Jan 8, 2014 – The exciting new products shown at CES won’t ship in high-enough volume in 2014 to rescue the traditional consumer electronics (CE) device from a decline in revenue this year, according to IHS (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: IHS Inc, Jordan Selburn, CES2025, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Worldwide

Sigma Designs announces high-performance SoCs for Smart TVs
Jan 8, 2014 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has unveiled its new SX6 series TV chip family. Designed to support Ultra HD video, the Sigma Designs' HiDTV® PRO-SX6 is its first fully-integrated Ultra HD ready smart TV SoC.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Mustafa Ozgen, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Worldwide

MediaTek announces fifth generation Smart TV platform
Jan 8, 2014 – MediaTek has announced its fifth generation of Smart TV platforms. MediaTek's 8-series chipset family consists of fully integrated SoCs (systems on chip) specially designed for the next-generation UHD smart TVs.
News categories: MediaTek, Joe Chen, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Worldwide