Automotive (In-Vehicle, In-Car) TV News

Over 35 million In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) Systems Expected to Ship in 2015
Mar 1, 2011 – Automakers have begun to integrate in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems into a wider range of automobiles in order to reenergize new vehicle sales. In-Stat forecasts that over 35 million IVI systems will ship in 2015.
News categories: In-Stat, Automotive, Market Research

Freescale Delivers Dramatic Performance Advances for Tablet, Smartphone, eReader, Automotive Infotainment and Other Hot Consumer Markets
Jan 3, 2011 – Freescale has introduced the i.MX 6 series of quad-, dual- and single-core applications processors designed to deliver performance and scalability to manufacturers targeting smart mobile, automotive infotainment and embedded device categories.
News categories: Freescale, Automotive, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet

Mobile Phones with HDMI Ports to Ship in the Millions in 2010
Dec 7, 2010 – For the first time, the number of mobile phones with HDMI ports will ship in excess of a million units in 2010, says In-Stat. Meanwhile, HDMI has become pervasive in the consumer electronics, accounting for over 350 million devices shipping in 2010.
News categories: In-Stat, Automotive, Blu-ray, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Mobile, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

Renesas Electronics Announces Growth Strategies for its SoC Business Targeting Mobile and Multimedia Applications
Sep 9, 2010 – Renesas Electronics (TSE: 6723) has introduced business strategies for its system-on-chip (SoC) business for mobile and multimedia applications.
News categories: Renesas, Automotive, Blu-ray, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

LG Demonstrates Mobile DTV Technology to Detroit Automaker Audience
Jun 3, 2010 – LG Electronics has demonstrated its industry-standard mobile DTV technology to representatives from the automobile industry and discussed how easy it will be to integrate Mobile DTV reception into existing and future car 'infotainment' systems.
News categories: LG Electronics, Automotive, Mobile, Semiconductor, USA

Mobile Digital TV Launch Gives Detroit Automakers Mobile Video Test Bed
Jun 3, 2010 – With the Detroit television market among the leaders in the nation now launching Mobile Digital Television (DTV), product development teams in the automobile industry now have a local resource for testing reception of Mobile DTV.
News categories: OMVC, Automotive, Mobile, USA

CogniVue Announces CV220X Family of Image Cognition Processors
Mar 18, 2010 – CogniVue Corporation has announced the CV220X series of Image Cognition Processors (ICPs) for use in a broad range of automotive vision application systems, IP video surveillance and monitoring and mobile TV applications.
News categories: CogniVue, Automotive, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Renesas announces Full-Seg ISDB-T mobile application processor
Mar 15, 2010 – Renesas Technology has announced the industry's first application processor for mobile phones that supports Full-Seg (13-segment) ISDB-T HDTV recording and playback. The SH-Mobile MT1 will begin sample shipments in April 2010.
News categories: Renesas, Automotive, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor

Dual-tuner IC provides reception diversity in automotive TV applications
Jan 25, 2010 – Maxim (NASDAQ: MXIM) has introduced the MAX2135 diversity tuner for ISDB-T and DVB-T automotive applications. This device integrates two high-performance signal paths that operate from a single fractional-N synthesizer.
News categories: Maxim Integrated Products, Automotive, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Semiconductor, Terrestrial