ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting – Terrestrial / 13-Seg / Full-Seg) News

NEC Selects ViXS XCode™ Series for VALUESTAR PC's
Apr 27, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced that XCode™ 3106 has been selected by NEC for its VALUESTAR L, N and W PCs. The XCode 3106 is able to transcode real-time HD MPEG2 broadcast video to HD MPEG4 AVC, increasing video storage capacity by six times.
News categories: ViXS Systems, NEC, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Peru goes with ISDB standard for DTT
Apr 23, 2009 – Peru has decided to adopt the Japanese-Brazilian standard for digital TV from 2011. The decision was announced by Enrique Cornejo, the minister from the Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones.
News categories: Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Peru, Regulation, SBTVD, Terrestrial

ViXS HD Transcoding is core to new Pioneer Blu-Ray Recorders
Apr 22, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced that the XCode™ 3000 series MPEG-4 AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder IC is being used by Pioneer for two new Blu-Ray Disc (BD) Recorder products: BDR-WD900 and BDR-WD700.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Pioneer, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, ISDB-T, Japan, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

EU matches Japan's Digital TV offer in Peru
Apr 14, 2009 – The European Commission has sent a letter to Peruvian President Alan García proposing to allocate $662,000 to a DVB pilot project. Japan had offered the same amount to carry out an ISDB test.
News categories: European Commission, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Peru, Terrestrial

Over 50 Million Households Use Digital Terrestrial as Primary TV Source
Mar 2, 2009 – According to the DisplaySearch, consumers worldwide are rapidly transitioning to digital terrestrial broadcast. Over 50 million households are already using digital terrestrial as their primary source of TV programming content.
News categories: DisplaySearch, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Market Research, Terrestrial

Ecuador tests DVB-T and ISDB-T
Feb 27, 2009 – Officials of Ecuador's Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUPERTEL) are testing the technical performance of the ISDB-T and DVB-T digital terrestrial television systems, at different sites in the city of Quito.
News categories: SUPERTEL, Digital TV, Ecuador, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

Siano launches lowest cost receiver chip for multi-standard mobile/portable DTV
Feb 24, 2009 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of a new low-cost multi-standard mobile TV receiver chip, the SMS1140. The SMS1140 supports the major global MDTV broadcasting standards of DVB-T, ISDB-T and T-DMB.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

DiBcom Launches a Revolutionary Solution for Mobile TV
Feb 4, 2009 – DiBcom has announced the launch of its new platform that offers device manufacturers a solution to the problem of multiple standards worldwide for fixed and mobile TV. Referred to as 'Octopus', the chip is based on a programmable architecture.
News categories: DiBcom, Automotive, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, MWC24, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet, Terrestrial

Brazil's digital TV to go interactive in 2010
Jan 16, 2009 – Sales of Set-Top-Boxes fitted with the Brazilian interactive middleware 'Ginga' will start in December this year. The system will be interactive by 2010 instead of this year as originally planned.
News categories: Ginga, Brazil, Digital TV, Middleware, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial