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

Wipro Delivers Middleware for In-Car TV Tuner to Hirschmann Car Communication
Dec 15, 2008 – Wipro Technologies (NYSE:WIT) has announced that it has delivered its ISDB-T stack to Hirschmann Car Communication. The stack is to be used for developing In-Car TV solutions for Hirschmann's Tier-1 car customers targeting the Japanese market.
News categories: Wipro, Hirschmann Car Communication, Automotive, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Middleware, Terrestrial

NEC Electronics Introduces System-on-Chip for Tuners That Enable Viewing of Digital Terrestrial Broadcasts on Analog Televisions
Dec 12, 2008 – NEC (Tokyo: 6723) has introduced the EMMATM2TS system-on-chip (SoC) for tuners that enable digital terrestrial broadcasts to be viewed on current analog televisions. The new product is compliant with the Japan's 'simplified DTT tuner' specifications.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Japan - Digital TV transition behind pace
Dec 2, 2008 – The number of Japanese households that have converted from analogue to digital terrestrial TV reception stands at 23.5 million, or 2.5 million short of the government's target for September of 26 million.
News categories: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Dpa, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Market Research, Terrestrial

Dominican Republic to begin DTT testing this month
Nov 11, 2008 – Digital terrestrial television tests will start in the Dominican Republic later this month. The tests are part of the selection process to choose the DTT specifications for the country. DVB, ATSC and ISDB standards are on trial.
News categories: Indotel, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

MegaChips and Silicon Motion Co-Develop World's Smallest and Lowest Power ISDB-T Mobile TV Tuner-Demodulator SoC
Oct 15, 2008 – Silicon Motion (Nasdaq:SIMO) and MegaChips (Tokyo: 6875) have jointly developed the world's smallest and lowest power consumption ISDB-T mobile TV tuner-demodulator system-on-chip.
News categories: Silicon Motion, MegaChips, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Argentina follows Brazil with ISDB-T
Sep 30, 2008 – A delegation from Argentina is to travel to Japan in October to discuss adopting Japan's ISDB-T standard.
News categories: Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Regulation, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Mirics adds ISDB-T reception to its FlexiTV™ solution for TV on a PC
Sep 30, 2008 – Mirics Semiconductor will showcase an enhanced version of its Mirics FlexiTV™ broadcast receiver - a complete RF, host interface and software demodulation solution for the notebook PC platform - at CEATEC Japan.
News categories: Mirics, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Software

Venezuela gets closer to ISDB-T
Sep 26, 2008 – Minister of Telecommunications and Information Systems of Venezuela Socorro Hernández has revealed that a technical mission is traveling to China within the next few days to assess digital TV standard DMB-T, and its mobile variant DMB-H.
News categories: Digital TV, DTMB, ISDB-T, Mobile, Terrestrial, Venezuela

SiTune lunches lowest-power universal mobile TV silicon Tuner
Sep 15, 2008 – SiTune Corporation has announced a state-of-the-art hybrid (universal) CMOS TV tuner. STN-25T1000 is a highly integrated tuner that exceeds all of global digital and analog TV standard requirements for under 150 mW.
News categories: SiTune, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial