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

Microtune Introduces World's First Low-Power Universal Tuner Chip; Enables Digital TV on PCs, Portables, and Set-Tops across Worldwide Markets
Mar 10, 2008 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has introduced an optimized tuner unique in meeting multiple TV reception standards (analog/digital and off-air/cable) across worldwide markets.
News categories: Microtune, ATSC 3, Cable TV, CCBN, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, ISDB-T, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Brazil - Low take-up of DTT services
Mar 5, 2008 – DTT services launched three months ago has had limited appeal with viewers. Only 10,000 households in the Greater Sao Paulo area have accessed DTT services.
News categories: Brazil, Digital TV, Market Research, SBTVD, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Sun Microsystems And SBTVD Forum To Develop Open-Source Java Solution For Brazil's Digital TV System
Mar 4, 2008 – Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) and the SBTVD Forum have agreed to join forces in the development of an open-source content platform based on Java technology for use in the country-wide conversion of television applications and services.
News categories: Sun Microsystems, GINGA, Fórum SBTVD, ATSC 3, Brazil, Digital TV, Middleware, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Qualcomm Launches New Family of Chips for Mobile Consumer Devices with Wireless Connectivity, GPS, Rich Multimedia and Broadcast TV
Feb 11, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced a family of three new industry-leading chipset solutions - QST1000™, QST1100™ and QST1105™ - designed to power the next evolutions of mobile consumer devices.
News categories: Qualcomm, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Samsung's Single-Chip Mobile TV Channel Decoder RF SoC Supports Global TV Standards for Cell Phones
Feb 10, 2008 – Samsung Electronics has unveiled the S3C4F60, a 65nanometer (nm) single-chip mobile TV System-on-Chip (SoC) which combines a channel decoder with an RF chip.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Newport Media Announces Acquisition of Mobile TV Middleware Developer WRG
Feb 8, 2008 – Newport Media has announced the acquisition of industry leading DVB-T/H middleware company WRG Inc. Based in Bundang, Korea.
News categories: Newport Media, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Korea, MandA, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Smart TV

NeoMagic® Corporation to Present Latest Products at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain
Feb 7, 2008 – NeoMagic (Nasdaq: NMGC) has announced that it will demonstrate Mobile TV solutions for ISDB-T and T-DMB with its MiMagic or NeoMobileTV multimedia processors, at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (February 11-14, 2008).
News categories: NeoMagic, ISDB-T, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

The Worldwide Digital Terrestrial Television Receiver Market Will Reach 350 Million Units in 2013, According to ABI Research
Feb 6, 2008 – The worldwide DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) receiver market will grow from 65 million units in 2007 to more than 350 million units in 2013, representing a compound annual growth rate of 32%.
News categories: ABI Research, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DTMB, ISDB-T, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial

NXP Launches the World's First Ultra-low Power Terrestrial and Satellite Multi-band Silicon Tuner for Portable TV
Jan 23, 2008 – NXP Semiconductors has made available a truly anytime, anywhere digital TV viewing experience with the launch of the world's first multi-band silicon tuner, TDA18292.
News categories: NXP, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Terrestrial