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

Nintendo DS TV tuner massive hit in Japan
Nov 23, 2007 – Nintendo's 1-seg DS TV tuner device originally went on pre-order back on 8th November, 2007, but the peripheral has been so popular since its wide-scale launch on 20th November that it has already sold out.
News categories: Nintendo, Digital TV, Gaming, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile

Zinwell STB shipments to top one million units in 2007
Nov 21, 2007 – Zinwell expects its shipments of set-top boxes (STBs) to top one million units in 2007, accounting for 35-40% of its total revenues, according to sources at the company.
News categories: Zinwell, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DTMB, LNB, SBTVD, Set Top Box

Venezuela - CONATEL will meet with technicians from France and Japan to define digital TV standard
Nov 21, 2007 – Representatives of the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) will travel to France and Japan to enable Venezuela to decide whether to adopt either the European or Japanese standard for digital terrestrial television.
News categories: Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), Digital TV, ISDB-T, Terrestrial, TV Services, Venezuela

STMicroelectronics Leading-Edge Decoder Technology Powers New Set-Top Box in Brazil
Nov 15, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that Gradiente's DHD800 high-definition (HD) set-top box - the first to offer full compliance with the new Brazilian SBTVD (Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital) digital terrestrial TV standard - is based on ST's industry-leading STi7100 single-chip HDTV decoder technology.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, SBTVD Forum, Ministério das Comunicações SBTVD site, Brazil, Digital TV, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Renesas Technology Releases SH-MobileR2 Application Processor for Car Navigation Systems and PNDs Supporting One-Seg TV Broadcasts
Nov 13, 2007 – Renesas Technology has announced the SH-MobileR2 application processor intended for use in portable and mobile devices with support for One-Seg terrestrial digital TV broadcasts, such as car navigation systems and personal navigation devices (PNDs).
News categories: Renesas Technology, Automotive, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Microtune Announces Silicon Tuner Strategy to Bring High-Speed Digital TV to Automotive Market
Nov 13, 2007 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced that its MT2060 tuner technology is deployed in a car TV receiver system of Kenwood. Kenwood uses four tuners in a diversity TV entertainment system that delivers ISDB-T digital TV and other data services to a vehicle.
News categories: Microtune, Kenwood, Automotive, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Sharp Passes 5-Million Mark for One-Seg Mobile Phone Shipments
Nov 2, 2007 – On October 31, 2007, Sharp Corporation passed the five-million mark for shipments of One-Seg-compatible mobile phones in Japan.
News categories: Sharp, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Results

Imagination Technologies' Multi-Standard Receiver IP Core Family Extends Support to 1Seg, 3Seg and Full-Seg ISDB-T
Nov 1, 2007 – Imagination Technologies has announced that it has added wide support for the Japanese ISDB-T digital TV and radio standards to its licensable receiver IP core family.
News categories: Imagination Technologies, Embedded Technology (ET), Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Terrestrial

MediaPhy Unveils All-Segment Single-Chip for Japanese Mobile TV Applications
Oct 10, 2007 – Following the launch of its multi-standard single-chip offering for global mobile TV applications last month, MediaPhy has introduced the second member of its product family, the J-Solo™, designed specifically to address the rapidly growing Japanese mobile TV market.
News categories: MediaPhy, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor