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

Imagination Technologies launches multi-standard mobile tv receiver core with 1-seg ISDB-T support
Oct 1, 2007 – Imagination Technologies (FTSE:IMG) has announced that it has added support for the Japanese 1seg ISDB-T mobile TV standard to its licensable mobile TV IP Core.
News categories: Imagination Technologies, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, UK

Renesas Technology Enhances Terrestrial Digital Broadcast Capable Product Lineup in SH-Mobile Application Processor Series
Sep 25, 2007 – Renesas Technology has announced two new models augmenting the terrestrial digital broadcast capable product lineup in the SH-Mobile Series of mobile phone application processors.
News categories: Renesas Technology, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Digital Set-Top Boxes Will Peak in North America during the Year 2009, while DTT Gains Global Traction, According to ABI Research
Sep 20, 2007 – Annual shipment trends for DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television)-enabled STBs (Set-Top Boxes) will be uneven over the next several years as the timing of digital switchover and DTT service availability varies dramatically from country to country, according to a recent study from ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DTMB, IPTV, ISDB-T, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, TV Services

MediaPhy Launches Multi-Standard Single-Chip for Global Mobile TV Applications
Sep 12, 2007 – Addressing the fast growing global mobile TV market, MediaPhy has introduced the MP2011 Solo™, the world's first all CMOS single-die to offer true global mobile TV capability covering DVB-H, Mobile DVB-T, ISDB-T 1-3-13 segment and T-DMB/DAB standards.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor

Newport Media, RMI and Softronix Combine to Offer Price-Performance Advantages for MobileTV Providers
Sep 8, 2007 – Raza Microelectronics®, Inc. (RMI) has announced that Mobile TV focused companies Newport Media and Softronix Corporation, have been added to the most complete MIPS-Based™ eco-system, the RMI® Partner Alliance (RPA).
News categories: RMI Corp, Newport Media, Softronix, Digital TV, DTMB, IBCShow, ISDB-T, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet

Brazilian Forum for Digital TV Selects Coding Technologies' and DTS' MPEG-4 aacPlus/DTS Audio Solution for Digital Terrestrial Television Based on ISDB-T
Sep 7, 2007 – Coding Technologies has announced that the company's aacPlus audio solution has been selected by the Brazilian Digital TV Forum for Brazil's digital terrestrial ISDB-T platform to be officially launched on December 2nd, 2007.
News categories: ATSC 3, Brazil, Digital TV, IBCShow, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

S3 Integrates the VisualOn Mobile TV Player on GIGABYTE GSmart T600
Sep 6, 2007 – Silicon and Software Systems (S3) and VisualOn have announced that S3 has integrated its onHandTV™ client with VisualOn's Mobile TV solution onto a number of devices including the GIGABYTE GSmart T600.
News categories: Digital TV, DTMB, IBCShow, ISDB-T, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile

MaxLinear Announces First Global TV Standards CMOS Tuner IC With the Performance of Can Tuner
Sep 6, 2007 – MaxLinear has announced the MxL5007, a TV tuner IC that meets all global digital and analog cable and terrestrial TV standards. The MxL5007 incorporates key CMOS circuit design and radio architecture technology breakthroughs which enable "can" tuner equivalent performance in digital/analog televisions, terrestrial and cable set top box (STB) applications, and portable TV applications.
News categories: ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, DTMB, IBCShow, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

KDDI 'One Seg' Mobile Phones Exceed 5 Million
Aug 21, 2007 – KDDI and Okinawa Cellular are pleased to announce that users of 'one seg' compatible au mobile phones exceeded 5 million on August 16, 2007.
News categories: KDDI, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Subscribers