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Spain - October DTT monthly update released
Oct 12, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, 679,820 DTT receivers were sold in August, giving a cumulative total for Spain of 21.8 million units. Based on reporting from TNS Sofres, penetration of DTT in Spanish households passed 70% in September.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Spain - September DTT monthly update released
Sep 8, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, DTT equipment sales in July reached a new record total of 1.146 million units. The cumulative number of DTT tuners sold since the beginning of the transition process in Spain is now over 21 million units.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Hama debuts world's smallest TV receiver enabled by Elonics silicon tuner
Sep 8, 2009 – Elonics has collaborated with product design house, Vencer, to created an ultra-miniature DVB-T USB dongle for the global consumer electronics brand Hama, based on Elonics' tuner, and a Realtek demodulator.
News categories: Elonics, Hama, Vencer, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

ViXS releases new HD Video Processor SoC: XCodeHD™ 3390
Sep 2, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced the availability of a new High Performance Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder System on a Chip (SoC) product, the XCodeHD™ 3390, an enhanced functionality follow-on IC to the highly successful XCode® 3290.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Digital TV, DVR, Home Server, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Germany: CE Market Index (CEMIX) Q1-Q2 2009
Aug 24, 2009 – Results from Q1-Q2 2009 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for CE markets, are available - LCD TV and Home Cinema System sales performed well, whilst the majority of product sales continued to decline
News categories: GfK, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Skycast and Quincy Digital Select Mirics OneSeg Receiver
Aug 10, 2009 – Mirics Semiconductor has added ISDB-T OneSeg support to its FlexiTV multi-standard PC TV receiver and struck agreements with PC TV accessory providers Quincy Digital of Korea and Skycast of Brazil.
News categories: Mirics, Quincy Digital, Skycast, Brazil, Japan, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Software

Sonic and Widevine Team to Put Hollywood Hits on USB Flash Media Drives
Jul 23, 2009 – Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) and Widevine have announced they are enabling the delivery of premium movies on USB flash memory devices. The CinemaNow USB Movie Drives™ will include a media player to enable PC playback of movie content offline.
News categories: Widevine, Sonic Solutions, Digital TV, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories, Streaming

MaxLinear and Hauppauge Partner to Deliver Embedded PCTV Solution for Ultra-Mobile PCs
Jul 23, 2009 – MaxLinear has announced it has partnered with Hauppauge Digital to deliver an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) standards-based PCTV minicard for ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs).
News categories: MaxLinear, Hauppauge Digital, ATSC 3, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Mirics Brings FlexiTV™ to Intel® Atom™ Based Platforms
Jul 15, 2009 – Mirics Semiconductor has expanded its FlexiTV™ technology by launching a range of mobile TV and radio applications targeted at products powered by the Intel® Atom™ CPU platform bringing mobile TV to netbooks and mobile internet devices (MIDs).
News categories: Mirics, Japan, Korea, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Software