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Nero and TiVo Deliver the Ultimate DVR Experience on the PC
Sep 29, 2008 – Nero and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) have announced the unveiling of Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC. This new offering revolutionizes the way consumers experience television by offering an enhanced TiVo DVR experience directly from the PC.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Nero, Canada, Digital TV, Media Player, Mexico, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Smart Home, Tablet, USA

AzureWave selects Mirics' FlexiTV™ technology for multi-standard PCTV receivers
Sep 26, 2008 – AzureWave Technologies has selected Mirics FlexiTV™ for the development of a new generation of PC TV receivers. AzureWave's Mirics FlexiTV™-based embedded PC TV solution will be available on consumer notebooks in 2009.
News categories: Mirics, AzureWave, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Qualcomm Showcases Value-added Services Enabled by MediaFLO Broadcast Mobile TV Platform at IBC 2008
Sep 12, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced its live, over-the-air demonstrations of the MediaFLO™ interactive broadcast mobile TV platform at IBC 2008, which will feature audio, video and data applications delivered over both UHF and L-Band frequencies.
News categories: Qualcomm, MediaFLO, Automotive, IBCShow, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart Home, Smart TV

Microsoft Launches New Worldwide Platform for Broadcast TV on the PC
Sep 12, 2008 – At IBC2008, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced it has delivered to the marketplace its Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture (PBDA), Microsoft's new worldwide platform for broadcast TV on the PC.
News categories: Microsoft, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Streaming

CANAL+ Launches the World's First HD Digital Terrestrial USB Key Decoder for Pay TV
Sep 11, 2008 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) subsidiary CANAL+, Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX), and SmarDTV have joined forces to successfully deliver the world's first HD digital terrestrial (DTT) USB key decoder for pay television viewing on personal computers.
News categories: Nagravision, SmarDTV, LA CLE CANAL+, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, IBCShow, Peripherals / Accessories, Terrestrial

China Digital TV and ViXS Systems Announce a Secure Digital Video Broadcast Solution for Chinese PC Market
Sep 11, 2008 – ViXS Systems and China Digital TV Holding (NYSE:STV) have announced the launch of a line of smartcard secured, DVB-C PC tuner products to serve digital cable customers in China, allowing users to turn their PCs into high-definition home theaters.
News categories: ViXS Systems, China Digital TV, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Hauppauge Launches Mobile DVB-T Digital TV Receiver for Personal Computers, Powered By Siano
Sep 9, 2008 – Hauppauge Digital (NASDAQ:HAUP) has announced the launch of a new small sized, high performance mobile USB DVB-T receiver. WinTV MiniStick, which uses Siano's MDTV receiver silicon, is primarily targeting Europe and South Asia broadcast networks.
News categories: Siano Mobile, Hauppauge, IBCShow, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Spain - September DTT monthly update released
Sep 5, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in just the two months of June and July 1.1 million DTV receivers were sold, with July being a record for IDTV purchases at 311,000 units, beating even the Christmas sales period.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

From 26.3 Million Mobile TV Users in 2007 to 51.6 Million at the End of 2008
Sep 4, 2008 – On the basis of monthly adoption data for all commercial broadcast Mobile TV networks, Issue No 5 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service calculates that the end 2008 Mobile TV user count will be 51.6 million.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, Austria, Brazil, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, Subscribers, Switzerland, USA