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Leaders in Consumer Electronics and Wireless High-definition Video Delivery To Discuss the Next Wave of Wireless Audio/Video Connectivity
Jul 23, 2008 – AMIMON, Hitachi (Tokyo:6501), Motorola (NYSE:MOT), Samsung (Seoul:005930), Sharp (Tokyo:6753) and Sony (Tokyo:6758) have announced the formation of a special interest group to develop Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI™) technology.
News categories: AMIMON, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

218,000 DTT receivers in Hong Kong homes
Jul 17, 2008 – According to a survey conducted jointly by the Government with ATV and TVB (Hong Kong: 0511), at end-May about 9.7% of Hong Kong households (approximately 218,000 families) were watching DTT via DTT receivers.
News categories: Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

PC-TV Tuner Market to Get Boost from European and Asian Shift to Digital TV, US Move to Mobile ATSC M&H Services
Jul 16, 2008 – The adoption of digital PC-TV tuners will accelerate in Europe as DTT services continue to expand. Asia, China and India will present strong growth opportunities. North America is expected to see a surge during 2009, when analog TV is cut off.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Terrestrial

Conexant Introduces New Family of Broadcast Audio/Video Decoders for PCTV Applications
Jul 14, 2008 – Conexant Systems (NASDAQ: CNXTD) has introduced a new family of broadcast audio/video (A/V) decoders targeted at PC-TV applications. The CX2310X decoders enable the capture of analog and digital broadcast streams on personal computers.
News categories: Conexant, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Hauppauge selects NXP PC TV system-on-chip for award-winning dual hybrid PC TV tuner
Jul 14, 2008 – NXP Semiconductors has announced that Hauppauge Computer Works has selected the NXP SAA7164E PC TV system-on-chip (SOC), as well as its latest generation silicon tuner TDA18271HD, to power the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 PCI Express tuner.
News categories: NXP, Hauppauge, ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, USA

Germany - GfK Consumer Electronics market report 2007
Jul 10, 2008 – According to GfK, the development of the German CE Market in 2007 was - once again - positive. Total CE turnover (including IT and Telecom) grew by 3.7% to a total volume of 23 billion Euros.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Germany, HD-DVD, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

Spain - July DTT monthly update released
Jul 8, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in May, DTT receiver sales were up 35% at close to 630,000 units, giving a cumulative total of over 10.8 million, a quarter of which were bought during 2008.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

ACMA releases final report on survey of digital television in Australian homes
Jun 30, 2008 – The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released the full findings of its research into the uptake of digital television in Australian homes, which showed that 42 per cent of Australian homes have adopted digital TV.
News categories: ACMA, Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Cable TV specification could revive living room PC
Jun 30, 2008 – A new specification that defines a two-way digital cable TV link is being developed by CableLabs. The standard is essentially a PC version of CableLabs' Open Cable Application Platform (OCAP) specification.
News categories: CableLabs, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Peripherals / Accessories, Streaming, USA