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Terrestrial Digital TV Tuners for PCs to Be Authorized in Japan
Mar 31, 2008 – The broadcasting industry has confirmed its plans to authorize the sale of standalone terrestrial/BS/CS digital tuners that are externally attached to PCs.
News categories: Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Terrestrial

Legend Silicon and aigo Co-launch Mobile High Definition Device For 2008 Olympics
Mar 26, 2008 – Legend Silicon has partnered with China's aigo to create a USB Dongle designed around Legend Silicon's demodulation chipset to enable Chinese consumers to view terrestrial HDTV on their laptops in time for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
News categories: Legend Silicon, aigo, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

ViXS Systems and China Digital TV Collaborate to Develop Ultra Secure PC TV Solution
Mar 21, 2008 – ViXS Systems and China Digital TV (NYSE: STV) have announced an ultra secure PC-based digital TV capture solution and Conditional Access PCI card co-developed by the two companies.
News categories: ViXS Systems, China Digital TV, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Germany - DTT on course for further success
Mar 18, 2008 – Since switchover started in Berlin in November 2002 more than 7.8 million DTT receivers (more than 3 million of which were set-top boxes) have been sold. At the end of 2008 this number is expected to have reached nearly 15 million.
News categories: GfK, Deutsche TV-Plattform, Automotive, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Microtune Introduces World's First Low-Power Universal Tuner Chip; Enables Digital TV on PCs, Portables, and Set-Tops across Worldwide Markets
Mar 10, 2008 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has introduced an optimized tuner unique in meeting multiple TV reception standards (analog/digital and off-air/cable) across worldwide markets.
News categories: Microtune, ATSC 3, Cable TV, CCBN, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, ISDB-T, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

NXP Launches World's Smallest Single-chip Triple-mode PCTV Solution
Mar 6, 2008 – In a move to bring a high-quality anytime, anywhere TV viewing experience to ultra-mobile computers, NXP Semiconductors has launched the world's smallest single-chip PCTV solution - SAA7231 - that supports worldwide broadcast standards.
News categories: NXP, Content Protection, Digital TV, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Germany: CE Market Index CEMIX Q1-Q4 2007
Feb 22, 2008 – Results from Q1-Q4 2007 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for Consumer Electronics markets, are now available for download.
News categories: GfK, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Broadcom's Media PC Technology Enables Toshiba to Feature High Quality HD DVD Playback for Mid-Level Mobile Personal Computers
Jan 29, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that Toshiba has selected Broadcom's recently introduced media PC technology to enable high quality HD DVD playback for three recently introduced mid-level notebook computers.
News categories: Broadcom, Toshiba, Digital TV, HD-DVD, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Lumanate Integrates ViXS Video Processor into Lazer Line of PC Multimedia Acceleration Cards
Jan 10, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced that Lumanate will use the ViXS XCode™ 3106, the most advanced MPEG4 AVC (MPEG4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder chipset available today, to provide hardware transcoding in its new line of Lazer PC multimedia acceleration cards.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Lumanate, CES2025, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor