Portable (Tablet, PMP, camcorder, …) News

Legend Silicon Introduces Two New Demodulators for Portable Digital Television Applications
Sep 18, 2008 – Legend Silicon has introduced two demodulators for China's terrestrial (GB20600-2006) market. The LGS-8G75 and LGS-8G77 improve end-user reception while offering new interfaces and space savings for mobile and portable applications.
News categories: Legend Silicon, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Portable, Semiconductor

High Definition on track in Ireland
Sep 17, 2008 – For the Republic of Ireland, the road to HD started with the introduction of the HD-ready Flat Panel TV. In the last 12 months, 450,000 Flat panel TVs were sold to consumers. Of these, 81% are capable of receiving and processing an HD signal.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Ireland, Market Research, Smart TV

Quantum unveils the new Video Touch personal TV media player featuring Siano's revolutionary internal chip antenna
Sep 12, 2008 – Quantum and Siano Mobile Silicon have announced at IBC that Siano's DVB-H silicon receiver chips together with the revolutionary SMS8021 internal chip antenna have been integrated into a Personal TV Media Player by Quantum.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Quantum, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet

CEVA MM2000 Multimedia Solution Powers Solomon Systech MagusCore High Performance Portable Multimedia Processor
Sep 9, 2008 – CEVA [Nasdaq: CEVA; LSE: CVA] has announced that Solomon Systech has licensed and deployed (as the SSD1933 multimedia processor) its programmable MM2000 portable multimedia DSP IP for their MagusCore™ multimedia processor platform family.
News categories: CEVA, Solomon Systech, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Tablet

Sunplus mMedia Licenses CEVA's MM2000 Multimedia Solution for Portable Multimedia Processors
Sep 9, 2008 – TAIPEI, Taiwan — IIC Taiwan — CEVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEVA; LSE: CVA), a leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, today announced that Sunplus mMedia, Inc. has licensed the fully programmable MM2000 portable multimedia solution for the development of low-cost, high performance system-on-chips (SoCs) for power-sensitive applications, including portable multimedia […]
News categories: CEVA, Sunplus mMedia, Portable, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Tablet

July 2008 Japan Domestic Shipments of Major CE Products
Aug 28, 2008 – Japan Domestic Shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment (July 2008) - DVD players/Recorders, HD DVD/Blu-ray, Camcorders, Satellite Tuners, ...
News categories: JEITA, Blu-ray, Camcorder, DVD, Japan, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Germany - Consumer Electronics Market Index CEMIX Q1-Q2 2008
Aug 25, 2008 – Results from Q1-Q2 2008 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for Consumer Electronics markets, are now available for download in English and German.
News categories: GfK, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Norway picks DMB for mobile TV
Aug 18, 2008 – The three biggest broadcasters in Norway, NRK, TV 2 and MTG, have set up their own company in order to launch mobile TV via DMB this winter.
News categories: NRK, MTG, TV 2, Digital TV, Mobile, Norway, Portable

Macrovision Inks Extended Interactive Program Guide License Agreement with Sony
Aug 13, 2008 – Under the extended agreement between Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN) and Sony (Tokyo:6758), an interactive program guide (IPG) will be incorporated into PlayTV™, a combined TV tuner and PVR for PLAYSTATION®3, due to be released later this year.
News categories: Sony Computer Entertainment, Macrovision, Digital TV, DVR, Europe, Gaming, Middleware, Portable