SBTVD (Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital), ISDB-TB, SATVD-T News

MaxLinear Announces Three Set-Top Box Design Wins for Brazil and Argentina Digital TV Markets
Aug 4, 2010 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that three leading set-top box (STB) manufacturers have started shipping the MxL135RF silicon tuner in STBs targeted at Brazil and Argentina.
News categories: MaxLinear, Skyworth, Argentina, Brazil, Digital TV, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Argentina to deploy Ginga STB middleware
Jul 5, 2010 – A group of researchers in Argentina is working on a local version of Brazil's Ginga DTT middleware. The software is due for deployment in set-top boxes to be distributed by the Argentinian government from August/September this year.
News categories: Ginga, UNLP, Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas, Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Middleware, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Skyworth delivering ISDB STBs to Argentina
Jun 10, 2010 – Skyworth has told NexTV Latam that it is cooperating with a customer in Argentina on the government's ISDB-T project, and will deliver 250,000 set-top boxes in the coming month.
News categories: Skyworth, Argentina, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Paraguay adopts ISDB for digital TV
Jun 2, 2010 – As recommended by the Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL) the President of Paraguay has decreed that the country shall adopt the Japanese-Brazilian ISDB standard for digital terrestrial television transmission.
News categories: CONATEL, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Paraguay, SBTVD, Terrestrial

DiBcom to Launch DVB-T and ISDB-T Tuner-Demodulator SoCs for TV Receivers
May 31, 2010 – DiBcom has unveiled its 2 new tuner-demodulator System on Chip (SoC) for DVB-T and ISDB-T full-seg, offering digital TV high performance technology for portable or fixed reception. Set top boxes, TV sets or PCTV can be addressed by the components.
News categories: DiBcom, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Peripherals / Accessories, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

53.5 million free-to-air DTT homes in Latin America in 2015
May 20, 2010 – NexTV Consulting has released a new report on Latin America's DTT and free-to-air markets. In 2015, 60 million Latin American homes will be fitted with receivers that will capture Free-To-Air Digital TV.
News categories: NexTV Latam, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Latin America, Market Research, Satellite, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Coradir, Cometrans, UTE to make free STBs for Argentina
May 11, 2010 – According to NexTV Latam, Coradir, Cometrans and UTE (Unión Transitoria de Empresas) will manufacture the 1.2 million ISDB set-top-boxes that the Argentine government plans to distribute free-of-charge this year.
News categories: Coradir, Cometrans, Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Argentina to distribute 1.2 million free STBs this year
May 5, 2010 – Argentina's Planning Ministry (MinPlan) has announced that over the next two months the government will distribute, free of charge, 750,000 ISDB-T set-top-boxes, with another 450,000 to be allocated by the end of the year.
News categories: MinPlan, Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Costa Rica favours ISDB-Tb for digital TV
Apr 30, 2010 – The special commission set up by the government of Costa Rica to choose the most appropriate digital television system for the country has proposed the Japanese-Brazilian ISDB-T model to replace the current analogue system.
News categories: Costa Rica, Digital TV, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Terrestrial