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Sigma Designs to power AOC connected DTVs in Latin America
Jul 31, 2012 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that Digital Television (DTV) manufacturer, AOC, will debut a new line of DTVs for the LATAM market based on the Sigma Designs HiDTV Pro-SXL SoCs at the ABTA 2012 conference.
News categories: Sigma Designs, AOC, Digital TV, Latin America, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Broadcom Announces First Dual ISDB-T Chipset for Digital Terrestrial TV in Latin America
Jul 30, 2012 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced the BCM3472, the industry's first fully integrated 40nm Dual ISDB-T receiver chipset, to address the growing popularity of digital TV in Latin America.
News categories: Broadcom, Brazil, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Latin America, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Fujitsu Reports Fiscal 2012 First-Quarter Financial Results
Jul 27, 2012 – Fujitsu (TSE:6702) has reported results for the first quarter of 2012. Net sales in Device Solutions amounted to 130.3 billion yen (US$1,649 million), a decline of 7.5% compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2011.
News categories: Fujitsu, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

MaxLinear Tuners Power New DVB-T2 Set-Top Boxes in Europe
Jul 26, 2012 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that it has shipped more than 1.4 million DVB-T2 digital terrestrial television (DTT) tuners into European markets in the first half of 2012 to meet rising demand for DVB-T2 terrestrial TV services.
News categories: MaxLinear, DVB-T2, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

iWedia set-top box solution enters mass production with General Satellite
Jul 25, 2012 – iWedia has announced that one of its set-top box (STB) solutions has been adopted by General Satellite for its GS-8305 decoder which is to be deployed on the network of Tricolor TV, the largest satellite television operator in Russia.
News categories: iWedia, General Satellite, Tricolor TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Russia, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom Reports Second Quarter 2012 Results
Jul 24, 2012 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has reported results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Net revenue for the second quarter was $1.971 billion, an increase of 9.7% compared with the $1.796 billion reported for the second quarter of 2011.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

STMicroelectronics Reports 2012 Second Quarter Results
Jul 24, 2012 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2012. Digital second quarter net revenues increased 4.9% sequentially principally due to higher demand for set-top-box products.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

DivX® Plus Streaming to be integrated with Panasonic Uniphier SoCs
Jul 19, 2012 – Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) has announced its DivX® Plus Streaming technology will be integrated with the 'UniPhier' series of digital television and Blu-ray Disc ICs from Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752).
News categories: Rovi Corp, Panasonic, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Media Player, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming

Global Market for PC-TV Tuners to Reach US$2.6 Billion by 2018
Jul 18, 2012 – Global Industry Analysts (GIA) has announced the release of a report on PC-TV Tuners markets. The world market for PC-TV Tuners resurged following a brief recessionary lull, with revenues expected to reach US$2.6 billion through 2018.
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Market Research, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial