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Silicon Image Unveils Next-Generation MHL™ Products
May 15, 2012 – Silicon Image (NASDAQ:SIMG) has announced its next-generation MHL™ products, the SiI8240 MHL transmitter for mobile devices and the SiI9617 MHL-to-HDMI® bridge for DTVs and PC displays, which are also MHL 2.0 compliant.
News categories: Silicon Image, Gaming, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Smartphone, Tablet

Entropic Unveils Set-Top Box SoC for Cable and IP-Client Markets
May 14, 2012 – Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) has introduced its TSC17x/18x set-top box system-on-a-chip (SoC), offering cable and IP markets a dual-core ARM® Cortex-A9 processors with integrated NEON™ SIMD extensions.
News categories: Entropic, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP

LG Previews Google TV At Internet Week
May 14, 2012 – LG (KSE: 066570) is conducting live demonstrations of LG's Google TV models at Internet Week New York. LG's Smart TV with Google TV (G2 Series) combines the power of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) services with the speed of LG's new L9 dual-core chipset.
News categories: LG Electronics, Google TV, Metaverse, Middleware, Silicon IP, Smart TV, Streaming

AltoBeam Closes $6M Series D Funding
May 14, 2012 – AltoBeam has announced that it has successfully closed a 6 million US dollars round of Series D funding. In 2011, AltoBeam enjoyed an over 80% TV and Set Top Box market share in DTMB/DVB-C demodulator shipments.
News categories: AltoBeam, US Venture Partners, Cable TV, China, DTMB, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, Venture Capital

DTS and Lenovo Bring High-Definition Audio Experience to Smart TVs
May 14, 2012 – DTS (Nasdaq:DTSI) has announced that Lenovo has integrated DTS audio into its K91 smart TV. The K91 smart TV is the world's first smart TV powered by Qualcomm's 1.5GHz dual-core 8060 Snapdragon CPU and operated by the Android 4.0 system.
News categories: DTS, Lenovo, China, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart TV

Broadcom Reports First Quarter 2012 Results
May 1, 2012 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2012. Net revenue for the first quarter of 2012 was $1.827 billion, an increase of 0.6% compared with the $1.816 billion reported for the first quarter of 2011.
News categories: Broadcom, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

CrestaTech Secures $13M to Develop Smart Tuners for TV and Mobile Devices
Apr 30, 2012 – CrestaTech has announced that it has secured a $13 million round of funding. The investment will be used to accelerate development of Smart Tuner™ ICs for the fast-growing market of Smart TV devices.
News categories: CrestaTech, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Venture Capital

Cyfrowy Polsat Selects MaxLinear MxL601 for Hybrid DVB-T / IPTV Set-Top Box
Apr 24, 2012 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) has selected its MxL601 global TV tuner for use in its own T-HD 1000 set-top box (STB) that is the heart of a new nationwide hybrid DVB-T / IPTV service.
News categories: MaxLinear, Cyfrowy Polsat, Digital TV, Poland, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics Reports 2012 First Quarter Financial Results
Apr 23, 2012 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. ST's net revenues decreased 8.0% on a sequential basis with ST's wholly-owned businesses posting a decrease of 3% while the Wireless product segment was lower by 29%.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV