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Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results
Dec 2, 2009 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) has reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2009. Net revenue for the third quarter was $35.5 million, a decrease of $11.3 million, or 24%, from $46.8 million for the same period last year.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Panasonic Electronic Devices Selects Fresco Microchip FM1151 for Next Generation Tuners
Dec 2, 2009 – Fresco Microchip has announced that Panasonic Electronic Devices (PED) has selected Fresco's FM1151 universal analog demodulator and digital IF processor IC for its latest hybrid tuners.
News categories: Fresco Microchip, Panasonic Electronic Devices, Cable TV, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

HDMI Adoption Climbs, while DVI Slides into Retreat
Dec 1, 2009 – High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) adoption continues to gain ground across several segments. Meanwhile, the now legacy Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is gradually declining, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, Camcorder, DVD, Market Research, Mobile, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

Nagravision licenses conditional access to Neotion for modules
Nov 30, 2009 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced that it has signed a global license agreement with Neotion enabling them to produce and market CAMs integrating Nagravision's Conditional Access Systems (CAS).
News categories: Nagravision, Neotion, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Motorola launches OPhone with Siano CMMB chip
Nov 26, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has launched its TM710 OPhone in China. The China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) mobile TV equipped handset was developed in collaboration with Siano Mobile Silicon.
News categories: Siano Mobile, Motorola, China, Mobile, Semiconductor

Alcatel-Lucent, Solaris Mobile and towerCast team up for DVB-SH mobile TV in Paris
Nov 26, 2009 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU), Solaris Mobile and towerCast have announced the first satellite broadcast infrastructure to demonstrate potential services using DVB-SH to be deployed in Paris and surrounding suburbs.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Solaris Mobile, towerCast, Dibcom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, Mobile, Semiconductor

Orange shows prototype Atom-based set-top box
Nov 24, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has revealed a prototype high definition set-top box based on an Atom processor from Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC). The 'Orange Box' was developed in co-operation with Samsung Electronics (Seoul: 005930).
News categories: France Telecom, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVR, Gaming, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Imagination Technologies introduces 'Connected Processor™' IP cores
Nov 24, 2009 – Imagination Technologies (LSE:IMG) says that the next trend in silicon integration will be for connectivity in all forms of consumer electronics. Reflecting this trend, the company has created a class of embedded Connected Processor™ solutions.
News categories: Imagination Technologies, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

LG Innotek Adopts Fresco Microchip's Universal Demodulator
Nov 18, 2009 – Fresco Microchip has announced that LG Innotek has selected Fresco's universal analog demodulator and digital IF processor IC for its new global hybrid (analog + digital) tuner modules, including the popular TDTJ and TDFR series.
News categories: Fresco Microchip, LG Innotek, Cable TV, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial