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Entropic and NXP Collaborate on Home Networked Set-Top Box Reference Design
Sep 9, 2009 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) and NXP Semiconductors have announced that they will demonstrate a MoCA® enabled, high-performance, set-top box (STB) reference design for the satellite, cable and IP STB markets at IBC 2009 in Amsterdam.
News categories: Entropic Communications, NXP, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Broadcom Announces HD Satellite Set-Top Box SoC with Integrated MoCA®
Sep 8, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced new single-chip, multi-format high definition (HD) satellite set-top box (STB) solutions featuring an integrated Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) 1.1 core.
News categories: Broadcom, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Broadcom BCM7405 Set-Top Box Chip Completes Microsoft® Mediaroom™ Integration
Sep 8, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its BCM7405 set-top box (STB) SoC has completed Microsoft® Mediaroom™ client integration. As a result, the chip can now be used in service provider set-top boxes based on the Mediaroom platform.
News categories: Broadcom, Microsoft, Richard Nelson, Steve Koepp, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom announces HD cable set-top box SoC with integrated Euro/DOCSIS
Sep 8, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced new single-chip, multi-format high definition (HD) DOCSIS® 2.0/EuroDOCSIS™ 2.0 (Euro/DOCSIS 2.0) compatible set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC).
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Siano Unveils Newest Multi-Standard Mobile TV Chip
Sep 8, 2009 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of a new multi- Standard mobile TV receiver chip, the SMS1230. The SMS1230 supports the major Global broadcast mobile TV standards of DVB-T, T-DMB, and ISDB-T plus digital radio (DAB/+) and FM Radio.
News categories: Siano Mobile, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Hama debuts world's smallest TV receiver enabled by Elonics silicon tuner
Sep 8, 2009 – Elonics has collaborated with product design house, Vencer, to created an ultra-miniature DVB-T USB dongle for the global consumer electronics brand Hama, based on Elonics' tuner, and a Realtek demodulator.
News categories: Elonics, Hama, Vencer, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Magnum Semiconductor Enables Top Quality Mobile Encoding, Re-Encoding and Transcoding
Sep 7, 2009 – Magnum Semiconductor will be demonstrating support for broadcast-to-mobile encoding, re-encoding and transcoding on its scalable multi-standard DXTPro platforms at the IBC 2009 show in Amsterdam.
News categories: Magnum Semi, Content Distribution, IBCShow, Mobile, Semiconductor

Samsung Selects RMI Processor for 'LED TV Couple' Product Family
Sep 4, 2009 – RMI Corporations's Au1250® processor has been selected for Samsung's LED TV Couple. The LED TV Couple allows two channels of video to be watched on a primary digital TV as well as on the portable LED TV Couple device simultaneously.
News categories: RMI Corp, Samsung, IFABerlin, Media Player, Portable, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

NXP announces world's first fully integrated 45nm set-top box SoC platform
Sep 4, 2009 – NXP Semiconductors has unveiled a new family of highly integrated system-on-chip products enabling a complete range of high-performance solutions for mainstream HD DVRs and set-top box platforms in global satellite, cable and IPTV networks.
News categories: NXP, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, IPTV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box