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Microtune Announces Agreement to Acquire Auvitek
Jul 10, 2009 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Auvitek International for approximately $9 million in cash and stock and with a potential earn-out if certain performance targets are met.
News categories: Microtune, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DTMB, MandA, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

ARM Maintains Lead Over MIPS And Power Architecture In The Battle For The Digital Home
Jul 7, 2009 – Analysis by Semicast shows that ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) maintained its position as the leading architecture for embedded processors in digital home applications in 2008, ahead of MIPS (NasdaqGS: MIPS) and Power Architecture.
News categories: Semicast, Market Research, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

TV IC Market Declines Seasonally to 30.8 Million Units Shipped in Q1'09
Jul 6, 2009 – The TV IC market declined seasonally to 30.8 million units shipped into flat panel TVs in Q1'09, according to the latest research in the DisplaySearch Q2'09 Quarterly TV Electronics Report. Shipments were down 4.3 % Q/Q, but up 11% Y/Y.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

CopperGate Shipped Over 10 Million HomePNA Chips for Home Networking
Jun 29, 2009 – CopperGate HomePNA chips are used in digital devices deployed worldwide in home entertainment networks and IPTV systems. They are deployed by more than 40 telecommunications, cable, and satellite companies.
News categories: CopperGate, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Silicon Labs Introduces the Highest Performance Single-Chip Hybrid TV Tuner
Jun 29, 2009 – Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) has announced the Si2170, a globally-compliant hybrid TV tuner with analog TV demodulator in a single CMOS IC - the industry's first silicon TV tuner to exceed the performance of traditional discrete TV tuners.
News categories: Silicon Labs, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ARM Provides Technology For LG Electronics Digital TVs
Jun 22, 2009 – ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) has announced that LG Electronics (KSE: 066570.KS) has licensed the ARM11™ MPCore™ multicore processor and ARM Mali™-200 and Mali-400 MP graphics processors to power its digital TV (DTV) development revolution.
News categories: ARM, LG Electronics, Licensing, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart TV

TV IC Market Experiences Seasonal Decline
Jun 15, 2009 – DisplaySearch's latest research indicates that the TV IC shipments declined seasonally to 30.8 million units for flat panel TVs in Q1'09, according to its Quarterly TV Electronics Report. Shipments were down by 4.3% Q/Q, but up 11% Y/Y.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Imagination Technologies to Include Sorenson Spark Decoder in its Video Cores
Jun 15, 2009 – Imagination Technologies (LSE:IMG) and Sorenson Media have announced that Imagination will include Sorenson Media's Sorenson Spark video decoder in future versions of its line of advanced POWERVR™ VXD video decoder IP cores.
News categories: Sorenson Media, Imagination Technologies, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Streaming

LG Selects Broadcom for New LCD and Plasma Broadband HDTVs
Jun 15, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its integrated BCM3549 digital TV (DTV) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution has been selected by LG Electronics (KSE: 066570.KS) for its new 'Broadband HDTVs.'
News categories: Broadcom, LG Electronics, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming