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Sigma Designs Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results
May 27, 2009 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has reported results for its first quarter ended May 2, 2009. Net revenue for the first quarter was $51.2 million from $47.3 million in the previous quarter, down from $56.9 million for the same period last year.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

SiS 217H HDTV Processor Targets Taiwan HiHD DVB-T Market
May 25, 2009 – Silicon Integrated Systems has unveiled a new high integrated HDTV processor, SiS217H, for the new HiHD digital broadcasting system in Taiwan. The processor incorporates a high-definition H.264/AVC and MPEG-2 compliant decoder.
News categories: Silicon Integrated Systems, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Taiwan, Terrestrial

ViXS Enables New Hitachi HD Flat Panel TVs with built-in HDD
May 21, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced that the XCode® 3290 has been selected by Hitachi (Tokyo:6501; NYSE:HIT) to enable their latest generation of HD Flat Panel TVs featuring a built-in Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for Personal Video Recording (PVR).
News categories: ViXS Systems, Hitachi, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, ISDB-T, Japan, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Intel to use Broadcom to enhance Netbook HD decoding
May 21, 2009 – Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) plans to offer the BCM70015 graphics chip from Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) as an option to improve HD video performance in its next-generation netbook platform (Pine Trail).
News categories: Broadcom, Intel, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Entropic Announces Channel Stacking Switch for Free-To-Air Satellite Market
May 19, 2009 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that its next-generation Channel Stacking Switch (CSS) technology has been tapped by several OEMs for the large free-to-air (FTA) European satellite market.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Axing, Jultec, Unitron, Wisi, ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVR, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Globo and Thomson to develop rural digital TV for Brazil
May 18, 2009 – Brazil's Globo is planning a rural digital TV system, called TVDR, to replace the 15 million satellite dishes that currently receive analogue free-to-air signals in the country. The system will use set-top boxes from Thomson (Paris:18453; NYSE: TMS).
News categories: Thomson, Globo, Brazil, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Renesas Technology to Release SH-MobileR2R Application Processor with HD Video Playback and Recording Support for Terrestrial Digital TV Broadcast-Capable PNDs and Car Navigation Systems
May 13, 2009 – Renesas Technology has announced the release of the SH-MobileR2R (product name: SH7724), the third product in the SH-MobileR Series of application processors for mobile devices designed for multimedia applications such as video and audio.
News categories: Renesas, Automotive, ICs, Japan, Semiconductor

Amtran Selects Xceive Silicon tuner for new TV design
May 13, 2009 – Xceive has announced that Amtran has selected Xceive's XC5000 silicon tuner for its new line of TVs for the Taiwan market. Amtran will utilize the XC5000 to provide a solution for the unique requirements (DVB-T digital plus NTSC analog) in Taiwan.
News categories: Xceive, Amtran, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Taiwan, Terrestrial

Elonics secures additional $1.1m equity finance as markets develop
May 12, 2009 – As market demand increases for Elonics products, investors have contributed a further $1.1m to develop the sales and operational support infrastructure now required for its growing global customer base.
News categories: Elonics, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, UK, Venture Capital