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Zoran Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2008 Results
Jan 26, 2009 – Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has reported results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. DTV revenues grew 59 percent annually, achieving records in revenues and units shipped.
News categories: Zoran, DVD, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Blusens Relies on Sigma Designs' Technology to Empower HDTV Home Entertainment Device
Jan 22, 2009 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that their SMP8634 has been selected by Blusens as the main processing unit in the Blusens 'blu:brain' HDTV Home Entertainment Device.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Blusens, LambdaStream, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

Qualcomm Acquires Handheld Graphics and Multimedia Assets from AMD
Jan 20, 2009 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) and AMD (NYSE: AMD) have announced that Qualcomm has acquired certain graphics and multimedia technology assets, intellectual property and resources that were formerly the basis of AMD's handheld business.
News categories: Qualcomm, AMD, MandA, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

UWB Market Sees Major Setbacks, but Some Progress
Jan 20, 2009 – 2008 was a tough year for ultrawideband (UWB) technology, reports In-Stat. There are now four fewer UWB chip makers than there were in the middle of 2008. However, the first UWB-enabled digital televisions did ship in Japan in 2008.
News categories: In-Stat, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart Home

NEC Electronics Introduces System LSI Chips for SD MPEG-4 Set-Top Boxes
Jan 19, 2009 – NEC Electronics (Tokyo: 6723) has introduced third generation 'Enhanced Multi-Media Architecture' (EMMA) set-top box devices EMMA3SL/LP and EMMA3SL/L targeting MPEG-4 standard definition (SD) set-top boxes.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Telegent brings live, free-to-air hybrid TV to PCs, laptops and netbooks
Jan 16, 2009 – Telegent Systems has announced the TLG2300, a single-chip DVB-T and analog TV receiver IC that solves the technical and integration challenges of adding live TV to personal computers (PCs) and portable devices.
News categories: Telegent Systems, Digital TV, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet, Terrestrial

Movidia launches revolutionary multimedia processor for mobile phones
Jan 15, 2009 – Movidia has announced the launch of its premier product the MA1110. The MA1110 is the first processor in the world to enable high performance in-phone video post-production in real time on power conscious mobile devices.
News categories: Movidia, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

DTV Semiconductor Market Declines in 2008
Jan 15, 2009 – According to iSuppli, global DTV semiconductor revenue declined to $7.95 billion in 2008, down 1.1% from $8.04 billion in 2007.
News categories: iSuppli, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Major Chinese brands select Siano for CMMB Mobile TV
Jan 14, 2009 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that its CMMB receiver chip, the SMS1180, has been selected to power CMMB mobile TV for leading Chinese phone-makers ZTE, Tianyu, CEC Telecom and MP3/4 giant AIGO.
News categories: Siano Mobile, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor