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Thomson's NexGuard Watermarking and Conax Chipset Pairing into Its Leading Digital Television Reference Designs to Offer Turnkey Solution in the Growing Threat of Illegal Content Theft and Redistribution
Oct 22, 2008 – Digialist has announced that it has integrated the NexGuard™ forensic watermarking technology from Thomson (Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), and Conax Chipset Pairing into its low-cost MPEG-2 set-top-box reference design.
News categories: Digialist, Thomson, Conax, Content Protection, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Watermarking

ANADIGICS' New Fully Integrated 1GHz Digital Tuner Delivers Exceptional Performance For Space Sensitive Video Applications
Oct 21, 2008 – ANADIGICS (Nasdaq: ANAD) has launched the AIT1042, a fully integrated 1GHz tuner that provides exceptionally high linearity and low noise to deliver crystal clear digital video in today's densely loaded CATV systems.
News categories: ANADIGICS, Cable TV, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

NXP Semiconductors Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 21, 2008 – NXP Semiconductors has announced third quarter sales in line with expectations of USD 1,336 million, a comparable decrease of 4.2% on the third quarter of 2007 and a comparable increase of 1.0% over the second quarter of 2008.
News categories: NXP, Results, Semiconductor

Broadcom Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 21, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported unaudited financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Net revenue for the third quarter of 2008 was $1.298 billion, compared with the $950.0 million reported for the third quarter of 2007.
News categories: Broadcom, Results, Semiconductor

LG Electronics Selects Broadcom® Solution to Power World's First Network Blu-ray Disc® Player Featuring Netflix® Instant Streaming
Oct 20, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that its BCM7440 Blu-ray Disc® system-on-a-chip (SoC) has been selected by LG Electronics (Seoul:066570) to power the world's first Blu-ray Disc player featuring Netflix® instant streaming.
News categories: Broadcom, LG Electronics, Netflix, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Streaming, USA

Movidia secures funding to enable budding 'Spielbergs on the move'
Oct 17, 2008 – Movidia has announced that it has secured over US$14 million in Series A funding. Investments from an international syndicate will help the fabless semiconductor and software company to bring to market its innovative mobile video processor technology.
News categories: Movidia, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Venture Capital

MegaChips and Silicon Motion Co-Develop World's Smallest and Lowest Power ISDB-T Mobile TV Tuner-Demodulator SoC
Oct 15, 2008 – Silicon Motion (Nasdaq:SIMO) and MegaChips (Tokyo: 6875) have jointly developed the world's smallest and lowest power consumption ISDB-T mobile TV tuner-demodulator system-on-chip.
News categories: Silicon Motion, MegaChips, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Quantenna Launches the World's First Wireless Chipsets that Deliver Guaranteed Bandwidth for High Speed Wireless Networking
Oct 14, 2008 – Quantenna Communications has announced the world's first fully integrated 802.11n chipsets with 4x4 MIMO and transmit (Tx) beamforming, pioneering a new level of ultra reliability for delivering high-definition (HD) content over wireless networks.
News categories: Quantenna, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

HDIC Cooperates with SMIC for Successful Debut of High Definition TV Transmission Chips during Beijing Olympic Games
Oct 14, 2008 – Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) [NYSE:SMI; Hong Kong:0981] and Shanghai High-Definition IC (HDIC) have co-operated to manufacture HDIC's HD2812 and HD2910 demodulator chips based on China's terrestrial digital TV standard.
News categories: HDIC, SMIC, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial