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Microtune Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Jul 28, 2008 – For Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE), net revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was $26.6 million, a 7% increase compared to net revenue of $24.8 million for the second quarter of 2007.
News categories: Microtune, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Zoran Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Jul 28, 2008 – Zoran (Nasdaq GS: ZRAN) has reported results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Revenues of $128.7 million for the second quarter of 2008 were 28 percent DTV, 15 percent DVD, 7 percent mobile phone processors and 50 percent other.
News categories: Zoran, Digital TV, DVD, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

STMicroelectronics working on DVB-T2 set-top box
Jul 24, 2008 – Acording to an Electronics Weekly article, STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) is developing a high-end DVB-T2 box for high definition terrestrial TV.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Solomon Systech introduces MagusCore™ High Performance Dual-Core Multimedia Processor for Portable Multimedia Devices
Jul 23, 2008 – Solomon Systech has announced the MagusCore™ SSD1933 multimedia processor packing an ARM926EJ-S™ core and an AV-DSP core on a single chip. The SSD1933 is suitable for applications such as mobile digital TV (MDTV) and portable media players (PMP).
News categories: Solomon Systech, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet

Leaders in Consumer Electronics and Wireless High-definition Video Delivery To Discuss the Next Wave of Wireless Audio/Video Connectivity
Jul 23, 2008 – AMIMON, Hitachi (Tokyo:6501), Motorola (NYSE:MOT), Samsung (Seoul:005930), Sharp (Tokyo:6753) and Sony (Tokyo:6758) have announced the formation of a special interest group to develop Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI™) technology.
News categories: AMIMON, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

STMicroelectronics Reports 2008 Second Quarter and First Half Revenues and Earnings
Jul 22, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) continued to increase shipments of its leading-edge H.264 decoder chips for the worldwide deployment of high-definition digital set-top-boxes and integrated digital TVs.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Entropic working with Echostar on Band Translation Switch
Jul 22, 2008 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that the company is working with EchoStar (Nasdaq:SATS) to develop additional outdoor units leveraging Entropic's Band Translation Switch (BTS) technology.
News categories: Entropic Communications, EchoStar, Digital TV, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor, USA

Panasonic Develops UniPhier-based Mobile Phone Chip
Jul 22, 2008 – Matsushita (Tokyo:6752)(NYSE:MC) has developed the 'MN2CS0038' (UniPhier 4MBB+), a mobile phone LSI based on its 'UniPhier' digital audio/visual equipment platform, and has announced that it will start shipping samples in late July 2008.
News categories: Matsushita, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

Broadcom Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Jul 22, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported unaudited financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Net revenue for the second quarter was $1.201 billion, an increase of 16.3% compared with the $1.032 billion reported for the first quarter.
News categories: Broadcom, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor