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ANADIGICS Launches Fully Integrated 1 GHz Tuner for Set-Top Boxes
Jun 23, 2008 – ANADIGICS (Nasdaq: ANAD) has announced the launch of the AIT1032, a fully integrated, 1 GHz tuner that enables crystal-clear video in CATV set-top boxes, DVRs, PC TV tuner cards, and other tuner-on-board applications.
News categories: ANADIGICS, Cable TV, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

W&W Communications Announces its Taos Series of H.264 ASICs for Wireless HDMI, Video Surveillance and Video Conferencing Applications
Jun 20, 2008 – W&W Communications has announced its Taos series of ASICs, consisting of the WW108, WW602 and WW508 single chip H.264 video codecs.
News categories: W&W Communications, Digital TV, Home Server, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Gradiente and NeoMagic® Corporation Announce Joint Development Agreement to Bring to Market a Mobile TV Enabled Smart Phone
Jun 18, 2008 – Gradiente and NeoMagic (Nasdaq: NMGC) have announced that they have signed a joint development agreement to bring to market a mobile TV enabled smart phone for the ISDB-T/b standard based on NeoMagic's MiMagic 8 application processor.
News categories: NeoMagic, Gradiente, Brazil, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Mobile, SBTVD, Semiconductor

Huawei and DiBcom Partner to Offer Mobile TV on an HSPA Datacard
Jun 17, 2008 – DiBcom has announced that its state-of-the-art chipset, the DIB9080-H which includes a tuner and demodulator, is being used by Huawei for its new HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) card called E510.
News categories: DiBcom, Huawei, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Infineon Introduces World's First 1.8V Broadband Low Noise Amplifier to Support Portable TV and Mobile TV Systems
Jun 17, 2008 – Infineon (FSE/NYSE: IFX) has announced the availability of the company's new BGA728L7 low noise amplifier (LNA), one of the industry's smallest broadband LNAs for portable and mobile TV applications.
News categories: Infineon, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor

NeoMagic® Corporation and Innofidei Technology Announce Availability of Mobile TV Solution for China
Jun 16, 2008 – NeoMagic (Nasdaq: NMGC) and Innofidei have announced that they have successfully demonstrated a mobile TV solution based on the CMMB (China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting) standard.
News categories: NeoMagic, Innofidei, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

SIDSA takes DVB-H mobile TV to Asia
Jun 16, 2008 – The leading supplier of mobile TV technology SIDSA will exhibit its complete solutions for DVB-H mobile TV at the fair, from demodulator chipsets to complete fully interoperable turn-key solutions.
News categories: SIDSA, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Mobile, Semiconductor

Entropic Communications Announces Its Channel Stacking Switch Technology Supports ASTRA'S Single Cable LNB Specifications
Jun 12, 2008 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that its Channel Stacking Switch products support the ASTRA Single Cable Low Noise Block (LNB) down converter technical specification.
News categories: Entropic Communications, MTI, SES-ASTRA, DVR, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor

Consumer electronics consortium to forge future of remote control technology
Jun 12, 2008 – Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI), Samsung, Sony and Panasonic (NYSE:MC) have announced they have joined forces to develop a standardized specification (RF4CE) for radio frequency-based remote controls for audio visual consumer electronics devices.
News categories: Philips, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Digital TV, DVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV