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STMicroelectronics Introduces Full High-Definition Integrated Digital TV Platform Supporting Worldwide Standards
Jan 4, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the DTV150, which provides demodulation, MPEG-2 HD and SD decoding, full HD video processing, high quality audio, and the video switching functions, for integrated digital TV (iDTV) sets worldwide.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Zoran Corporation Announces VaddisHD™ High-Definition Multimedia Processor Platform for Blu-Ray Disc and HD-DVD Players
Jan 4, 2008 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that it is demonstrating its VaddisHD™ High-Definition Multimedia Processor platform, supporting both the Blu-Ray Disc and HD-DVD emerging standards at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008 in Las Vegas.
News categories: Zoran, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, ICs, Semiconductor

Auvitek's AU8522 Demodulator Selected by Dasan for Deployment in Korea Telecom Megapass TV STB
Jan 4, 2008 – Auvitek and Dasan have announced that Korea Telecom's Megapass FTTH service is being widely deployed utilizing Dasan's IPTV set-top box incorporating Auvitek's AU8522 ATSC/NTSC/QAM demodulator.
News categories: Auvitek, Dasan, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Korea, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Sunplus Offers Single Chip DVB Terrestrial Solution for STB and Portable DTV Applications
Jan 4, 2008 – Sunplus Technology (TAIEX: 2401, LSE: SUPD) has announced that its new DVB-T SoC SPHE1003, which integrates front-end COFDM demodulator and backend MPEG decoder for DVB-T STB and portable DTV Solution, is available to the market.
News categories: Sunplus, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Tablet, Terrestrial

ViXS Debuts New Series of Companion ICs for High-Speed Transcoding, Encoding and Decoding
Jan 3, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced the introduction of a new family of XCode™ Companion ICs: the XCode™ 3106, 3108 and 3111. Key capabilities of the XCode™ 3106, 3108 and 3111 are MPEG2 to AVC transcoding, AVC to MPEG2 reverse transcoding, AVC/MPEG2 decoding and encoding.
News categories: ViXS Systems, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

ViXS Debuts Next Generation HD Multi-stream Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder SoC
Jan 3, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced the North American debut of the XCode™ 3290, the world's most advanced MPEG4 AVC (MPEG4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder System-on-a-Chip (SoC).
News categories: ViXS Systems, CES2025, Content Protection, DRM, DVR, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor

STMicroelectronics Announces High-Definition Set-Top-Box Decoder with Integrated Demodulator
Jan 3, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the availability of a new single-chip high-definition set-top box decoder combining both the demodulation and decoding functions on a single device.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, DVB-S2, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Highly Integrated, Low-Power, Single-Conversion Silicon Tuner for ATSC and NTSC Applications
Jan 3, 2008 – Maxim Integrated Products (Pink Sheets: MXIM) has introduced the MAX3540 highly integrated, single-conversion television tuner for ATSC and NTSC applications.
News categories: Maxim Integrated Products, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, North America, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Entropic Surpasses Ten Million c.LINK™ Chipset Shipment Milestone
Jan 3, 2008 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq: ENTR) has announced that it has shipped its ten millionth c.LINK™ chipset. Entropic's c.LINK technology enables the creation of a whole home digital entertainment network using existing coax cabling.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home