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Hercules Provides $7.5 Million of Venture Debt to Quartics, a Semiconductor Design Company Focusing on Wireless Video Streaming Capabilities
Aug 16, 2007 – Hercules Technology Growth Capital (NASDAQ: HTGC) has announced that on August 2, 2007, it provided $7.5 million of venture debt to Irvine, California-based Quartics, Inc., a premier provider of video processing solutions.
News categories: Quartics, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Venture Capital

SIDSA features its technology solutions for DTT, Mobile TV and IPTV broadcasters and operators
Aug 15, 2007 – SIDSA, an International DVB technology provider, will showcase its high-profile activity in the fields of Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile TV, Conditional Access Systems and Broadband, during the forthcoming IBC show that will take place in Amsterdam on September 7-11th.
News categories: SIDSA, Conditional Access, IBCShow, IPTV, Mobile, Satellite, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Micronas truD® Full HD 120 eliminates Motion Blur and Film Judder on Full HD Flat Panel TVs with 100/120 frames per second
Aug 14, 2007 – Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN) has announced its latest generation FRC 94xyM Full HD frame rate converter IC which eliminates unpleasant 'Motion Blur' and 'Film Judder' on Full HD (1080p) TVs.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart TV

The French are to help Russia launch digital TV
Aug 9, 2007 – STMicroelectronics and St. Petersburg's General Satellite have agreed upon cooperation in the sphere of digital television.
News categories: Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

MaxLinear's DVB-T Silicon Tuner Chosen for New TechniSat Hybrid IPTV/DVB-T Set-Top Box
Aug 8, 2007 – MaxLinear has announced that its revolutionary MxL5003S DVB-T silicon tuner has been designed into the TechniSat TeleStreamer 2TW 'hybrid' Internet protocol television (IPTV)/DVB-T set-top box (STB).
News categories: Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

NXP Semiconductors is one of the First to Introduce Nagravision Conditional Access API to its STB chipsets
Aug 8, 2007 – NXP Semiconductors has announced that it has achieved NOCS certification from Nagravision, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) company, on its PNX8330 chipset, answering the pay-TV industry demand for compliance with a leading security platform. In addition, NXP is one of the first semiconductor companies to support the Nagravision, NOCS dedicated, application programming interface (API) which will shorten development time for faster time-to-market of new set-top box (STB) devices.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Zoran's Vaddis®9 DVD Multimedia Processor Plus HDXtreme® 2 Upscaler Power Samsung's New Generation of 1080P HDMI DVD Players
Aug 6, 2007 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq: ZRAN) has announced it is supplying its Vaddis® 966 DVD processor & HDXtreme®2 1080p HDMI transmitter with integrated upconverter to Samsung Electronics for its new DVD-HD1080P7 player model.
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, Semiconductor

Toshiba demonstrates single-chip Digital TV at IFA
Aug 3, 2007 – Toshiba Electronics Europe showcases system-on-chip (SoC) technology for iDTV, set top box and digital TV recorder applications.
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

BroadLogic Shows Reconstruction of a Complete Analog and Digital Channel Lineup
Aug 1, 2007 – BroadLogic will demonstrate their residential gateway at the CableLabs Summer Conference. The gateway reconstructs an analog channel lineup from an all-digital channel line-up, showing cable operators a key step in the switch to an all-digital network.
News categories: BroadLogic, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, Semiconductor