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Zoran Reports Second Quarter 2007 Revenues of $129.9 Million
Jul 23, 2007 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZRAN) has reported results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2007. Revenues by product line for the second quarter of 2007 were 30 percent DVD, 13 percent DTV, and 57 percent other.
News categories: Zoran, Earnings Release, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DVD, Results, Semiconductor

Imagination Technologies Licenses Video Core to NEC
Jul 20, 2007 – Imagination Technologies (LSE:IMG) reports that NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) has licensed a next-generation core from Imagination's PowerVR video display technology family under a multiple-use license arrangement.
News categories: Imagination Technologies, NEC Electronics, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, UK

Broadcom and Verizon Wireless Announce Broad-based Strategic Alliance
Jul 19, 2007 – Broadcom and Verizon Communications have announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance involving new mobile device chipsets and other products, including Bluetooth® and wireless LAN solutions, optical network solutions, Multimedia over Coaxial Cable (MoCA) devices, GPS location technology, and DSL and fiber network components including set-top boxes.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Broadcom, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Licensing, Mobile, Patent, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smartphone, USA

Broadcom Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results
Jul 19, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported unaudited financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2007.
News categories: Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor

Zoran's ATSC Digital Television Receiver Is First to Exceed A/74 Requirement For Digital Broadcast Transition
Jul 16, 2007 – Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN) has announced that its VSB receiver technology, is the first to exceed A/74 requirements and to comply with the Advanced Television Systems Committee's "ATSC Recommended Practice: Receiver Performance Guidelines."
News categories: Zoran, Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Communication Research Centre Canada (CRC), ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, USA

Valens Semiconductor Raises $7M in Series A Financing
Jul 16, 2007 – Valens Semiconductor Ltd., a developer of a chip that will enable high quality transmission of audio and video in a home networking environment, has announced the completion of a $7M series A round of equity financing.
News categories: Digital TV, Israel, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Venture Capital

China's CMMB to be tested in five Olympic host cities this October
Jul 16, 2007 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and TV (SARFT) will set up testing networks using China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting, a Chinese mobile TV standard, this October in five host cities of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor

China mobile TV spec gains strong backers
Jul 16, 2007 – Key support from two pioneering chip design houses may help a fledgling mobile TV spec pull ahead of the field of competitors vying to become China's national standard.
News categories: China, Digital TV, DTMB, Mobile, Semiconductor

Intel OpenCable System-on-a-Chip products expected H2 2008
Jul 13, 2007 – Intel's planned support of CableLabs' Opencable Platform in its future system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions is not expected to result in actual products before the second half of 2008, according to the company.
News categories: Intel, CableLabs, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV