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Infineon Digital Mobile TV Energy-Efficient Tuner ICs
Feb 12, 2007 – Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX), a leading provider of communication ICs, today announced two new highly integrated, power-efficient DVB-H/T chip solutions: OmniVia™ TUS9090 and OmniTun™ TUA9000.
News categories: Infineon, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Irdeto enables secure, integrated mobile TV chipsets globally with semiconductor partners
Feb 12, 2007 – Irdeto has announced that it has licensed the Irdeto Mobile Broadcast Conditional Access (CA) solution to the world-leading mobile multimedia chipset manufacturers, Core Logic, Mtekvision and Telechips, to secure mobile broadcasting for device manufacturers worldwide.
News categories: Irdeto, Telechips, MtekVision, Core Logic, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

QUALCOMM Announces Early Delivery of World's First Universal Mobile TV Chip
Feb 12, 2007 – QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced the Company's Universal Broadcast Modem (UBM) chip is sampling ahead of schedule.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Conexant Launches DOCSIS 2.0+ IC Solutions
Feb 12, 2007 – Conexant Systems (NASDAQ:CNXT) has introduced a new family of DOCSIS 2.0+/EuroDOCSIS 2.0+ cable modem integrated circuits (ICs) for traditional broadcast and next-generation IP-based broadband video services.
News categories: Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Newport Media Samples ICs for ISDB-T Mobile Digital TV
Feb 12, 2007 – Newport Media has announced that it has begun sampling semiconductor solutions for the mobile version of Japan's ISDB-T digital television standard.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Japan, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Newport Media Single IC Diversity DVB-T/DVB-H Solution
Feb 12, 2007 – Newport Media has announced the world's first single chip diversity Digital Video Broadcasting -Terrestrial (DVB-T) / DVB-Handhelds (DVB-H) RF tuner and demodulator solution.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Actions Semi. Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006
Feb 10, 2007 – Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACTS) has reported record financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006.
News categories: Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor, Tablet

S3 to launch onHandTV™ TSC software at 3GSM 2007
Feb 9, 2007 – Silicon & Software (S3) has launched its Transport Stream Controller (TSC). Targeted at silicon manufacturers, the TSC dramatically reduces the time-to-market and development cost by abstracting complex DVB-H receiver control functions.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Frontier Silicon launches single-chip DVB-H mobile TV solution
Feb 9, 2007 – Frontier Silicon has announced a single-chip IC (integrated circuit) for DVB-H broadcast mobile digital TV (MDTV), enabling longer battery life, smaller handset form factors and faster time-to-market.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor