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Microtune Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Year 2006 Financial Information
Feb 8, 2007 – Microtune®, Inc. (NASDAQ: TUNE) has reported preliminary unaudited financial information for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2006.
News categories: Microtune, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor

Broadcom Reports Fourth Quarter and Year 2006 Results
Feb 8, 2007 – Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported unaudited financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006.
News categories: Broadcom, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor

Frontier Silicon and S3 demonstrate world's first turn-key solution for multi-mode mobile DTV
Feb 8, 2007 – At the 3GSM World Congress, S3 and Frontier Silicon demonstrated a reference design for Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) incorporating Frontier Silicon's Paradiso (FS1030) DVB-H/DVB-T/T-DMB/DAB-IP mobile TV receiver IC, and S3's onHandTV™ MDTV client software.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems, Frontier Silicon, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Qualcomm and Huawei to Showcase World's First Demonstration of MBMS Mobile TV Technology at 3GSM World Congress
Feb 8, 2007 – QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM) together with Huawei have announced that the world's first demonstration of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) mobile TV technology will be at 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.
News categories: Qualcomm, Huawei, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

NEC Electronics and Telegent Systems Develop Mobile TV Solution for Cellular Phones
Feb 7, 2007 – NEC Electronics and Telegent Systems have announced that the companies will be showing a Mobile TV over-the-air technology demonstration at 3GSM in Barcelona, Spain.
News categories: Telegent Systems, NEC Electronics, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Microtune Surpasses 50 Millionth Tuner Chip Shipped
Feb 6, 2007 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced that it has surpassed the significant milestone of shipping more than fifty-million MicroTuner™ chips.
News categories: Microtune, Digital TV, MWC24, Semiconductor

Silicon Image Licenses Digital TV Silicon IP From Sunplus
Feb 6, 2007 – Sunplus (TAIEX: 2401, LSE: SUPD) has announced that it licensed to Silicon Image intellectual property (IP), for video processors and digital TV, to accelerate development of Silicon Image's PinnaClear™ HDTV and other consumer product lines.
News categories: Sunplus, Silicon Image, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Elonics Announces Availability of CMOS RF Silicon Tuner
Feb 6, 2007 – Elonics has announced the availability of its E4000 CMOS RF Silicon Tuner, the first product to incorporate its proprietary DigitalTune™ technology.
News categories: Elonics, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

DiBcom Introduces Two Novel Components for Mobile TV
Feb 5, 2007 – DiBcom has announced two new additions to its line-up of DVB-H and DVB-T solutions - a DVB-H only solution for mobile phone manufacturers, and a multi-standard (DVB-T, DVB-H, DAB and T-DMB), multi-band (VHF, UHF and L-Band) receiver component.
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Terrestrial