Microtune Showcases Cable and Digital TV Solutions at CCBN International Trade Show in Beijing

Microtune Exhibits DVB-C, DVB-T and ATSC Tuners That Enable Chinese Manufacturers to Develop Cable and Consumer Products for Rapidly Expanding Digital Broadband and Broadcast Networks

BEIJING & PLANO, Texas — Reinforcing its support for global customers and the worldwide digital TV transition, Microtune®, Inc. (NASDAQ: TUNE) today announced that it is exhibiting its newest single-chip TV tuners in its booth (HALL 1B, B182) at the 16th annual China Content Broadcasting Network (CCBN) trade show. Held March 21-23, 2008 at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, CCBN is China’s only international exhibit of broadcast, cable and satellite technology/equipment and one of the world’s largest trade shows in the DTV and broadband network industries.

Microtune’s radio frequency (RF) silicon tuner products enable Chinese manufacturers to develop cost-effective, high-performing digital cable and TV end products that leverage the country’s major infrastructure transition to digital technologies and transmission standards. A variety of products, including chips, evaluation boards and reference designs, will be showcased in Microtune’s booth:

• Low-cost, turnkey front-end solutions for the DVB-C digital cable set-top box market featuring Microtune’s MT2060 series of low-power digital tuners;
• Hybrid ATSC/NTSC/Cable receiver solutions, showcasing Microtune’s flagship high-performance 3-in-1 TV tuner (MicroTuner™ MT2131); these products are targeted to manufacturers exporting digital television sets and TV peripherals to North America.
• Low-cost, turnkey front-end solutions for the DVB-T set-top box market and iDTV market featuring Microtune’s MT2131 and MT2063 multi-standard, multi-mode silicon tuners. Sample DVB-T SCART converter boxes and DVB-T dongles will be on display in the booth.

“We are very excited to introduce our newest advanced tuner chips to the rapidly expanding digital TV and digital cable markets in China,” said James A. Fontaine, Microtune’s President and CEO. “Chinese manufacturers are striving to meet the increasing demand of its potentially huge domestic market and they are demanding market-proven, reliable electronics that set the standard for price/performance. Our goal is to be a preferred partner and supplier-of-choice to our global customers, while providing them superior applications support combined with time-to-manufacturing product advantages.”

Microtune is recognized as a brand, technology and market leader in single-chip TV tuner technology. The Company pioneered the development of the industry’s first silicon broadband TV tuner, and today 76 U.S. patents protect its inventions. Engineered to support rigorous worldwide TV reception standards, Microtune technology serves as a key enabler in the worldwide migration to digital TV transmission across a broad range of markets and applications: TV consumer electronics devices, cable TV consumer equipment, and automotive electronics systems.

Microtune provides full sales and customer support to China and its local China team enables Chinese customers to deploy the most advanced RF technology in their digital cable and television products, while accelerating their time-to-market deployment.

MICROTUNE CHINA OFFICE LOCATION
Microtune Shenzhen Representative Office
Room 1101, Block A, Jia Ning Na Plaza
Chun Feng Road, Luo Hu District
Shenzhen City, PR China
Tele: +86.755.2518.2518
Fax: +86.755.2518.2588

Microtune is also represented by six distributors/sales representatives in regions throughout China. Please see Microtune’s website at www.microtune.comfor contact information.

For Microtune White Papers discussing the RF technical issues for developing solutions for the cable and digital TV markets, please visit the company’s website.