Digital TV News: iSuppli

Multi-standard DTV decoding chip market set for rapid growth
Oct 2, 2008 – The global transition from analog to digital television broadcast is spurring TV makers to offer sets with more advanced video decoding chips capable of working with multiple and new video standards, according to iSuppli.
News categories: iSuppli, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV

HomePNA Leading Choice for TelcoTV in North America
Sep 3, 2008 – The HomePNA Alliance has announced that HomePNA was installed in more North American homes in the last quarter than any other coax home networking solution. In addition, TELUS (TSX:T,T.A; NYSE:TU) has chosen HomePNA 3.1 for its TELUS TV service.
News categories: HomePNA, TELUS, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Smart Home

TI maximizes digital TV energy efficiency and minimizes system cost in time for 2009 rollover
Aug 25, 2008 – Two power management ICs from Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE:TXN), a dual-phase power factor correction (PFC) controller and a new SWIFT™ DC/DC power management converter, will help increase energy efficiency and reduce system size/cost in Digital TVs.
News categories: Texas Instruments, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Infineon Announces World's First DSL CPE Solution Supporting Concurrent Erasure Decoding and Retransmission for High Quality IPTV
Jul 15, 2008 – Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX) has announced enhancements to its portfolio of ADSL2+ and VDSL2 solutions for customer premise equipment (CPE) that optimize support for such applications as IPTV.
News categories: Infineon, KTL Laboratories, BBWF, Broadband, CPE, IPTV, Semiconductor, Software

MatrixStream to Revolutionize In-Vehicle Entertainment with High Definition IPTV
Jun 16, 2008 – MatrixStream is partnering with motor vehicle manufacturers to bring consumers the new MX2 wireless terminal touch screen IPTV platform codename MX-Drive.
News categories: MatrixStream, Digital TV, In-Car, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Even Technologies Announces the First Real Time Sub 3 Mbps High Definition Video Encoder
Jun 11, 2008 – Even Technologies (ETI - TSX Venture) has announced delivery of the dme™ 900 HD Encoder - the world's first sub 3 Mbps real time high definition (HD) video encoder. The Even HD Encoder is a 400 percent improvement over competitors' HD encoders.
News categories: Even Technologies, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming

Freescale unveils next-generation i.MX processor for portable multimedia devices
May 27, 2008 – Freescale Semiconductor has introduced the i.MX37 multimedia applications processor - a highly advanced device for portable media player (PMP), mobile Internet and portable GPS navigation (PND) markets.
News categories: Freescale, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Tablet

CopperGate Communications Buys HomePlug AV Powerline Technology from Conexant Systems, Inc.
May 7, 2008 – CopperGate Communications has announced the purchase of the HomePlug AV business from Conexant (NASDAQ:CNXT) making it the first semiconductor company with home networking technologies supporting all three wire types - coax, phone and power lines.
News categories: CopperGate, Conexant, Digital TV, MandA, Semiconductor, Smart Home

AMD Sharpens Focus On Latest Multimedia Technologies To Create Immersive Mobile Entertainment Experiences
Feb 12, 2008 – AMD (NYSE: AMD) has announced an expanded portfolio of products and technologies to enable such popular, media-rich applications as mobile TV, 3D games and high-fidelity audio, delivering immersive entertainment to tomorrow's mobile phones and handheld devices.
News categories: AMD, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Terrestrial