Digital TV News: NEC Electronics

NEC Licenses DivX Plus™ HD for EMMA™ chips
Aug 18, 2009 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) and NEC (TSE: 6723) have announced a multi-year licensing agreement covering the integration of DivX Plus™ HD technology into NEC Electronics' 'Enhanced Multi-Media Architecture' (EMMA™).
News categories: DivX, NEC Electronics, Licensing, Media Player, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

TV IC Market Declines Seasonally to 30.8 Million Units Shipped in Q1'09
Jul 6, 2009 – The TV IC market declined seasonally to 30.8 million units shipped into flat panel TVs in Q1'09, according to the latest research in the DisplaySearch Q2'09 Quarterly TV Electronics Report. Shipments were down 4.3 % Q/Q, but up 11% Y/Y.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

NEC announces EMMA Mobile 1-D SoC for portable A/V devices
May 11, 2009 – NEC Electronics (Tokyo: 6723) has announced the availability of a new EMMA Mobile™ 1 series of system-on-chips (SoCs), the EMMA Mobile 1-D, for use in portable audio/visual (A/V) devices such as multimedia players and mobile televisions.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, Portable, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Tablet

Latens security ported to NEC EMMA™3SL/LP MPEG-4 SoCs
Mar 24, 2009 – Latens has announced that it has increased security and lowered operating costs for Pay TV broadcasters by integrating its technology on NEC Electronics' EMMA3SL/LP system-on-ship devices.
News categories: Latens, NEC Electronics, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

NEC 3.1-inch 3D TFT LCD Module Provided for MOBILE3DTV Terminal Prototype
Feb 16, 2009 – NEC Electronics has announced that samples of NEC's 3.1-inch-diagonal 3D polysilicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) LCD module will be provided for the 'MOBILE3DTV' terminal prototype being displayed at Mobile World Congress 2009 (MWC2009).
News categories: NEC Electronics, Europe, Metaverse, Mobile, MWC24

NEC Electronics Introduces System LSI Chips for SD MPEG-4 Set-Top Boxes
Jan 19, 2009 – NEC Electronics (Tokyo: 6723) has introduced third generation 'Enhanced Multi-Media Architecture' (EMMA) set-top box devices EMMA3SL/LP and EMMA3SL/L targeting MPEG-4 standard definition (SD) set-top boxes.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

NEC Electronics Introduces System-on-Chip for Tuners That Enable Viewing of Digital Terrestrial Broadcasts on Analog Televisions
Dec 12, 2008 – NEC (Tokyo: 6723) has introduced the EMMATM2TS system-on-chip (SoC) for tuners that enable digital terrestrial broadcasts to be viewed on current analog televisions. The new product is compliant with the Japan's 'simplified DTT tuner' specifications.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Wireless HDTV Vendors Back Their Choices with Cash, but Few Products Are Market-Ready in North America
Dec 12, 2008 – Although consumer electronics vendors continue to line up behind the two proposed standards for wireless high definition television connectivity most retailers shelves have yet to see any products.
News categories: ABI Research, WHDI Special Interest Group, WirelessHD, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Microsoft Launches New Worldwide Platform for Broadcast TV on the PC
Sep 12, 2008 – At IBC2008, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced it has delivered to the marketplace its Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture (PBDA), Microsoft's new worldwide platform for broadcast TV on the PC.
News categories: Microsoft, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBC2023, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Streaming