Digital TV News: NEC Electronics

NEC Electronics Announces iDTV SoC Supporting H.264/AVC with Full HD processing
Aug 25, 2008 – NEC Electronics (Tokyo: 6723) has announced that it has begun sample shipments of the EMMA™3TL, a new SoC product for full high definition (HD) iDTV supporting the H.264/AVC next-generation video compression standard.
News categories: NEC Electronics, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

NEC Electronics Announces the World's First Single-Chip LSI for Blu-ray Disc Players
Aug 4, 2008 – NEC Electronics (Tokyo: 6723) has announced that it has developed the world's first single-chip to integrate the main Blu-ray Disc player functions (including the digital conversion of analog data read from optical discs).
News categories: NEC Electronics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor

NEC Electronics Introduces Cost-effective EMMA Digital SoCs for Next-Generation H.264 Video Standard
May 21, 2008 – NEC (TSE: 6723) has introduced two new image-processing solutions based on their EMMA™ platform. The new EMMA3SL/HD™ and EMMA3SL/SD™ devices enable users to build set-top boxes (STBs) or Digital TVs with next-generation H.264 video compression.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

VIACCESS, 27M Technologies and NEC Electronics reduce time to market of Pay TV set top box designs
Feb 5, 2008 – Viaccess, 27M Technologies and NEC Electronics have announced the availability of a manufacturer's kit based on NEC's EMMA2SL and EMMA2SL/P MPEG2 decoders, drastically reducing the time to market of STBs which incorporate Viaccess CA technology.
News categories: 27M Technologies, Viaccess, NEC Electronics, Jan Mårtensson, François Moreau de Saint-Martin, Daniel Tannière, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

NEC Electronics America Integrates Analog Copy Protection from Dwight Cavendish Systems into EMMA-Based MPEG Decoder Devices
Dec 12, 2007 – NEC Electronics America has announced that analog copy protection with patented copy protection strategies from Dwight Cavendish Systems (DCS) has been integrated into NEC Electronics' Enhanced MultiMedia Architecture™ (EMMA™)-based MPEG decoders.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Dwight Cavendish, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Imagination Technologies Licenses Video Core to NEC
Jul 20, 2007 – Imagination Technologies (LSE:IMG) reports that NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) has licensed a next-generation core from Imagination's PowerVR video display technology family under a multiple-use license arrangement.
News categories: Imagination Technologies, NEC Electronics, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, UK

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