Digital TV News: Realtek

MPEG Video SoC Market Riding Along with the Consumer Electronics Market
Aug 31, 2010 – Growth in shipments of various video products in the consumer electronics market, even in a year with economic uncertainty like 2009, helped the MPEG video SoC market reach over 650 million units in 2009, says In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Market Research, Portable, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

MPEG IC Shipments on Track to Reach 2 Billion units
Feb 1, 2010 – As consumers access digital video on more devices, applications for MPEG digital video compression technology are expanding, particularly in portable devices, reports In-Stat. As a result, shipments of MPEG ICs will reach 2 billion units by 2013.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Mobile, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart TV

Realtek Announces Digital Media Processor with Hardware HD Decoder
Sep 9, 2009 – Realtek (Taiwan: 2379.TW) has announced its third generation Digital Media Processor (DMP), the RTD1073, for the consumer electronics market. The RTD1073 provides a hardware decoder for all mainstream HD AV formats.
News categories: Realtek, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

Hama debuts world's smallest TV receiver enabled by Elonics silicon tuner
Sep 8, 2009 – Elonics has collaborated with product design house, Vencer, to created an ultra-miniature DVB-T USB dongle for the global consumer electronics brand Hama, based on Elonics' tuner, and a Realtek demodulator.
News categories: Elonics, Hama, Vencer, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

DivX Announces Licensing Agreement With Realtek for DivX Plus™ HD
Sep 3, 2009 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) and Realtek have announced a licensing agreement at IFA. Under the agreement, Realtek will incorporate DivX technology into Realtek's RTD1283/RTD1073 chips, enabling playback of DivX Plus HD video in the MKV file container.
News categories: DivX, Realtek, IFABerlin, Licensing, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Streaming

Xceive's XC5000 Selected by Realtek for High Performance PVR Reference Design
Dec 15, 2008 – Xceive has announced that Realtek Semiconductor has selected the XC5000 multi-standard tuner IC for its new high-end networked Personal Video Recorder (PVR) reference design.
News categories: Xceive, Realtek, DVR, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Realtek Multimedia Chip is First to Enable Full 1080p High-Definition DivX® Video on Media Box and Set-Top-Box Applications
Aug 20, 2008 – DivX (NASDAQ: DIVX) and Realtek Semiconductor have announced the DivX Certification™ of a new Realtek chip for Networked Media Box and PVR Set-Top-Box applications capable of playing back full high-definition video at the 1080p profile.
News categories: DivX, Realtek, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Media Player, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

WiMedia Alliance Certifies First Ultra-Wideband Products
Oct 8, 2007 – The WiMedia™ Alliance has announced the first silicon products certified on its Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Common Radio Platform.
News categories: WiMedia Alliance, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home