Digital TV News: Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3)

I&C Technology Selects Mixed-Signal IP from S3 for Mobile TV SoC
Feb 9, 2009 – Silicon & Software Systems (S3) has announced that I&C Technology has licensed S3's mixed-signal IP for their leading-edge mobile TV SoC. The SoCs are now in volume production for the Korean mobile TV market.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems, I&C Technology, Korea, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

S3 and Irdeto Simplify Mobile TV Handset Integration
Feb 10, 2008 – Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3) and Irdeto, a subsidiary of Naspers (JSE: NPN), have announced integrated software that allows mobile TV handset manufacturers to support both IPDC OSF and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) BCAST in a single solution.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems, Irdeto, CAM, Conditional Access, DRM, Mobile, MWC24

Silicon & Software Systems (S3) Delivers Complete Right-First-Time Set-Top Box SoC Platform for NXP Semiconductors
Sep 11, 2007 – Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3) has announced that it provided a full suite of IC, software and hardware design capabilities to NXP enabling the delivery of their latest STB100 System-On-Chip (SoC) based platform for consumer Set-Top Box (STB) applications.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3), NXP, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Software, Terrestrial

S3 and Irdeto bring DVB-H connectivity to the PC market
Feb 12, 2007 – Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3 and Irdeto, a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers (NASDAQ: NPSN and JSE: NPN), have announced a technology breakthrough that allows operators to deliver Mobile TV, via a DVB-H network, to both desktop and laptop PCs using commonly available components.
News categories: Irdeto, S3, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24

S3 to launch onHandTV™ TSC software at 3GSM 2007
Feb 9, 2007 – Silicon & Software (S3) has launched its Transport Stream Controller (TSC). Targeted at silicon manufacturers, the TSC dramatically reduces the time-to-market and development cost by abstracting complex DVB-H receiver control functions.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Frontier Silicon and S3 demonstrate world's first turn-key solution for multi-mode mobile DTV
Feb 8, 2007 – At the 3GSM World Congress, S3 and Frontier Silicon demonstrated a reference design for Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) incorporating Frontier Silicon's Paradiso (FS1030) DVB-H/DVB-T/T-DMB/DAB-IP mobile TV receiver IC, and S3's onHandTV™ MDTV client software.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems, Frontier Silicon, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor