Digital TV News: Trident Micro

Trident Embeds Audible Magic Digital Fingerprinting Technology into Its Digital TV Platform
Aug 29, 2011 – Audible Magic has announced that Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ: TRID) has integrated its SmartID automated content recognition system onto its digital TV (DTV) platform.
News categories: Trident Micro, Audible Magic, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming

Trident Unveils the World's First Integrated 240 Hz Digital TV SoC for Android-Based Smart Televisions
Aug 17, 2011 – Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ: TRID) has announced its new Fusion HiDTV family of DTV system-on-chips (SoCs) designed for the next generation of Smart-TVs with 200/240Hz video frame rate capabilities running on the Android platform.
News categories: Trident Micro, Digital TV, ICs, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming

Silicon TV Tuners Value Expected to Reach US$ 750 Million in 2015
Aug 16, 2011 – The transition from older-style can-type tuners to silicon TV tuners finally began to occur in 2010. According to new In-Stat research, sales of silicon TV tuners will reach $750 million in 2015.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Broadcom, ST, Renesas, and Trident Lead $3.3 Billion Set-Top Box IC Market
Aug 3, 2011 – Five companies - Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM), STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), Renesas (TSE: 6723), Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) and Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM) - dominate the worldwide set-top box SoC market, with a combined market share of 85 percent.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Technicolor to Deliver Telepresence Solution for Future Comcast HD Video Conferencing
Jul 28, 2011 – Technicolor (Paris: TCH) has announced that it will deliver a custom-developed telepresence adapter to Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) designed to deliver high-definition video conferencing (calling) through TV sets.
News categories: Technicolor, Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Trident Microsystems Reports Results for First Quarter Ended Mar. 31, 2011
May 3, 2011 – Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced results for its first quarter ended Mar. 31, 2011. For the quarter, the company reported net revenues of $88.3 million, which compares with $90.4 million in the quarter ended Mar. 31, 2010.
News categories: Trident Micro, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Samsung Closes in on Intel for Semiconductor Market Leadership in 2010
Apr 19, 2011 – Continuing its steady rise in the semiconductor industry, Samsung in 2010 came closer to challenging Intel's chip market leadership than any company had in more than a decade, new IHS iSuppli market research has revealed.
News categories: iSuppli, Market Research, Semiconductor

Hisense Selects Trident's Connected DTV Solution for New TVs Targeting the Japanese Market
Mar 24, 2011 – Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced that its HiDTV Pro-SA1 system-on-a-chip (SoC) has been designed into Hisense's newest line of affordable and feature rich Connected TVs for the Japanese market.
News categories: Trident Micro, Hisense, Digital TV, Japan, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Trident Set-Top Box SoCs Selected for China's First NGB Trial Deployments
Mar 24, 2011 – Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced that its set-top box system-on-chips (SoCs) are powering one of the first trial deployments of Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB) in China.
News categories: Trident Micro, Cable TV, CCBN, China, Semiconductor, Set Top Box