Digital TV News: EIB

Panasonic Proposes Blu-ray Disc Standard for 3D Imagery
Nov 25, 2008 – Panasonic has disclosed the submission of a proposal to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), for a Blu-ray Disc standard to store 3D imagery formed of left-/right-eye two-channel full-High Definition (HD) images (1,920 x 1,080 pixels).
News categories: Panasonic, Blu-ray Disc Association, Blu-ray, Metaverse, Smart TV

KDDI Develops Technology to Follow Up Missed Part of TV Program
Nov 14, 2008 – KDDI R&D Laboratories has developed the 'network-based follow-up replay application,' a technology that allows viewers to watch a TV program from the beginning even when they start viewing it from the middle.
News categories: KDDI R&D Labs, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Mobile

Entone Selected by ITC for IPTV Deployment
Oct 30, 2008 – Entone has announced that its award-winning Hydra™ IP video gateway has been chosen by Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. (ITC) for their IPTV rollout.
News categories: Entone, Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

NDS Declared Global IPTV DRM Leader by Two Independent Analyst Firms
Sep 9, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has been ranked by both ABI Research and Current Analysis as the leading content security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology vendor worldwide.
News categories: NDS Group, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming

Micronas Introduces Scalable H.264 IDTV Platform for Flat-Panel TV Manufacturers
Aug 21, 2008 – Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN) has announced an IDTV system solution for flat-panel TVs. The Pegasus IDTV platform supports 100Hz/120Hz motion blur reduction, personal media playback, home networking, and Digital Sound Projector™ options.
News categories: Micronas, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Micronas' Latest 120Hz truD® Solution Provides Superior Picture Quality and Reduced System Cost
Aug 19, 2008 – Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN) has announced the FRC-Q, its fifth generation of motion estimation/compensation (ME/MC) frame-rate converters, delivering the Real Motion® experience on Full HD 1080p LCD, PDP and OLED TVs.
News categories: Micronas, ICs, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Micronas Launches Digital Terrestrial TV Demodulator for Standard- and High-Definition Broadcast TV in China
Jul 30, 2008 – Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN) has announced the DRX 398yZ family of digital terrestrial demodulators targeted at the rapidly growing digital television market in China. The family demodulates according to China's GB20600-2006 standard.
News categories: Micronas, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Panasonic Develops UniPhier-based Mobile Phone Chip
Jul 22, 2008 – Matsushita (Tokyo:6752)(NYSE:MC) has developed the 'MN2CS0038' (UniPhier 4MBB+), a mobile phone LSI based on its 'UniPhier' digital audio/visual equipment platform, and has announced that it will start shipping samples in late July 2008.
News categories: Matsushita, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor

NDS, Irdeto Lead New Current Analysis Ranking of Independent Content Security Companies
Jul 22, 2008 – A new Current Analysis Advisory Report featuring analysis of the content security solutions of leading independent vendors has UK-based NDS Group (NASDAQ: NNDS) ranked number one overall.
News categories: Current Analysis, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming