Digital TV Semiconductor News

KAON Android-based SMART TV Certified with Adobe Flash 10.3

Digital TV News — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:40:50 +0000

KAONMEDIA (KOSDAQ: 078890) has announced that it will be showcasing its new Trident Microsystems' (NASDAQ:TRID) chipset-based set top box, built on Android 2.3 'Gingerbread' and certified with Adobe Flash 10.3, at CSTB 2012 in Moscow.

Splashtop Partners with MStar to Enable Delivery of Multimedia Content Bi-directionally Across Household and Personal Devices

Digital TV News — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:40:10 +0000

Splashtop has announced that MStar is to bundle Splashtop’s technologies onto MStar Smart TV platforms to enable content, games, and application delivery to and from TVs with any computer, PC, tablet, and cloud service, within the home or over the internet.

Broadcom Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results

Digital TV News — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:00:25 +0000

Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has reported results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. Net revenue for the fourth quarter was $1.82 billion, a decrease of 6.4% compared with the $1.95 billion reported for the fourth quarter of 2010.

MStar Licenses ARM Mali GPU Technology for Smart-TV Applications

Digital TV News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:30:24 +0000

ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) has announced that MStar has licensed ARM Mali GPU technology for use in smart-TV applications. The deepening relationship aims to drive technology innovation between the two companies and alignment on future product roadmaps.

Intel to Buy Patents and Video Codec Team From RealNetworks

Digital TV News — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:30:15 +0000

RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) has announced that it has signed an agreement to sell a significant number of its patents and its next generation video codec software to Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) for a purchase price of $120 million.

Shanghai HDIC Picks Tensilica’s HiFi Audio DSP for DTV SoC

Digital TV News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:30:40 +0000

Tensilica® has announced that Shanghai High Definition Digital Technology Industrial Corporation (HDIC) has selected Tensilica's HiFi Audio DSP for its digital television (DTV) SoC (system-on-chip) for the Chinese market.

Amino Selects Celeno Wi-Fi for Connected IPTV Set-Top Boxes

Digital TV News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:30:18 +0000

Amino Communications (AIM: AMO) has announced that it has selected Celeno Communications to provide a range of wireless products that complement Amino’s range of award-winning IPTV set-top boxes (STBs).

STMicroelectronics Reports 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results

Digital TV News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:30:57 +0000

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2011. Fourth quarter net revenues decreased 10.3% on a sequential basis. Net revenues for the full year 2011 decreased 5.9%.

Sigma Designs Enables Cost Effective HD Video Conferencing to the Living Room

Digital TV News — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:10:50 +0000

Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has introduced a suite of home video conferencing solutions. The solutions, which include an HD Camera, a console and a remote control, add an immersive video conferencing experience that fits into any home.

STMicroelectronics Demonstrates Performance of Ultimate Connected Home Platform

Digital TV News — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:00:26 +0000

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) is showcasing its connected home platform in Las Vegas during CES. Codenamed Orly when first revealed, the world's most powerful connected home SoC, now designated STiH416, is implemented in a 28nm manufacturing process.

Sigma Designs and Qualcomm Atheros to Demonstrate Development Platform for Wi-Fi Display at CES 2012

Digital TV News — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:50:48 +0000

Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced a joint Wi-Fi Display/DLNA IPTV reference design with Qualcomm Atheros (NASDAQ: QCOM). The design enables connected media players to receive video wirelessly using the Wi-Fi Display™ standard.

Sigma Designs Extends Intel WiDi Technology for Peer-to-Peer Streaming Over Wi-Fi to Multi-Function Media Players

Digital TV News — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:40:43 +0000

Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has added Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) WiDi technology to its STB reference designs, enabling CE partners to deliver a wider range of viewable content, by streaming content from notebooks wirelessly to an HDTV via a STB.

Sigma Designs Teams With Avtrex and Syabas Middleware Providers for Ultra Thin Set-Top Box Solution

Digital TV News — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:30:34 +0000

Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced that it has teamed with Avtrex and Syabas Technologies to add software and middleware technology to its advanced platform reference design, the Ultra Thin Set-Top Box.

CrestaTech Intros the Future of Smart TV System Design

Digital TV News — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:00:25 +0000

Cresta Technology has announced its vision for the future of TV reference designs introducing the concept of the global Smart TV, offering the latest features, reducing system cost and improving profitability for TV manufacturers using universal receiver technology.

STMicroelectronics Reveals Most Powerful TV System-on-Chip for Even Smarter TVs

Digital TV News — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:31:25 +0000

STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has announced details of the first member of the Newman family of TV SoCs. The FLI7680 'Newman Ultra' delivers unrivalled performance and represents a giant leap forward in the state-of-the-art in SoCs for Smart TVs.

Saankhya Labs Demonstrates DVB-T2/S2 at CES 2012

Digital TV News — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:30:28 +0000

Saankhya Labs has announced that at CES it is demonstrating DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 demodulation as well as trans-modulation capabilities on its SL1001 platform.

ViXS delivers over 30 Million XCode Multimedia Processors

Digital TV News — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:30:28 +0000

ViXS' XCode network media processors, now extending to the XCode 5100 family, have been designed into headed gateways, advanced set-top boxes, headless gateways, residential gateways, and standalone media gateways.

Vivante GPU Powers Leading Smart TV Platforms

Digital TV News — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:40:14 +0000

Vivante has announced that it has been selected to power the Marvell® (NASDAQ: MRVL) ARMADA® 1500 Media SoC. Products showcasing the ARMADA 1500 can be seen in the Marvell booth at CES in the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Entropic Powers Pace HR34 Home Media Center HD-DVR for DIRECTV

Digital TV News — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:30:57 +0000

Entropic (NASDAQ:ENTR) has announced its silicon and software based on the MoCA® standard has been deployed by Pace (LSE:PIC) in its HR34 Home Media Center HD-DVR for DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV).

Technicolor Announces Strategic Relationships with Intel, Samsung, and VIZIO to Bring Content to Consumers across Devices

Digital TV News — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:00:32 +0000

Technicolor (Paris: TCH) has unveiled its new consumer brand, M-GO. M-GO offers access to content across all connected devices through a cloud-based experience. Technicolor also announced partnerships around M-GO with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Samsung (Seoul: 005930), and VIZIO.

AMIMON and Lenovo to Demo WHDI-Integrated Tablet at CES

Digital TV News — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:00:38 +0000

AMIMON and Lenovo have integrated WHDI technology into Lenovo's IdeaPad to enable wireless transmission of content to any TV. With zero delay, users can enjoy and share the same great Android user experience on the bigger living room TV.

Monsoon Multimedia and Zenverge Partner to Deliver Placeshifting and DVR Functionality to CE OEMs

Digital TV News — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:00:56 +0000

Monsoon Multimedia has announced that it has selected Zenverge's ZN200 Quad-Stream Transcoder to work with Monsoon's placeshifting and DVR software to enable HD streaming to multiple mobile devices for major OEMs.

Monsoon Multimedia Adds Placeshifting to C2 Micro and Zenverge ICs

Digital TV News — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:30:00 +0000

Monsoon Multimedia has announced that it is porting its TV Anywhere placeshifting software engines to additional semiconductor platforms developed by C2 Microsystems, Inc. and Zenverge, Inc.

ViXS Systems Collaborates with Qualcomm Atheros to Develop Home Network Media Gateways

Digital TV News — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:33:52 +0000

ViXS is collaborating with Qualcomm Atheros (Nasdaq: QCOM) to deliver an n-Screen Home Multimedia Gateway platform that can distribute multiple HD quality streams across mobile and fixed screen devices on any of the widely used home networks.

DiiVA Ecosystem in Place for Home Entertainment Networking

Digital TV News — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:19:08 +0000

The Digital Interactive Interface for Video & Audio™ (DiiVA™) consortium will showcase products ready to enable homes with the next-generation home network architecture at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, January 10-13.

Humax Selects SeaChange Software for Hybrid Cable Set-Top Box with Home Gateway

Digital TV News — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:40:20 +0000

Humax (KOSDAQ:028080) will debut its tru2way set-top box at CES 2012. The version to be shown is targeted at the North American cable market leveraging SeaChange's (Nasdaq:SEAC) Nucleus Hybrid Gateway software and Nitro applications suite.

Imagination’s Ensigma UCCP330 delivers global broadcast TV demodulation plus Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

Digital TV News — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:10:35 +0000

Imagination Technologies (LSE:IMG) is demonstrating in silicon its latest Ensigma UCCP Series3 IP platform, a complete, licensable solution for world TV standard demodulation plus Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, at CES 2012 in Las Vegas.

Fresco Microchip Debuts Simply RF™ Silicon Tuner for Global Hybrid TV

Digital TV News — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:30:32 +0000

Fresco Microchip has announced the FM5150A, its silicon tuner for global hybrid terrestrial and cable TV. The FM5150A eliminates the effects of digital noise from microprocessors and digital processing commonly found inside existing designs.

Newport Media Announces Mass Production of ICs for Broadcast and Cable TV Systems

Digital TV News — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:26:00 +0000

Newport Media has announced that it has commenced mass production of its new line of RF tuner ICs for fixed broadcast and cable TV markets.

Actiontec and Entropic Communications Launch First Multi-Band MoCA Adapter

Digital TV News — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:22:46 +0000

Actiontec and Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) have announced a Multi-band MoCA Network Adapter that supports all three pay TV segments in the same device. The adapter leverages MoCA technology to deliver pay TV services to every corner of the home.