What are the digital TV standards?
The major digital TV (DTV) standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DTV programmes can be transmitted as either standard-definition television (SDTV) or |
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2003-09-12 | Zoran SoC suits STBs, digital TV markets Zoran Corp. has released the newest member of its family of processors for digital televisions and STB systems, the SupraTV 150 |
2006-09-13 | Zoran processors target digital TVs, STB systems Combined with SiliconSoftware solution, Zoran's SupraTV 160 processors promise the key features required for designing terrestrial, satellite and cable STBs and integrated digital TV. |
2003-06-03 | Zarlink processor eyes terrestrial digital TV receivers Zarlink's ZL10320/321 chips are claimed to be the industry's first fully integrated processing chips for terrestrial digital TV PVRs. |
2009-01-22 | When will U.K.'s digital radio take off The United Kingdom is going out on a limb with DAB, a technology which many feel, in comparison with other technologies, is no longer good enough to make digital radio financially and commercially viable, because of the crippling transmission costs involved |
2012-02-14 | Weak sales, steep price shake TV SoC arena TV SoC space evicts Broadcom, Zoran and Intel after unsuccessfully seeking to supply advanced TV SoC solutions for smart TVs |
2002-09-02 | Viewsonic extends desktop display for digital apps ViewSonic Corp. has selected Trident Microsystems Inc.'s DPTV MV video processor chip for its NextVision 5 video tuner boxes. |
2004-07-26 | USDTV to team with LG on digital TV U.S. Digital Television Inc. (USDTV) has announced a technology partnership with LG Electronics and LG Innotek to supply 5G 8-VSB chips and ATSC tuners for use in USDTV's set-top boxes |
2007-04-11 | U.S. concocts mobile TV standard A U.S. digital TV standards group said it will develop a technical standard to allow broadcasters to deliver TV and data to mobile phones and handheld devices over their DTV broadcast signal. |
2007-02-01 | TV-on-a-chip simplifies entire DTV design Broadcom Corp. rolled out a "television-on-a-chip" that the company calls the first digital HDTV silicon solution to support full 1,080p display resolution |
2012-06-28 | TV tuners shrink BOM Silicon Laboratories' Si21x8 family of TV tuners support all worldwide TV standards while doing away with WiFi and LTE interference |
2008-12-11 | TV tuner chip targets in-car infotainment Microtune Inc. has released MT2067 is automotive-grade TV tuner engineered to provide superior, stable TV reception for passengers in vehicles traveling at top speeds along the autobahn or highway |
2008-03-17 | TV tuner chip supports analog, digital standards Microtune is sampling a low-power, 1GHz tuner chip dubbed MicroTuner MT2063 that is engineered to exceed the expected performance defined by analog and digital TV standards across the United States, Europe, Japan and China. |
2010-06-24 | TV tuner boasts 3.8dB noise figure at 210mW From Maxim Integrated Products comes the MAX2136 digital terrestrial TV tuner that achieves a low noise figure of 3.8dB while only consuming 210mW. |
2009-06-22 | TV IC revenue to reach $13.9B despite Q1 dip According to iSuppli, revenue from semiconductors used in televisions is projected to increase to $13.9 billion in 2013, up from $9 billion in 2008. |
2013-10-11 | TV IC market defies shipment slump Despite the decline in global TV unit demand in 2013, the semiconductor market for TVs is forecast to increase by about seven per cent to $13.1 billion, stated IC Insights |
2007-01-12 | TV demodulators perform in diverse signal conditions Auvitek's sixth-generation HDTV and ATV demodulators deliver optimal performance across the continuum of infinitely diverse signal conditions existing today. |
2006-11-23 | Tuner IC enables multiple TV platforms in portables Microtune's MT2130 supports multiple TV transmission standards, providing a single solution that cost-effectively bridges the multiple analog and digital TV standards that co-exist. |
2005-06-16 | Tuner enables broadcast TV in European, N. American handsets Microtune's MT2260 multi-band silicon tuner is compliant with the Mobile and Portable DVB-T/H Radio Access Interface Specification. |
2009-05-28 | Triple-mode PC TV tuner comes in half-mini card NXP Semiconductors has unveiled what it claims to be the first triple-mode PC TV tuner in a low-power half-mini card form factor, providing access to the widest range of global content for an improved viewing experience |
2008-08-07 | Trio collaborates on mobile TV chip for Olympics SMIC announced that Telepath Technologies Co. Ltd successfully integrated its demodulator chip, TP3001, in a majority of mobile TV phones distributed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics |
2003-09-09 | Trident extends TV receiver business Trident Microsystems Inc. has merged its digital media division with Trident's subsidiary, Trident Technologies Inc. in Taiwan |
2002-10-22 | Toshiba tailors RF devices for digital TV tuners Preparing for the emergence of digital TV receiver as the standard broadcast format in the latter half of this decade, Toshiba America Electronic Components is introducing a series of RF components that equip TV receiver tuners for DTV reception. |
2003-09-01 | TKD RF filters suit digital TV receivers The SMD type of SAW filter from Shenzhen Taikeda Electronic Co. Ltd features a 736MHz to 870MHz center frequency, and 3.5dB insertion loss. |
2005-06-02 | TI Asia chief outlines advances in digital consumer electronics Wireless communications and digital entertainment are the new driving forces in consumer electronics, said Terry Cheng, president of Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) Asia |
2005-01-24 | Thomson forms DTV alliance with Japanese TV maker France-based electronics supplier Thomson has formed an alliance to develop digital TV with Japanese TV and electronic goods maker Funai Electric Co. Ltd. |
2003-06-29 | The most common abbreviations used in the standards for digital TV: MPEG2, DVB and ATSC This application note provides a list of the most common abbreviations used in the standards for digital TV. |
1999-04-08 | The emergence of interactive data services for TV This paper presents issues surrounding next generation set-top boxes, including integration of PC-like qualities onto TV screens, key architectural requirements, and features to consider in reference designs for easy deployment of enhanced set-top boxes |
2001-03-01 | The battle between digital TV standards The article details and compares the two standards for digital TV: Europe's COFDM and 8-VSB from the United States. |
2008-05-05 | Take a peek inside Sony's OLED TV Sony released the first commercial OLED TV in December of 2007 with the code name XEL-1 that offered amazing technical specifications in an extremely small form factor |
2007-08-31 | Synopsys, SMIC develop low-power sol'n for China mobile TV market Synopsys and SMIC have partnered to develop a low-power design solution optimized for the mobile TV market in China |
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