Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced a digital TV receiver chipset compliant with Chinas GB20600-2006 National Standard for DTV broadcast. The chipset consists of Microtune's MT3141 RF receiver with one of its MT886x demodulators.
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SKY Television's analogue UHF pay TV network will shut down at midnight tonight which means that SKY will become New Zealands first 'all digital' TV broadcaster.
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PCCW (SEHK:0008) has reported results for the year ended December 31, 2009. PCCW's 'now TV' IPTV service hit its millionth mark during the year, with the installed subscriber base increasing by 5% to reach 1,001,000 at the end of December 2009.
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ViXS Systems has introduced its XCode4111 Network Media Processor. The HD Transcoder/Encoder is targeted at side-loaded DLNA networked devices and enables the transfer of content across a range of consumer electronic devices, PCs and mobile phones.
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Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that middleware and interactive TV technology provider Selevision has selected Irdetos middleware solution and conditional access system (CAS) for its new High Definition Personal Video Recorders (HD PVRs).
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Nagravision (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced that Brazilian TV network Rede Globo has selected Nagravision for its TVDR (Digital Television for Rural Areas) project. The project will replace millions of analogue receivers for HD-ready set-top boxes.
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Uruguay's President-elect, José Mujica, has said that at the beginning of his term the country will have to decide whether or not to stay with DVB as its chosen method of digital terrestrial TV (DTT) transmission.
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Paraguay's telecoms services regulator CONATEL expects in May to issue a recommendation to the executive branch regarding which digital standard the country should adopt, local newspaper Última Hora reported.
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TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) and Conax have announced that they have partnered to offer a next generation DVB set-top box platform for deployment by television operators around the world.
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The BD4C Licensing Group has announced that it has commenced a licensing program beginning on March 1, 2010 for Blu-ray (BD) and DVD patents essential for BD Products including BD Products that incorporate DVD functionality.
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