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New Ratings Era May Be Out of the Box.
By Stewart Schley Researchers Look To Set-Tops for Clearer Picture For decades, the practice of determining which TV shows people watch has depended on a brew of hard data and educated guesswork. Fill-in-the-blank written diaries, electr...
Tags: cable, set-top, set-top box, TV
Research articles 2007-05-07
Mentor Graphics Olympus-SoC Place and Route System used by STMicroelectronics to Tape Out Set-Top Box Chip
WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that STMicroelectronics, the number one supplier of semiconductors for set-top box applications, has taped out an advanced process, multi-million gate set-top box chip using the Mentor Olympus-SoC[TM] place and route system. The Olympus-SoC product is the next-generation netlist-to-GDSII system that...
Tags: chip, Mentor Graphics Corp., set-top, set-top box, STMicroelectronics
Research articles 2007-11-27
Motorola bows line of more-functional boxes.(offering new DiP series set top boxes)(Brief Article)
LAS VEGAS -- Motorola Inc. if offering a new lineup of set-top boxes, the DiP series, which provides increased functionality over its traditional DCT series of set-tops and allows provides broadband companies the ability to offer IPTV services. LAS VEGAS...
Tags: Motorola Inc., set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2006-01-09
Zoran Demonstrates Latest Set-Top Box and Digital Television Technologies for Manufacturers at CCBN 2008 in Beijing
Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ: ZRAN) is demonstrating its newest digital television, set-top and converter box processors for consumer electronics manufacturers in Hall 1B, Booth B164 at the China Cable Broadcasting Network CCBN 2008 conference from March 21 to 23 in Beijing.
Tags: digital television, set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2008-03-19
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Teridian's Pioneering Technologies and Growing Stature in the Global Set-Top Box Semiconductors Market
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Based on its recent analysis of the set-top box STB semiconductor market, Frost & Sullivan presents Teridian Semiconductor Corporation with the 2007 Global Set-Top Box Semiconductors Emerging Company of the Year Award.
Tags: Frost & Sullivan, set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2008-02-19
Conexant Delivers Complete Front-End Solution for Terrestrial Set-Top Box Applications
New DVB-T Chipset Targeted at Set-Top Box, PCTV and iDTV Applications
Tags: set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2007-05-29
Humax nets MPEG-4 deal from DirecTV.(Satellite)(Brief Article)
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. -- South Korean set-top box manufacturer Humax has signed the first MPEG-4 set-top box deal, with DirecTV Inc. The direct-broadcast satellite provider plans to launch MPEG-4 Moving Picture Experts Group service late this y EL SEGUNDO,...
Tags: DirecTV, MPEG-4, satellite, set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2005-03-07
Set-Top Box Manufacturers Respond to Increasing Risks, ABI Research Observes
NEW YORK -- The status of the STB (Set-Top Box) within pay-TV households faces significant risk from the development of two-way, digital-cable-ready TVs, media centers, and residential gateways, among others. And STB manufacturers are responding in several ways.
Tags: ABI Research, set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2007-12-17
NDS Selected by Cox Communications to Implement Its Next-Generation, Set-Top Box User Interface
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Tags: Cox Communications Inc., Novell NDS, set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2008-05-13
New Features, IP Hybrids and Retail STB Will Drive Set-top Box Markets Past 2010, says ABI Research
NEW YORK -- The market for STBs (set-top boxes) will grow at a steady pace through the end of the decade before easing slightly, as service upgrades to existing pay-TV customers are completed and the market shifts from new-technology growth to growth driven by the addition of new pay-TV subscribers....
Tags: ABI Research, IP, set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2007-08-03
MOTOROLA TO ENTER CHINA SET-TOP BOX MARKET SOON
AsiaInfo Services 01-09-2006 Motorola to Enter China Set-top Box Market Soon BEIJING, Jan 09, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Motorola is going to launch its set-top box products to China this year and the marketing plan has been under working, a...
Tags: Motorola Inc., set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2006-01-09
National Semiconductor Announces Production of Single-Chip Solution for Set-Top Box Market; 'Set-Top Box-on-a-Chip' Enables Fusion of the Internet With TV Content
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Tags: Internet, National Semiconductor Corp., set-top, set-top box, TV
Research articles 2000-09-18
NXP to Acquire Conexant's Set-Top Box Operations
Fourth Acquisition Creates Market Leading IC Provider for STB and Digital Television Applications
Tags: set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2008-04-29
Freebox Offers the Most Powerful Set-Top Boxes in Europe Based on Media Processors From Sigma Designs; Sigma's Industry Leading SMP8630 Series Media Processors Enable New Features in IPTV Set-Top Boxes
MILPITAS, Calif. & PARIS -- Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leader in digital media processing for consumer electronics and Freebox a member of the Iliad Group, today jointly announced that the new Freebox HD is the first set-top box in Europe to take advantage of Sigma's industry leading SMP8635 media processor....
Tags: set-top, set-top box, processor, IP television
Research articles 2006-05-30
Motorola to launch the 2500 and 2600.(Motorola Inc. launches new set-top boxes)(Brief Article)
Motorola Inc. today (Nov. 19) is set to announce the arrival of two new digital cable set-tops in its 2000 series -- the DCT-2500 and DCT-2600 -- which provide advanced graphics storage and graphics capability and, in the latter case, a hard disk d ...
Tags: Motorola Inc., set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2001-11-19
Amino will Port Advanced Software Stack For IPTV Set-Top Boxes on Philips' Semiconductors Reference Design
CAMBRIDGE, England -- Amino today announced that its advanced software stack for IPTV set-top boxes will be combined with Philips NexperiaTM home entertainment engine PNX8550 to be ported to the STB810 semiconductors reference and development platform for set top boxes. The integration of Amino's software will create a ready to...
Tags: IP television, Philips Semiconductor, set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2005-08-26
Microtune Provides Tuner-Related Verification Testing for Customers' U.S. Converter Set-Top Boxes, Facilitating NTIA Compliance and Certification
Certification to U.S. Government specifications requires manufacturers to verify converter set-top box compliance with ATSC A/74
Tags: Certification, compliance, set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2007-09-10
Microsoft TV'S new foundation: thin-client platform looks to hook MSOs at NCTA.(set-top box introduction)(Brief Article)
Microsoft is once again Evil tackling the cable set-top box this time with Microsoft TV Foundation Edition, a thin-client set-top--box platform that includes the company's interactive programming guide and other tools designed to make video-on-dema Microsoft is once again Evil tackling the cable set-top...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., set-top, set-top box, thin client, TV, VoD
Research articles 2003-06-09
Funai Chooses ATI for First Set-top Box to Feature Innovative Smart Antenna Technology and Amazing Visual Quality
MARKHAM, Ontario -- Set-top box for North America receives over-the-air TV signals
Tags: ATI Technologies Inc., set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2004-11-17
ABI Research Revises Set-Top Box Shipments Forecasts in Response to Quiet DBS Business Model Shift
OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- Direct Broadcast Satellite providers have traditionally left their customers' purchases of the required set-top box to the open retail environment. But in a quiet change of tack, some have begun introducing STB lease or buyback schemes reminiscent of cable operators' arrangements. This trend has led ABI...
Tags: ABI Research, set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2006-08-16
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