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BROADCAST/ CABLE EQUIPMENT: Overview
The broadcast market is rapidly evolving with the convergence of media, telecommunications, and data communications, allowing any TV/video service or data to be sent across any network. Consumer demand for more programming, improved video quality, and high-speed data services are fuelling the growth in this market. With service providers competing more over customers, companies are looking for ways to differentiate their products.

BROADCAST/ CABLE EQUIPMENT: News

Atmel's Highly Flexible Multi-standard Broadcast Radio Front End IC Provides Excellent Reception Performance

Atmel® Corporation has announced the availability of the highly integrated broadcast radio front end IC ATR4262, which enables outstanding car-radio reception. The new IC is designed for high...  >>  

Samsung Delivers Complete Solution for Digital Broadcasting on Handheld Applications

Samsung Electronics has announced its DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast for Handheld) solution for viewing mobile TV on handheld devices. DVB-H is a digital mobile broadcasting standard used in the...  >>  

Xilinx and 4i2i Demonstrate Industry's First High Definition H.264/AVC Encoder Available in a Single FPGA

Xilinx, Inc. and 4i2i Communications, today announced the launch of the industry’s first High Definition H.264 video encoder in a single FPGA. Using Xilinx feature-rich programmable logic...  >>  

Microtune's New Multi-Standard 1-GHz Tuner Supports Low-Power Consumer Equipment in All-Digital Cable Networks

Microtune(R), Inc. (NASDAQ: TUNE) has unveiled a new low-power multi-standard cable tuner engineered to deliver superior performance, extended frequency and power efficiency for next-generation...  >>  

Altera Announces Broadcast Studio Converter Solutions that Boost Performance and Lower Cost

Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) announced new broadcast studio solutions that significantly improve high-definition (HD) video converter performance and lower system costs for multi-channel audio...  >>  

Cypress Introduces Industry's First Physical Layer Port Protection Switch for Video Systems

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today introduced the industry's first broadcast video link protection switch that provides cost-effective redundancy throughout an entire video network. The YLink...  >>  

Mindspeed(R) Broadens 3G Broadcast Video Family with 4x4 Crosspoint Switch and Multi-Rate Video Reclocker

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications has announced that the company has broadened its family of 3G...  >>  

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BROADCAST/ CABLE EQUIPMENT: Blogs

Moving Digital Broadcast Into the 21st Century

By Vasilis Papanikolaou, Manager, Gennum Corporation It’s not your mom and dad’s TV anymore…or is it? Just as TV has evolved from The Brady Bunch to The Cosby Show and finally into Wife Swap, digital broadcast formats are also evolving.  >>  

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BROADCAST/ CABLE EQUIPMENT: Semiconductor Solutions

Save Development Time with Altera's New Broadcast Solutions

The only complete video over IP design, including Pro-MPEG COP#3 FEC recommendation. The only broadcast quality audio sample rate converter. Fully tested SDI and HD-SDI MegaCore®... [from Altera]  >>  

Wireless Solutions

People expect to do more with wireless - talk longer with fewer battery recharges, communicate at high speed wherever they use their cell phones, PDAs or laptops, combine voice, data and multimedia... [from Anadigics]  >>  

Video Amplifiers with Integrated Filter

THS7315 : 3-Channel SDTV Video Amplifier with 5th-Order Filters and 5.2V/V Gain [from Texas Instruments]  >>  

Parts for CATV [from M/A-COM]  >>  

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BROADCAST/ CABLE EQUIPMENT: Application Resources

Broadcast Video Infrastructure Implementation Using FPGAs

The proliferation of high-definition television (HDTV) video content creation and the method of delivering these contents in a bandwidth-limited broadcast channel environment have driven new video...  >>  

AN 344: Altera Reference Design Application Note

A digital video broadcast asynchronous serial interface (DVB-ASI) is a serial data transmission protocol that transports MPEG-2 packets over copper-based cables or optical networks. DVB-ASI is used...  >>  

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BROADCAST/ CABLE EQUIPMENT: Reference Designs

Texas Instruments introduces video development platform reducing design time for broadcast equipment manufacturers

Extending the capabilities of its suite of video solutions, Texas Instruments announced a video development platform that enables media gateway equipment manufacturers as well as the broadcast...  >>  

Xilinx Demonstrates New Triple-Rate SDI Reference Designs for Broadcast Video Applications at NAB 2008

Xilinx, announced it will demonstrate new triple-rate serial digital interface (SDI) reference designs available for all Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-5 field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The...  >>  

Production-Ready DVB-T USB Reference Design "MicStickD

The Micronas MicStick D is a unique DVB-T USB reference design. Built around the DRX 3975D COFDM demodulator, MicStick D is a compact, portable reference design for watching and controlling...  >>  

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