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Cyfrowy Polsat Selects MaxLinear
MxL601 for Hybrid DVB-T/IPTV Set-Top Box
PRNewswire
April 24, 2012
The largest Polish pay TV operator is building a hybrid STB to debut
nationwide mobile TV service in DVB-T technology Cyfrowy Polsat
selects MxL601 for superior performance and cost-effectiveness
CARLSBAD, California - MaxLinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading
provider of integrated radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal
integrated circuits for broadband communications applications, today
announced that Cyfrowy Polsat, the largest Polish media group and
satellite TV platform (DTH), has selected its MxL601 global TV tuner
for use in its own T-HD 1000 set-top box (STB) that is the heart of
a new nationwide hybrid DVB-T / IPTV service. |
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“Cyfrowy
Polsat’s new service is innovative in the way it combines DVB-T
broadcast networks with IPTV to give viewers the content choices
they demand”
Cyfrowy Polsat is working to develop the new
mobile TV service in DVB-T technology, which will offer a package of
pay TV and radio channels and give access to free-to-air DVB-T
channels and to Internet content from the company’s ipla
movie-on-demand service. The T-HD 1000 with MxL601 is one of the STB
devices enabling reception of Cyfrowy Polsat’s new service – which
will be delivered both at home and out of it.
“There is a growing group of television consumers in Poland that
prefer a combination of local content available on traditional
channels and Internet-based video on demand like our ipla service.
We are eager to launch this new service aimed at this audience, with
the added value of mobility,” said Dariusz Dzialkowski, Chief
Technology Officer at Cyfrowy Polsat. “Working with MaxLinear means
we can develop the STB for this service with the performance and low
power consumption that are important to our customers.”
“Cyfrowy
Polsat’s new service is innovative in the way it combines DVB-T
broadcast networks with IPTV to give viewers the content choices
they demand,” said Yves Rasse, Sr. Director of MaxLinear Consumer
Product Line. “The choice of MxL601 will enable Cyfrowy Polsat to
deliver the high signal quality that its customers also expect.”
He added: “The breakthrough performance of the chip also makes the
overall solution more cost-effective because it offers superior
blocking of a wide range of competing wireless signals without the
need of external filters that drive up cost and take board space.”
MaxLinear’s MxL601 is a 65-nm CMOS global TV
tuner that sets a new benchmark for overall reception performance,
silicon integration and power consumption.
Technical Details
Dubbed the “super radio” because of its breakthroughs in silicon
tuner technology, the MxL601 enables a 50 percent reduction in
footprint compared to existing solutions, while meeting the exacting
requirements of global television applications. The MxL601 delivers
an exceptional noise figure of 3.5 decibels (dB).
The MxL601 is software configurable for receiving any global
television standard without the need for any hardware modifications,
which enables manufacturers to design a single tuner front-end for
all global TV markets. Supported standards include: PAL, SECAM,
NTSC, DVB-T/T2, ISDB-T, ISDB-Tmm, ATSC, ATSC M/H, DTMB, ITU-T J.83
Annex A (DVB-C) / B (US Cable) / C (Japan); DOCSIS and EURODOCSIS.
The MxL601 is based on MaxLinear’s 65-nm CMOS advanced radio
technology that has been in volume production since late 2011, and
is available in an ultra-small form factor 4x4 24-pin QFN package.
About MaxLinear, Inc.
MaxLinear, Inc. is a leading provider of
radio-frequency and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for
broadband communications applications. MaxLinear is located in
Carlsbad, California, and its address on the Internet is
www.maxlinear.com.
MxL and the MaxLinear logo are trademarks of
MaxLinear, Inc. Other trademarks appearing herein are the property
of their respective owners. |
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