Global Advances in Digital TV and HDTV Chipsets

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

• 1. Introduction and Key Findings
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Key Findings
• 2. Scope and Research Methodology
  • 1. Scope
  • 2. Research Methodology
  • 3. Glossary

2. Digital Television and Its Development

• 1. The Long Journey toward Digital Television
  • 1. NHK-MUSE (Japan)
  • 2. MAC (Europe)
• 2. A Brief History of DTV Standards
  • 1. DTV Standards
  • 2. ATSC (North America)
  • 3. DVB (Europe)
• 3. Addressing the Myths of DTV and HDTV
  • 1. Understanding DTV and HDTV
  • 2. Past and Current Issues in HDTV Development

3. Flat Panel Displays

• 1. Industry Overview and Trends
  • 1. The Battle for the Next-Generation Display
  • 2. LCD's Dominance and PDP's Struggle
• 2. Understanding Display Technologies
  • 1. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Technology
  • 2. Flat Panel Displays (FPDs)
  • 3. Projection TV (PTV)
• 3. Emerging Technologies
  • 1. Screen-Printing Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Displays
  • 2. Optical Feedback System with Integrated Color Sensor on LCD
  • 3. Integrated Thermal Sensor on LCD for Temperature Compensation System
  • 4. Inkjetting SMOLED Materials
  • 5. Holographic Pocket-Size Projectors
  • 6. Breakthrough in Display Technology
• 4. Analysis
  • 1. Industry Drivers
  • 2. Market Restraints
  • 3. Current Challenges
  • 4. Forecasts

4. DTV and HDTV Set-Top Box and Chipsets

• 1. Set-Top Box and the Industry Overview
  • 1. Introducing the Set-Top Box (STBs)
  • 2. Types of STBs
  • 3. STB and Chipset Companies
  • 4. Industry Trends
• 2. Emerging Technologies
  • 1. Digital Television on Mobile Phone
  • 2. First IPTV STB for Streaming Chinese Programs to United States
  • 3. First Multistandard and Low-Cost HDTV Decoder Chipset
  • 4. High-Definition Video Decoder Chipsets for Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD Media Players
  • 5. First DVB-S2 Chipset with Two Integrated Tuners and Demodulators
• 3. Analysis
  • 1. Driving Factors in the STB Industry
  • 2. Restraints Faced by Companies
  • 3. Current Challenges
  • 4. Forecast--Images from the Crystal Ball

5. Other Developments

• 1. Compression Technology
  • 1. MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 Part 10 AVC Standards
  • 2. Other Compression Technologies
  • 3. Emerging Technologies
  • 4. Analysis
• 2. Broadband Television
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. BTV Standard
  • 3. Emerging Technologies
  • 4. Analysis

6. Key Contacts and Selected Patents

1. Selected Patents 1. List of Recent Patents-I 2. List of Recent Patents--II 2. Key Contacts 1. Research Institutes 2. Corporate

7. Frost & Sullivan 2006 Science and Technology Awards

• 1. Technology Leadership
  • 1. Award Description
  • 2. Award Recipient
• 2. Excellence in Technology
  • 1. Award Description
  • 2. Award Recipient
• 3. Product Innovation
  • 1. Award Description
  • 2. Award Recipient

8. Decision Support Database

• 1. Demographics
  • 1. Total Household Expenditure of Selected Countries (1999-2006)
  • 2. Urban Population of Selected Countries (1999-2006)
  • 3. Population Density of Selected Countries (1996-2004)
• 2. Economy
  • 1. Household Expenditure on Furniture and Household Items in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 2. Household Expenditure on Transportation and Communication in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 3. Per Capital Disposable Income in Selected Countries (1999-2006)
• 3. Market Statistics
  • 1. Investment in Telecom Instruments in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 2. Number of Telephone Lines in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 3. Production of Telecom Equipment in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 4. Number of Satellite TV Subscribers in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 5. Number of Cable TV Subscribers in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 6. Degree of Cable TV Penetration in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 7. Television Installed Base in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 8. Degree of Television Penetration per Household in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 9. Total Number of Internet Subscribers in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 10. Total Number of Internet Users in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 11. Personal Computer Installed Base in Selected Countries (1996-2004)
  • 12. Personal Computer per '000 Households in Selected Countries (1996-2004)