Renesas develops digital TV broadcast reception middleware for automotive SoCs

Renesas Electronics has developed digital TV broadcast reception middleware products for automotive SoC devices: a new ISDB-TB (Integrated Service Digital Broadcasting—Terrestrial Brazil) (One-Seg) broadcast reception middleware product for the Brazilian market and the addition of the new “content protection system” standard for Japan to the ISDB-T (Integrated Service Digital Broadcasting—Terrestrial) (Full-Seg) broadcast reception middleware product. Both products will be available starting in April 2013. Key Features of the new two middlewares: < Features of ISDB-TB (One-Seg) broadcast reception middleware > (1) Support for the terrestrial digital TV broadcasting standard used in Brazil Compliance with Brazil's terrestrial digital TV broadcast standard (ABNT NBR 15601-15608, established by the Brazilian Technical Standards Association) makes it possible to develop products with digital TV functionality as that nation's economy enters a phase of anticipated rapid expansion. (2) Improved support for low signal strength conditions typical of mobile reception and enhanced measures to deal with unauthorized content The new middleware product was developed based on Renesas' ISDB-T (One-Seg) broadcast reception middleware, which has a proven track record in mobile receiver applications in Japan. It features improved support for low signal strength conditions typical of mob...