HD & UltraHD cable chipsets optimised for Chinese market

25th March 2015

Barney Scott

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STMicroelectronics has announced that its Palma HD cable chipsets and its Cannes/Monaco family of UltraHD Devices have been optimised for iPanel's middleware range. The solutions will allow Chinese cable operators to broadcast high-quality HD and UltraHD content and deliver a range of value-added services, including interactive TV shopping, education services, and banner advertisements.

China's broadcasting market reaches close to 400 million households and is entering in its next-gen of broadcasting evolution with the deployment of advanced and multi-service solutions.

ST's comprehensive portfolio, designed for fast time-to-market, enables service providers to bring out the best and most affordable digital set-top-box solutions to their subscribers.

“The ST chips present excellent performance with comprehensive functions, which provide a powerful safeguard to the ultimate users of home software,” said Mr. Xu Jia Hong, Chief Executive Officer, iPanel.

“Working closely with iPanel has helped ST produce a wide and exciting range of solutions for the China cable market suitable to giving service providers the ability to deliver an enhanced viewing experience to millions of households,” said Kelvin Wong, Greater China and South Asia Marketing Director, STMicroelectronics. “iPanel's contribution to ST's set-top-box and media gateway technologies underlines our strengths and commitment to support the growth of the China digital TV market through co-operative efforts with local key players.”