Broadcom Corp. Enters European Digital Cable-TV and Broadcast
Munich, Germany -- September 30, 1996 -- Broadcom Corp., a leading supplier of silicon solutions for the broadband digital transmission market, today made a major commitment to the European market with the announcement of DVB/DAVIC compliant chips for cable modems, cable-TV set-top boxes, and satellite integrated receiver devices (IRDs).
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"Our DVB product family achieves new levels of system integration which significantly reduces manufacturing costs and enables new price points for the European digital set-top market," said Henry Nicholas, president and CEO, Broadcom Corporation. "We specifically designed these chips to meet DVB standards, enabling manufacturers to cost effectively develop digital set-top boxes for leading European service providers, such as News Corp., Bertelsmann, Kirch, Canal Plus, and Nethold." |
