- Innovative two-channel ATSC Air HDTV
provides cord cutters with access to 200 over-the-air channels;
design leverages MxL603 “Super Radio” tuner and technology from
ViXS Systems and Morega Systems
MaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading provider of radio
frequency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated circuits for cable and
satellite broadband communications, the connected home, data
center, metro, long-haul fiber networks, and wireless
infrastructure, today announced its MxL603 global terrestrial tuner
has been chosen for Air HDTV, an over-the-air (OTA) antenna/set-top
box (STB) designed by Wireless Innovations Group.
The Air HDTV smart antenna/STB, which debuted at CES, provides
state-of-the-art ATSC television reception for “cord-cutters,”
consumers who prefer Internet-based “over-the-top” (OTT) video
services instead of cable or satellite pay TV. Air HDTV is
complementary to existing OTT platforms like Roku, AppleTV,
Chromecast and DIRECTV NOW, but adds the missing element of live,
free local broadcast channels. Air HDTV enables up to two channels
to be received simultaneously and streamed over a Wi-Fi network to
smart TVs, PCs, tablets or mobile phones throughout the home.
The Air HDTV features MaxLinear’s MxL603 tuner, which is part of
the company’s MxL600 “super radio” family of 4 mm x 4 mm, 65nm pure
digital CMOS tuners with superior tuning sensitivity. MxL600 tuners
feature software-configurable broadcast standard support allowing
manufacturers to design a common tuner for use with ATSC, DVB-T and
other broadcast standards.
Wireless Innovations also selected the XCode 5516 SoC from ViXS
Systems Inc. to provide dual transport stream 1080i HD-to-1080p HD
transcoding. The XCode 5516 also features USB and 10/100 Ethernet
networking capabilities. The device is based on the ViXS
CordCutterTV Dual solution platform, which features ATSC/DVB OTA
reception options, streaming via Ethernet or Wi-Fi, storage
interfaces including eMMC, SD Card, USB and SATA, support for a
networked DVR and support for iOS and Android clients.
For media portability, the Air HDTV uses software from Morega
Systems to enable streamed content to be available on mobile
devices such as tablets and smartphones. Morega’s technology
creates a complete ecosystem for the transformation and delivery of
media to consumer devices around the home or on the go.
“Cord-cutting is a major trend in television consumption and
this will only accelerate with Air HDTV. Air HDTV will
revolutionize the way people will watch television in the future,”
said Henry Cooper, CEO of Wireless Innovation Group. “It is
important to match our vision for this product with the right
technology providers. MaxLinear, Morega Systems and ViXS Systems
have been great partners in delivering a high-quality system.”
“As the cord-cutting market matures, more consumers are
searching for a solution to access their local channels for sports,
news and their favorite network shows,” said Will Torgerson,
MaxLinear Vice President & General Manager of the Broadband
Group. “These consumers demand very high-quality TV reception and
the MxL600 family features and performance deliver industry-leading
signal quality required for the market.”
“The Air HDTV product will revolutionize the OTA streaming
market to deliver consumers local channels, news and pro sports,
live on any supported device anywhere in the home,” said Perry
Chappell, VP Sales and Marketing of ViXS Systems Inc. “The ViXS
XCode 5116 was key in enabling streaming of OTA content easily,
seamlessly and reliably to any compatible video device by utilizing
its OTA hardware media processing engine.”
“The amount of video being watched by consumers on their mobile
devices is continuing to increase, making reliable media streaming
to these devices an essential feature. Now, with a product like the
Air HDTV, reliable streaming of OTA content to mobile devices has
become a reality,” said Ashraf Tahir, CEO of Morega Systems. “Our
award-winning media mobility solution not only provides reliable
streaming but is comprehensive and customizable, which makes it
ideal for Air HDTV and other ATSC streaming applications.”
MxL600 Technical Highlights
The MxL6xx family of tuners, which includes the MxL601, MxL602,
MxL603, MxL605, MxL608 and MxL661, deliver exceptional performance
for all global analog and digital television reception standards in
cable and terrestrial reception environments. They offer
market-leading low power consumption of 350mW or less in typical
applications.
The very low power consumption and compact 4 x 4 mm footprint in
a standard 24pin QFN package make it possible for customers to
design ultra-small form factors and to support multi-tuner
applications. The software-configurable MxL6xx devices allow
manufacturers to design a common front-end for all global broadcast
standards. 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).
About ViXS Systems Inc.
ViXS is a pioneer and market leader in designing revolutionary
media processing semiconductor solutions for video over IP
streaming solutions, with approximately 500 patents issued and
pending worldwide, numerous industry awards for innovation, and
over 33 million media processors shipped to date. ViXS is driving
the transition to Ultra HD 4K across the entire content value chain
by providing professional and consumer grade chipsets that support
the new High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard up to Main 12
Profile, reducing bandwidth consumption by 50% while providing the
depth of color and image clarity needed to take advantage of
higher-resolution content. ViXS’ XCodePro 300 family is ideal for
Ultra HD 4K infrastructure equipment, and the XCode 6000 family of
system-on-chip (SoC) products achieve unprecedented levels of
integration that enable manufacturers to create cost-effective
consumer entertainment devices.
ViXS is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices in Europe,
Asia and North America. VIXS™, the ViXS® logo, XCode®, XCodePro™,
XConnex™ and Xtensiv™ are trademarks and/or registered trademarks
of ViXS. Other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners. For more information on ViXS, visit our
website: www.vixs.com.
About MaxLinear, Inc.
MaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading provider of radio
frequency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated circuits for cable and
satellite broadband communications, the connected home, data
center, metro, long-haul fiber networks, and wireless
infrastructure markets. MaxLinear is headquartered in Carlsbad,
California. For more information, please visit
www.maxlinear.com.
MxL and the MaxLinear logo are trademarks of MaxLinear, Inc.
Other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their
respective owners.
Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements
concerning or implying future financial performance or trends and
growth opportunities affecting MaxLinear, including statements
related to the performance of MaxLinear’s MxL603 global terrestrial
tuner. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual
results to differ materially from any future results expressed or
implied by these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are based on management’s current, preliminary
expectations and are subject to various risks and uncertainties,
including (among others) risks relating to integration of our
acquisitions of assets from Microsemi Corporation and from
Broadcom; intense competition in our industry; the ability of our
customers to cancel or reduce orders; uncertainties concerning how
end user markets for our products will develop; our lack of
long-term supply contracts and dependence on limited sources of
supply; potential decreases in average selling prices for our
products; currently pending intellectual property litigation; and
the potential for additional intellectual property litigation,
which is prevalent in our industry. In addition to these risks and
uncertainties, investors should review the risks and uncertainties
contained in MaxLinear’s filings with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 as amended by
Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on April 28, 2016; our
subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2016, June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2016; and our
Current Reports on Form 8-K. All forward-looking statements are
qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. MaxLinear
is providing this information as of the date of this release and
does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statements contained in this release as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise.
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