IC designer Micronas has announced a set of development kits for hybrid IPTV and DVB set-top boxes (STBs).

Micronas has created two versions of the reference design, including an IPTV and DVB-T design for the European network of terrestrial antennas and an IPTV and DVB-S2 version for worldwide satellite broadcast systems.

The company said these reference designs allow OEMs to create highly-integrated hybrid products that support customers as they begin to use IPTV, while still providing access to the traditional television functionality and services that they already know and use. The scalability offered by the designs ensures that systems are ready for the emerging demands of digital television.

The designs offer a standards-compliant platform with fully developed middleware and a user interface allowing manufacturers to create a solution to market efficiently, the company said, adding the development kit will ship in the fourth quarter of this year.

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