Last week I included a link to a BargainPDA.com article on the new Sanyo cell phone with a built-in DTV tuner. Unfortunately, the translation of the article it linked to at ZDNet Japan was so rough it was difficult to understand. A more recent article in NE Asia Online is much easier to understand. The article Sanyo

About two weeks after NEC showed a prototype, Sanyo unveiled its own cell phone with built-in digital TV tuner and video recorder.

Zoran Corp. is providing its SupraHD 660 integrated DTV processor and Cascade 2 high performance demodulator for use in Sanyo Electric's newest HDTV sets for the U.S., including the model HT30746 30-inch HDTV CRT TV with FCC-mandated ATSC tuner. The company said the Cascade 2 demodulator has an equalizer range of

Sanyo Electric has selected RSA Security to provide its RSA BSAFE Secure Socket Layer (SSL) products for use in DTV sets for the Japanese market. The technology in the VIZON line of products will protect both SD and HD broadcasts as well as the identities of those using interactive features. "We are known for pro

While U.S. consumer electronics manufacturers have focused on large HDTV sets for terrestrial DTV, elsewhere in the world broadcasters and cellphone operators are working together to bring broadcast TV to the small screen. As reported in the Dec. 15 RF Report , Twinhan Technology Co. in Taiwan is selling a cigarette-p

Panasonic first showed an interest in taking over Sanyo several weeks ago.

The rumor certainly has affected both firms' stocks in an upwardly mobile way.

An article on europemedia.net http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=16064 reported Digitenne, a consortium comprised of Dutch companies KPN (Telecom), NOB (broadcasting facility), Norzema (transmission operator) and broadcasters began terrestrial digital TV broadcasts in late April using the DVB-T COFDM s