Coship Selects Microtune TV Tuner forCable HD
Set-Top Boxes and Modems in China
Targeted for the Chinese Market, Microtune's MT2066 Cable Tuneris Engineered to Consistently Deliver
High Performance at a Low Price Point
Silicon Tuner Chip Enables Integrated Video, Voice and Data Cable Services
May 25, 2010 09:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
PLANO, Texas--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Microtune®, Inc, (NASDAQ: TUNE) today announced that
Coship Electronics Co. Ltd., one of China's largest manufacturers of set-top boxes, designed its DVB-C cable set-
top box and its high-speed cable modem using the MicroTuner™ MT2066 TV tuner chip. Addressing the large and
growing domestic China cable services market, Coship's products enable cable operators to add video, voice and
data services to their cable network infrastructure as part of the country’s transition to digital TV (DTV).
According to BDA China, cable TV reached 163 million households and an estimated 500 million people in China in
2009, making it the world's largest cable market.1 Based in Shanghai, Microtune China has dedicated sales,
manufacturing, engineering, and design support teams in place to support Coship and other local manufacturers.
"With our strong employee and manufacturing base in China, Microtune is committed to providing customers with
proven, high-performance devices at the price points that allow them to penetrate the growing and diverse Chinese
cable TV market," said James A. Fontaine, President and CEO of Microtune. "We are extremely pleased that
Coship has chosen Microtune technology as an integral part of its cable product strategy, and we look forward to
seeing their products continue to bring performance and competitive advantages to cable operators throughout
China."
THE MICROTUNER MT2066 DVB-C TUNER CHIP
The Microtune MT2066 offers a versatile digital cable tuner that is ideal for use in DVB-C set-top boxes and cable
modems – it is designed to help reduce overall system cost, to speed deployment, and to offer ex