Motorola and Sarnoff join DTV forces; will co-develop chipsets for TV sets and set-top boxes. (digital television equipment)

Broadcasting & Cable, November, 1997 by Dickson, Glen

Motorola Inc. and Sarnoff Corp. have formed a joint initiative to develop silicon chipsets for digital TV receivers and converter boxes. Under the exclusive agreement, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector will license Sarnoff's intellectual property on DTV and also will receive design assistance and product development help from Sarnoff.

While financial details of the deal weren't disclosed, the multiyear contract is worth "tens of millions of dollars" to Sarnoff, according to Bob Stokes, Motorola's director of digital TV operations. "The ATSC standard says what to broadcast in order to be compliant, but it doesn't tell anybody how to build a receiver," says Glenn Reitmeier, Sarnoff's vice president of high-definition and multimedia systems....

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