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Panasonic To Use TeraLogic's Janus HDTV Chip And Technology For Digital TV And Data Broadcasting Services
TeraLogic, Inc., a leading developer of broadband digital television technologies and data services, announced Tuesday that Matsushita Electronic Components Co., Ltd. (MACO) a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC), which is the world's largest consumer electronics company and best known by the Panasonic brand name, has chosen to integrate TeraLogic's Janus HDTV IC and reference platform into future PC add-in cards. Matsushita's Janus-based DTV PC cards will be marketed by Panasonic Industrial Company, a division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (MECA). The cards will permit personal computer users to enjoy superior digital television and data broadcasting services on their PCs. TeraLogic's highly integrated Janus IC and reference platform will enable the company to deploy an enhanced, cost-effective Panasonic Digital TV solution for the PC market. In addition to delivering high definition digital video/audio applications, the Panasonic solution enables data broadcasting services, such as online shopping during a television program and interactive statistics during a sporting event. The Janus IC is the PC industry's first single chip capable of decoding and displaying on a PC all 18 ATSC digital TV formats, including high-definition formats such as 1080i and 720p. The Panasonic PC-DTV cards are expected to be available in the U.S. later this year. ""We are pleased to be working with TeraLogic,"" said Mr. M. Onishi, General Manager of Business Development of Matsushita Electronic Components Co. ""By incorporating TeraLogic technologies into the Panasonic PC-DTV boards we are developing, we expect that we will be able to offer a product with significant advantages in terms of cost and features."" As a leader in the development of HDTV and digital TV products in the U.S. and now as a sponsor for the HDTV broadcast of ABC's Monday Night Football, MECA has made major contributions to the launch and the steady growth of digital TV in the United States. The company's digital television development base in Burlington, New Jersey, Panasonic AVC American Laboratories, was responsible for the development of many industry firsts, including the development of the world's first single-chip, all-format digital television decoder device. ""We are very pleased to be closely working with leading digital TV and consumer electronics manufacturers like Matsushita,"" commented Peng Ang, CEO and Chairman of TeraLogic. ""Solutions like this will provide a compelling way for consumers to access digital television services right on their home PCs."" About Matsushita Electronic Components Co., Ltd. Matsushita Electronic Components Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Ltd. (NYSE: MC), whose products are marketed worldwide under the Panasonic, Technics, Quasar and National brand names. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is one of the world's largest technology companies and a leading producer of electronic and electric products for consumer, business and industrial use. About TeraLogic, Inc. Founded in 1996, TeraLogic, Inc. is a leading provider of solutions for broadband digital television video, audio and interactive data services. The company designs and develops integrated circuits, platforms and software for advanced TVs, set-top boxes and PC-TV convergence products. Using products powered by TeraLogic's technologies, consumers can enjoy crystal clear video and audio, Internet, electronic commerce, electronic program guides and interactive data services enabled by the emerging broadband digital television networks. TeraLogic is currently shipping ICs and platforms, and licensing software, to leading consumer electronics and personal computer manufacturers in the US, Japan, Europe and Korea. Customers and partners include ACCESS, Hauppauge, Kenwood, JVC, Lucent, Mitsubishi, NDS, NEC, Panasonic, Quantum, TiVo and Zayante.