Microtune Introduces Industry’s First 1-GHz Cable Tuners Compatible with MoCA(TM)-Home Networking Standard

Microtune Introduces Industry's First 1-GHz Cable Tuners Compatible with MoCA(TM)-Home Networking Standard

Microtune®, Inc. (NASDAQ: TUNE) today introduced two new 1.1 GigaHertz (GHz) TV tuner chips that, when integrated into advanced 1-GHz set-top boxes, permit cable operators to provide their customers a digital in-home network. Based on CableLabs® DOCSIS® and OpenCable(TM) specifications, the two new MicroTuner(TM) chips are the perfect companion tuners for personal video recorder (PVR) set-top boxes supporting the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA(TM)) specification.

• Microtune's new tuner chipset offers immunity from MoCA interference for a reliable, 'no new wires' in-home network
• New tuners allow for cable bandwidth expansion, while eliminating additional filtering, reducing RF cost for cable equipment manufacturers

Microtune's tuners, the MT2022 DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (DSG) Tuner and the MT2122 Analog/Digital Video Tuner, are the first 1.1-GHz tuners in the industry and are MoCA-compatible without additional filtering. They offer cable equipment manufacturers not only expanded bandwidth flexibility, but also reduced RF cost and simplified design.