Microtune Showcases Cable And Digital TV Solutions At CCBN International Trade Show In Beijing

Reinforcing its support for global customers and the worldwide digital TV transition, Microtune, Inc. recently announced that it is exhibiting its newest single-chip TV tuners in its booth (HALL 1B, B182) at the 16th annual China Content Broadcasting Network (CCBN) trade show. Held March 21-23, 2008 at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, CCBN is China's only international exhibit of broadcast, cable and satellite technology/equipment and one of the world's largest trade shows in the DTV and broadband network industries.

Microtune's radio frequency (RF) silicon tuner products enable Chinese manufacturers to develop cost-effective, high-performing digital cable and TV end products that leverage the country's major infrastructure transition to digital technologies and transmission standards. A variety of products, including chips, evaluation boards and reference designs, will be showcased in Microtune's booth:

• Low-cost, turnkey front-end solutions for the DVB-C digital cable set-top box market featuring Microtune's MT2060 series of low-power digital tuners;
• Hybrid ATSC/NTSC/Cable receiver solutions, showcasing Microtune's flagship high-performance 3-in-1 TV tuner (MicroTuner MT2131); these products are targeted to manufacturers exporting digital television sets and TV peripherals to North America.
• Low-cost, turnkey front-end solutions for the DVB-T set-top box market and iDTV market featuring Microtune's MT2131 and MT2063 multi-standard, multi-mode silicon tuners. Sample DVB-T SCART converter boxes and DVB-T dongles will be on display in the booth.

"We are very excited to introduce our newest advanced tuner chips to the rapidly expanding digital TV and digital cable markets in China," said James A. Fontaine, Microtune's President and CEO. "Chinese manufacturers are striving to meet the increasing demand of its potentially huge domestic market and they are demanding market-proven, reliable electronics that set the standard for price/performance. Our goal is to be a preferred partner and supplier-of-choice to our global customers, while providing them superior applications support combined with time-to-manufacturing product advantages."

Microtune is recognized as a brand, technology and market leader in single-chip TV tuner technology. The Company pioneered the development of the industry's first silicon broadband TV tuner, and today 76 U.S. patents protect its inventions. Engineered to support rigorous worldwide TV reception standards, Microtune technology serves as a key enabler in the worldwide migration to digital TV transmission across a broad range of markets and applications: TV consumer electronics devices, cable TV consumer equipment, and automotive electronics systems.

Microtune provides full sales and customer support to China and its local China team enables Chinese customers to deploy the most advanced RF technology in their digital cable and television products, while accelerating their time-to-market deployment.

Microtune is also represented by six distributors/sales representatives in regions throughout China. Please see Microtune's website at www.microtune.comfor contact information.

For Microtune White Papers discussing the RF technical issues for developing solutions for the cable and digital TV markets, please visit the company's website. More information about Microtune and its complete suite of RF solutions is also available at www.microtune.com.

About Microtune
Microtune, Inc. is a silicon and subsystems company that designs and markets radio frequency (RF) solutions for the worldwide broadband communications and transportation electronics markets. Inventor of the MicroTuner single-chip broadband tuner, Microtune offers a portfolio of advanced tuner, amplifier, and upconverter products that enable the delivery of information and entertainment across new classes of consumer electronics devices. The Company currently holds more than 76 U.S. patents for its technology. Founded in 1996, Microtune is headquartered in Plano, Texas, with key design and sales centers located around the world. The website is www.microtune.com.

Announcements About Digital Cable And Tv Markets

The market for DVB-T, DVB-C, and ATSC digital television may not develop or may develop more slowly than currently anticipated. Even in the event that these markets do develop, there can be no assurance that Microtune's products will be selected by manufacturers or that if selected, such manufacturers will continue to select Microtune's products in the future to support their products.

SOURCE: Microtune, Inc.