Switzerland-based TV software outfit iWedia has announced a partnership with Taiwanese chipmaker Realtek, to enable the creation of ATSC 3.0 supported set tops, claiming the team up will accelerate the sluggish adoption of the NextGen TV standard. The cooperation revolves around Realtek‘s RTD1319D UHD System on a chip (SoC) set top processor, which runs Irdeto hybrid middleware to support both Android TV and RDK. Demonstrated last year at IBC 2022, it supports the AV1 and VVC codecs as well as 4K, HDR and 3D audio. Faultline is not currently aware of any set tops on the market using Realtek silicon. Android TV devices are dominated by Amlogic processors, while honorable mentions go to Mediatek, HiSilicon and Broadcom. On the ATSC…