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DVB Approves HDR, HFR and NGA for Broadcast

by Bob Raikes

The DVB Steering Board has approved the specification for the Ultra High Definition Television, UHD-1 Phase 2 stage. That should mean, DVB believes, that products will come to market in 2017 with support for …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

ATSC 3.0 Tested in Cleveland

by Bob Raikes

The first live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of a major professional sporting event – Major League Baseball’s World Series – has taken place in Cleveland. The experimental station is simulcasting network and local programming from …

Intertrust, Samsung deliver Secure HbbTV 2.0 for Italy

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has a partnership with Intertrust Technologies to include DRM software in its HbbTV 2.0-enabled Smart TVs for users in Italy. The solution will be available in early 2017 to video service providers in …

Com Hem Sees Good Q3

by Yvette Raikes

Thanks to the acquisition of pay-TV network Boxer (which added half a million customers), the addition of another 8,000 Com Hem subscribers and low churn of 12.7%, Swedish telco Com Hem saw Q3 turnover …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Sweden| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Three New ATSC 3.0 Standards Signal More Progress Toward Finalizing Next-gen TV

by Isaac Oburu

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has standardized three more components of the next-generation television system that is expected to transform the ability of broadcasters to deliver mobile, interactivity and higher quality content. ATSC …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast

Three New ATSC 3.0 Standards Added

by Bob Raikes

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has standardised three more components of the next-generation television system that it hopes will transform the ability of broadcasters to deliver mobile, interactivity and higher quality content. ATSC …

Kodi Box Dealer Taken to Court

by Bob Raikes

In the UK, a dealer of a ‘fully loaded Kodi box’ has been accused of selling products that breach copyright laws. Kodi is a development of the XBox Media Centre, which was used to …

Com Hem Finalises Boxer Purchase

by Bob Raikes

In Sweden, Com Hem (a cable company) has completed its acquisition of the Boxer business which will add 500,000 DTT customers to the Com Hem business. The preliminary purchase consideration of SEK1,631 million ($190 …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Sweden| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Mexico Welcomes Digital TV

by Milos Pavlovic

Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), Mexico’s telecommunications regulator has revealed that the last phase of analogue TV switch-off will be completed in November. IFT says that most digital towers will start distributing digital signals by …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

DVB Expecting HDR Decisions Soon

by Bob Raikes

DVB held its ‘same procedure as last year’ press conference on the first day of IBC. Peter MacAvock is the newly elected chairman of the DVB to replace Phil Laven. MacAvock started by introducing …

More, Better, Faster!

by Bob Raikes

Over the last couple of years, I have checked out almost all of the companies at IBC that were talking about UltraHD. This year, that simply wouldn’t have been possible as everybody was talking …

SES Updates on UltraHD and Company Development

by Bob Raikes

Ferdinand Kaiser is the CEO of SES and his talk was called ‘Meeting the exponential demand for content’. There is a forecast of 3% CAGR in the use of bandwidth for video. 70% of …