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Links Mid-Week Commencing 18th April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the middle of this week (there seems to be a lot with …

Pearl TV Launches RUN3TV, a New TV Web Platform That Brings Interactive Experiences and Streaming Content To Over-the-Air Viewers for the First Time

by Artem Alekseenko

Pearl TV, the coalition of U.S. broadcast companies transitioning to NEXTGEN TV, announced the launch of the RUN3TV web platform that enables broadcasters to offer a brand-new hybrid TV service to over-the-air (OTA) viewers. …

Tags:Broadcast

Pearl TV, MediaTek Introduce ‘FastTrack to NEXTGEN TV’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chip maker Mediatek said that it has worked with Pearl TV, which has been developing the ATSC 3.0 Nextgen technology, to include technology to support the specification in the Mediatek Reference …

Nextgen TV Generating Interest – but is it Too Late?

by Bob Raikes

Research conducted by Magid, for Dolby Labs and the Pearl TV group found that a marketing campaign around ATSC 3.0 Nextgen TV had generated a lot of interest among consumers. The research found: Consumer …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| USA

HbbTV Releases Version 2022-1 of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite

by Artem Alekseenko

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to …

Tags:Broadcast| HbbTV

Eutelsat Organises a Webinar on UHD

by Bob Raikes

Satellite broadcaster, Eutelsat gave an update on the development of 4K and its impact on content creation and consumption in a webinar that you can view here. The panellists were: Andrea Michelozzi of Communicare …

Achieving Better Storytelling With LED Walls In News

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Broadcast Bridge reported on the increasing use of LED displays in the production of news and sports broadcasting. For example, the Opening Ceremonies for the 2022 Winter Olympics in China had …

Tags:Broadcast| LED| Video Wall Processors| Virtual Sets

Everyone in the M&E Industry Wants the Same Thing … Viewers

by Andy Marken

You may not realize it, but the entertainment food chain has changed dramatically over the past few years. In fact, according to MPA’s (Motion Picture Association’s) head, Charles Rinkin, it’s on the cusp of …

For Streaming Media, Everything Old Is New Again

by Pete Putman

A story published March 9 at Forbes illustrates how the video streaming landscape continues to shift dramatically. What started out largely as a science experiment 18 years ago with YouTube has now become the …

Tags:Broadcast| Disney| Netflix| Streaming Video| USA

DVB adds VVC to its Video Coding Toolbox

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The DVB Project has added VVC to the specifications to the DVB-AVC specification which has been approved by the DVB Steering Board and is available now as DVB BlueBook A001r19. Further …

Tags:Broadcast| Codecs| DVB| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD & 4K

A New Era Beckons for Broadcast with the Approval of DVB Native IP

by Artem Alekseenko

A whole new world of opportunity has emerged for the broadcast industry with the availability of DVB’s new solution for satellite and terrestrial delivery based natively on IP. The DVB-NIP specification, approved last week …

Tags:Broadcast| DVB

DVB and 5G-MAG combine efforts to focus on future of TV over 5G

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The DVB Project is working with the 5G Media Action Group to form a joint task force to develop TV over 5G. As usual for DVB projects, the development is based …

Tags:5G| Broadcast| Standards