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UltraHD Needs Demystifying in Retail, Says Uden

by Tom Allen

Andrew Uden is the senior technical manager at UK supermarket chain, Asda, which is owned by Walmart. He spoke about developments in the TV industry, starting with an informal poll to see how many …

Tags:DTG| DTG Summit 2015| Formats| HDTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Retailers| Smart TV| Standards| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Mobile Video Keeps Climbing

by Tom Allen

Rory Murphy works for Equinix (a data centre and interconnection platform), while Matt Stagg is a network manager at mobile operator EE. They discussed the DTG’s working group, the Mobile Video Alliance, which the …

Tags:3G & 4G| Broadcast| DTG| DTG Summit 2015| Large Display Monitor| LTE| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile TV| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Standardisation is the Real Challenge

by Tom Allen

Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator, and Steve Under is the body’s CTO. He took the opportunity to talk about standards, questioning which is more important: standardisation or differentiation. Standards are very important, as …

Tags:DigitalEurope| DTG| DTG Summit 2015| Events| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Standards| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Can We Agree on UltraHD? Asks DTG Summit

by Tom Allen

2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the UK’s Digital Television Group. The annual Summit, held in King’s Place, London, evaluates the progress made in the digital TV industry over the past year, as well …

Tags:Broadcast| DTG| DTG Summit 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 20

DTG Readies High-Res Plugfest

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital TV Group’s UltraHD Forum will hold a 4k Plugfest on 6th May, at the DTG offices. The event will explore HDMI HDCP 2.2 interoperability. Interested parties can contact [email protected].

Tags:DTG| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 18

DTG Updates UK’s D-Book for 2015

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group has launched the D-Book 8. The new version provides the DTT industry with the tools to support Freeview Play and manage the clearance of the 700MHz spectrum. Also included …

Tags:DTG| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 14

DTG Begins HDMI Testing

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group’s Testing arm (DTG Testing) is launching an HDMI interoperability testing service. The unit said that that ‘many’ of its customers have found that HDMI compliance and certification does not guarantee that …

Tags:DTG| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

DTG’s 4k Plugfests turn spotlight on HEVC streams

by Helen Vince

The DTG’s UK UHD Forum has held its second 4k Plugfest with a focus on content streamed in 4k over satellite, IP and DTT to UHD TVs and set-top boxes. This DTG members-only event brought …

Tags:DTG| HEVC (H.265)

DTG Welcomes New Members

by Tom Allen

Asda and Roku have joined the Digital Television Group in the UK.     

Tags:DTG| Large Display Monitor| Roku| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 04

DTG Tests D-Book 7 v4

by Super User

The UK’s DTG Testing is now trialling the functionality of the D-Book 7 v4. Updates have been released to the organisation’s MHEG test suites, under the ‘beta’ status; this means that test suite licensees …

Tags:DTG| Large Display Monitor| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Work on a Common Foundation, Says DTG White Paper

by Super User

The UK’s Digital TV Group has published a white paper covering developments in the TV industry. They include the UltraHD format (including framerates, gamuts and dynamic range); video delivery to mobiles; spectrum management; connected …

Tags:DTG| DTV| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

DTG Tests Interoperability at UltraHD Testing Zoo

by Super User

The UK’s Digital Television Group has held an UltraHD HDMI interoperability plugfest, referred to as ‘the world

Tags:4k| DTG| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21