ALi Corporation, a set-top-box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solution provider, has announced that its hybrid broadcast broadband TV (HbbTV) supported STB platform is ready for mass production. ALi and Opera Software will work together to bring a better HbbTV experience to ALi-based STBs. To create an optimal HbbTV experience, ALi and Opera offer a friendly interface to browse web content on [...]
The HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) consortium has announced the publication of version 1.5 of its hybrid TV specification. Building on existing standards and web technologies, the HbbTV specification provides the features and functionality required to deliver feature rich broadcast and internet TV services Version 1.5 of the HbbTV specification notably introduces support for HTTP adaptive streaming based on the [...]
The blending of traditional TV channels with Internet content is now possible for cable homes in Germany using the ‘KabelKiosk choice’ service based on the HbbTV standard developed by the German subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications. With ‘KabelKiosk choice’, Eutelsat’s KabelKiosk platform is evolving beyond its first phase as a programme delivery solution for independent cable operators. The launch of an [...]
TV programmes have come to the Internet, and the Internet has gone to mobile devices. Now the Internet is coming back to TV, and software engineers and smart TV producers are finding ways to create new “hybrid” services that bring it all together. In-Stat research forecasts that 100 million households will actively use a hybrid service delivered to their TV [...]
Divitel , an independent system integrator for professional media solutions, has confirmed their delivery of an HbbTV system to SBS Broadcasting. The HbbTV system supplied by Divitel is the first production play-out system that goes live in the Netherlands and thus fits into the strategy of SBS to use HbbTV as the standard for hybrid solutions. SBS earlier announced their [...]
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Members will be offered generic applications to deploy Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) during the Olympics and the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), when audiences peak. Three ‘white label’ interactive applications will be provided free to participating EBU Members to customise generic content for entertainment, news or sport. The applications from EBU members ARD/IRT and commercial partners [...]
GlobeCast and France 24 have confirmed they will launch a Hybrid Broadband Broadcast Television (HbbTV) trial in early 2012 with the support of Orange and SES. The service, to be offered to satellite viewers of France 24, initially in Western Europe, will add a layer of interactivity to satellite TV programming by harnessing the capability of connected TVs. Throughout 2012, [...]
GlobeCast and France 24 announced today that they will launch a Hybrid Broadband Broadcast Television (HbbTV) trial in early 2012 with the support of Orange and SES. The service, to be offered to satellite viewers of France 24, initially in Western Europe, will add a layer of interactivity to satellite TV programming by harnessing the capability of connected TVs. Throughout [...]
Following Spain’s recent formal approval of the new standard HbbTV, state-owned TV group RTVE is making a full-frontal assault on the connected TV market with the launch of several applications and the signature of agreements with electronic manufacturers to make their content available through the new smart TV sets. RTVE’s HbbTV service includes 50,000 TV programmes and series, with access through [...]
More than 20 members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have agreed to collaborate to unlock the full potential of Hybrid TV for a European roll-out of the technology in 2012. This group of public service broadcasters will exchange best practices and support one another to push through a fast, comprehensive roll-out of hybrid television services by EBU Members in [...]
