The ITU’s research working party (ITU-R Working Party 6C) has met and agreed the parameter values for the “next two generations” of TV transmission technology. These are the (so-called) 4K and 8K UHDTV formats. The meeting took place alongside a Forum on Emerging Media Technologies in Geneva, Switzerland. David Wood, the EBU’s deputy technology and development director, chairs the WP6C [...]
Nearly two million homes face disruption to their digital TV signal because of interference from new mobile services, with fears that a government help scheme to combat the problem will fall short. Up to 10,000 homes will no longer be able to receive Freeview at all and will have to get cable or satellite TV if they do not already [...]
Everything Everywhere has revealed it is to push for a faster rollout of 4G networks in the UK with the 4G Britain campaign set to target business leaders and consumer heads. The Orange and T-Mobile JV is pushing to bring the UK in line with the likes of the US which already benefits from a range of next-generation high-speed 4G [...]
Executives from news media, publishing, TV, film, music, IT and Internet media businesses have teamed up with existing standards and licensing organisations to work in coalition on a cross-media global project that will result in better and easier management of copyright in the online world. The Linked Content Coalition (LCC) launched April 25 on the eve of World Intellectual Property [...]
Following more than 10 months of comprehensive testing in urban and rural areas in and around Cambridge, England, the Cambridge TV White Spaces Consortium, which comprises leading international and UK technology and media companies, has successfully demonstrated the potential of television white spaces. The consortium explored and measured a range of applications — rural wireless broadband, urban pop-up coverage and [...]
The Italian government has confirmed the adoption of the DVB-T2 standard for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) reception equipment, from January 1st 2015. Both stand-alone and integrated decoders will have to be compatible with the DVB-T2 standard, and from July 1st 2015 will become the only ones that can be sold on the Italian market. The change has become essential as [...]
AirTies Wireless Networks, the innovative supplier of advanced technology to the Broadcast and Broadband industry, hasreceived ISO 9001 certification. ISO 9001:2008 is a globally recognised international quality management standard that aims to enhance customer satisfaction by ensuring that companies adhere to regulatory requirements and have mechanisms in place for continued system-wide improvement. AirTies CEO, Bulent Celebi, commented, “Receiving this accreditation [...]
Sky Italia, the Italian satellite TV unit of News Corp, is considering taking part in an upcoming auction of television frequencies according to its chief executive. “It’s still early to say,” Andrea Zappia told Italy’s Il Sole 24 Ore. “We will decide … only when all the details are known.” The Rome government said this week a competitive auction of [...]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has joined 12 other international broadcasting bodies in founding the landmark Future of Broadcast Television (FOBTV) initiative in at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. FOBTV stresses the unique attributes of terrestrial broadcasting as a flexible and efficient means of wireless media delivery. Its participants want to facilitate the evolution of broadcasting technology to ensure [...]
Broadcom has announced the BCM7014, the industry’s most integrated single chip standard definition MPEG2 cable set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution. Broadcom’s new platform is designed to accelerate India’s cable TV digitisation initiative by providing a cost-efficient system capable of rapid, wide-scale deployment. For more news, visit Broadcom’s Newsroom. Broadcom’s technology can quickly transition India’s 94 million analog cable TV [...]
