In what has been described as “a defining moment” for the future of television in the US, a local TV station in Cleveland is ushering in the era of Next Gen TV broadcasting with the first live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of a major professional sporting event – Major League Baseball’s World Series. Using the newly-standardised […]
It is back to square one for the Greek government seeking to auction off four TV permits to broadcast. October 26th saw Greece’s highest court (Council of State) rule that the process contravenes Greece’s Constitution. The Court ruled that the proper body to administer any broadcasting changes is the country’s National Broadcasting Council – and […]
Extensis and The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC), a global standards body of media, have announced the release of a new standard for video metadata that streamlines workflows and defines video metadata fields. The new standard is supported in Extensis’s digital asset management solution, Extensis Portfolio 2016. Michael Steidl, IPTC managing director, noted: “For many […]
Pakistan police and agents of the country’s media regulator started seizing ‘illegal’ DTH dishes and satellite set-top boxes in and around the capital Islamabad. The Associated Press of Pakistan news agency, and reported by BBC Monitoring, says the inspection teams confiscated 1762 “illegal instruments” in their raids. The equipment was being used in “illegal business” […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told a WSJ event he was in favour of AT&T’s planned $85.4 billion buy of Time Warner, provided that his streaming company ‘continued to be treated fairly.’ He said it was critical that Netflix’s content be treated the same as Time Warner’s once the deal takes effect. “The key thing is […]
The DTG hosted the inaugural meeting of the Implementation Group for Future PMSE Audio last month. Attended by DTG Members including BBC, Ofcom, Sky and Sony the meeting reflected a broad range of opinion and Mark Waddell, Lead R&D Engineer at the BBC was unanimously elected as Chair of the Group. Programme Making and Special […]
Consensus among US commentators is that the $85 billion+ tie-up will face a tough regulatory battle with corporate opponents and consumer groups complaining the new group will wield too much market power. The deal will be the first and big test of the next president’s antitrust policy. Donald Trump he would block the deal if […]
Pakistan’s media regulator (PEMRA) has started taking action on Indian channels being carried Pakistan’s cable operators and those selling ‘grey’ market Indian satellite STBs which are being imported into the country. BBC Monitoring is reporting that PEMRA teams have taking action against 125 cable operators and seized their illegal equipment. PEMRA Chairman Absar Alam during […]
Peter Oggel, VP Product Management for Irdeto, talks about RDK and its benefits for rapid innovation and service introduction and how it can benefit all players in the ecosystem no matter how large or small. [bitsontherun vo2gBae3-hLYU43gg]
The Local Government Association is calling on the government to include a social tariff in its universal service obligation for broadband. The subsidy would give low-income families a basic service of at least 10Mbps, it said. According to an LGA report, one in four adults lacks basic online skills. The body does not specify what […]