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NEXTGEN TV to reach 75% of US households

Another prominent television manufacturer is joining the NEXTGEN TV vendor roster, with the news  that TCL is planning new TV models equipped with integrated NEXTGEN TV capability. More than 100 NEXTGEN TV products will be available for US consumers in 2024. The Consumer Technology Association announced industry results for 2023 sales and projections for the […]

January 9, 2024By Colin Mann

Irish regulator designates video-sharing platform services

Coimisiún na Meán, Ireland’s new body for regulating broadcasters, on-demand services, and online media, and supporting media development, has published details of the designation of ten services as named video-sharing platform services. The designation process for these services was completed during December 2023. The designated services are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube • Udemy […]

January 9, 2024By Colin Mann

Samsung Gaming Hub partner accessory programme

Samsung Electronics has revealed details of the ‘Designed for Samsung Gaming Hub’ programme that will be showcased at CES2024. The objective of the programme is to work with leading gaming accessory companies to drive the next generation of best-in-class partner products for the Samsung Gaming Hub, Samsung’s game streaming platform. In addition, the company announced […]

January 8, 2024

Italy: RAI seeks postponement of DVB-T2 switchover

Italy’s state broadcaster RAI is vigorously lobbying the government to postpone the January 10th 2024 deadline for switching one of its three national DTT multiplexes to DVB-T2. While technically prepared for the transition, RAI general director Giampaolo Rossi is deeply concerned about excluding millions of viewers during the upcoming Euro 2024 football tournament and Paris […]

December 21, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Ofcom reveals most complained about programmes

During 2023, Ofcom received 69,236 complaints about 9,638 issues. It  completed 57 broadcast standards investigations; it found in 35 of these cases that its rules had been broken. During 2023, audience complaints about standards on TV continued to make the headlines with news coverage of the Israel Gaza conflict, the Coronation of King Charles and […]

December 21, 2023By Colin Mann

NEXTGEN TV reaches 22% US homes

As the broadcast and consumer electronics industries prepare for CES 2024 in Las Vegas in January, Pearl TV, the consortium of US broadcast companies leading the nation’s transition to NEXTGEN TV, and its network partners, have revealed that since the NEXTGEN TV rollout commenced in 2020, broadcasters have driven nearly 18 per cent year-over-year growth in […]

December 21, 2023By Colin Mann

Europe’s broadcasters retain UHF band

Broadcasting will remain the only primary service in the frequency band 470–694 MHz across ITU Region 1, which includes Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Asia. The decision, taken at the ITU World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-23) in Dubai, is a boost to EBU Members, who rely on the UHF band for terrestrial television […]

December 18, 2023By Colin Mann

GB News in further Ofcom breach

An Ofcom investigation has found that an episode of The Live Desk, which aired on GB News on July 7th 2023, broke broadcasting due impartiality rules. The programme promoted a GB News branded campaign, ‘Don’t Kill Cashʼ. The campaign called on viewers to sign a petition for Government to introduce legislation to protect the status […]

December 18, 2023By Colin Mann

Report: HEVC poised for significant growth

HEVC is a codec of choice in the streaming industry, according to a report commissioned by InterDigital, a mobile and video technology research and development company, and written by market research firm Futuresource. The report, Spotlight on HEVC: The Codec of Choice for the Video Streaming Industry, looks at HEVC’s development, how it enables higher quality video […]

December 7, 2023

Report: Wi-Fi 7 on fast track

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) reports that Wi-Fi 6, 6E and 7 top the list of wireless technologies that network operators, ISPs, device and chipset vendors, enterprises and other companies plan to deploy by the end of 2024 — ahead of CBRS, DAS and private 4G/5G. Furthermore, confidence in investment across the sector is rising […]

November 30, 2023