SK Telecom, Sinclair ATSC 3.0 JV
Korean mobile telco SK Telecom and US media company Sinclair Broadcast Group have unveiled Cast.era, a joint venture located in Arlington, Virginia focused on cloud infrastructure for broadcasting, ultra-low latency…
ATSC 3.0 set for 2020 boost
The first US consumer television receivers equipped with NEXTGEN TV capabilities are coming to retail stores later in 2020, with the announcements at CES 2020 from the biggest names in…
Video watermarking boost for Dynamic Ad Insertion
Standards-based watermarking solutions provider Verance has confirmed the availability of video watermark technology as part of its Aspect platform. The Aspect video watermark provides a high-performance, commercial implementation of the…
Fincons Group joins Deutsche TV-Plattform
Fincons Group, an IT management consultancy for the Media & Broadcast sector, through its German subsidiary Fincons.DE GmbH, has joined Deutsche TV-Plattform, the German non-profit association whose purpose, since its…
HbbTV “will deliver most next-gen TV services”
Leading players of the global connected TV industry confirmed their strong commitment and enthusiasm for the HbbTV standard as an enabler of compelling next-generation TV and video services and new…
Study: HbbTV to reach 20m German households in 2023
Amazon is the measure of all things in Germany when it comes to OTT content, suggests TeraVolt, an agency for digital TV products. Meanwhile, Google and Apple are far behind…
DVB approves DVB-I spec
Digital media and broadcast services technical specifications industry consortium DVB has confirmed the approval of its DVB-I specification by the DVB Steering Board in Geneva. It has been published as…
Dish TV India, Amazon hybrid STB
DTH provider Dish TV India has collaborated with Amazon Prime Video to offer Prime Video app to its Dish TV and d2h subscribers on its upcoming hybrid set-top box. The…
Fincons whitepaper sees benefits of ATSC 3.0
Fincons Group, an IT business consultancy with a significant footprint in media and broadcast, has published a new whitepaper to help European broadcasters understand the benefits emerging from the adoption…
Verance brings watermarking to HbbTV
In a move that will significantly expand the reach of interactive television services in markets worldwide, standards-based watermarking provider Verance has revealed plans to bring its Aspect watermarking technology to…
HbbTV publishes ADB spec
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top…
HbbTV releases Version 2019-2 of Conformance Test Suite
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and…
Sportitalia launches 4 HD channels on DTT
Italian sports broadcaster Sportitalia has launched four HD channels on DTT via HbbTV technology. Having previously offered just one sports channel in standard definition, the broadcaster is now transmitting four…
Intertrust, Vewd partner for next-gen HbbTV protection
Intertrust, a specialist in Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology, and Vewd, the smart TV OTT software provider, have announced pre-integration of XCA in Vewd Core to reduce cost and accelerate…
Freesat upgrades datacasting systems with Icareus
Icareus, the Helsinki-based broadcast and online video partner, has delivered its Icareus Playout platform to Freesat, the free-to-air satellite television service – a joint venture between the BBC and ITV.…