ENENSYS Technologies joins HbbTV
ENENSYS Technologies has confirmed its membership to HbbTV, the international structure (based in Geneva) that has created and upgraded the standard for hybrid TV services (Broadcast and Broadband) available on…
Fincons, Verance partner for Next Gen TV
Professional services company Fincons Group has partnered with audio and video watermarking technology specialist Verance Corporation to accelerate and expand the development of Next Gen TV experiences in the US…
LOVEStv launches in Spain
LOVEStv, the joint FTA HbbTV platform sponsored by Spanish broadcasters Atresmedia, Mediaset and RTVE, has started streaming and aims to be integrated into over 2 million TV sets by year…
netgem.tv offers best of free & pay-TV
Entertainment technology specialist netgem.tv has launched its next-generation of smart TV service. Combining its new app-powered TV personalised service, which will be available on iOS/Android bundled with the UK’s first…
HbbTV “at the heart of broadcasters’ new platforms”
HbbTV will be a key element of the new hybrid broadcast and OTT platforms currently being prepared by major European public and commercial broadcasters in countries such as Germany, France…
DVB, HbbTV release DASH validation tool
DVB, an industry consortium that develops open interoperable technical specifications for the delivery of digital media and broadcast services, has collaborated with the HbbTV Association to create a DASH validation…
US broadcast majors commit to ATSC 3.0
At the 2018 NAB Show New York, executives from FOX Television Stations; NBC and Telemundo Owned Stations Group; Univision; TEGNA (for Pearl TV), and Nexstar Media Group (for SpectrumCo) announced…
Google, Sky, RAI join HbbTV Association
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, has announced that seven…
Tivù partners with Vewd
Tivù, the company that manages Italy’s leading free-to-view satellite TV platform tivùsat, has become the first operator to deploy an HbbTV Operator App (OpApp) together with Vewd, a global specialist…
New HbbTV portals for all ProSiebenSat.1 channels
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 is rolling out the red carpet for new entertainment via HbbTV. By pressing on the red button on their remote control, viewers can open up the entertainment…
Wowza adds DASH to stream engine
Wowza Media Systems today announced support of Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) nDVR to its award-winning Wowza Streaming Engine™ software, with a new update to version 4.7.6. The support…
HbbTV releases Version 2018-2 of conformance test suite
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, has announced that its…
BBC: ‘2018 most live-streamed World Cup’
A massive 44.5 million tuned in to watch one of the most entertaining World Cup tournaments to date on the BBC this summer, according to figures released by the Corporation.…
HbbTV Association releases DASH DRM Reference Application
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, has announced the release…
Halton to step down as YouView CEO
UK hybrid digital television platform YouView has confirmed that Richard Halton will stand down as CEO at the end of 2018. Having led YouView from launch to being in three…