Digital TV Labs, which provides independent, specialised receiver conformance products and services, has announced that it is the first HbbTV test centre officially registered by the HbbTV Consortium. The Consortium announced the release of the official HbbTV 1.1.1 Test Suite in August this year, key to HbbTV certification. Digital TV Labs is the first lab […]
Aston, the digital TV veteran, is leading in integrating HbbTV technology. Its new platform is based on MStar’s K2 secure chipset and integrates Viaccess-Orca’s latest technology: ACS 5.0. Presented in a DVB-S2 single tuner version, this platform allows use of the new services and HbbTV content offered by an increasing number of operators all over […]
Aston, historic actor on the digital TV market for over 20 years, provided a sneak- preview at the IBC, showcasing a new technical platform integrating HbbTV technology. This new technical platform is based on MStar’s K2 secure chipset and integrates Viaccess-Orca’s latest technology: ACS 5.0. Aston also provided an exclusive demonstration of a multi-room solution […]
Alticast, an expert in interactive TV open standard solutions and Icareus, a company providing products for a better TV experience, have conducted HbbTV trials at TVP in Warsaw, Poland. The success of these trials demonstrate the viability of HbbTV for public television in Poland and the capabilities of both the Icareus CS100 play-out carousel & […]
GlobeCast and FRANCE 24 will expand their exploratory Hybrid Broadband Broadcast Television (HbbTV) service to the Middle East in the autumn with the support of Orange and Arabsat. The service, to be offered to satellite viewers of FRANCE 24 in the Middle East, follows a European deployment begun earlier this year with SES. The project […]
TDF Media Services, the TDF business unit dedicated to providing innovative solutions for the media industry, has announced the launch of the first end-to-end HbbTV platform. This comprehensive brand new platform for broadcasters and media companies is able to support any kind of video-based hybrid TV services. Thanks to the HbbTV technologies, it is now […]
ASTON, historic actor on the digital TV market for over 20 years, is providing a sneak-preview at the IBC, showcasing a new technical platform integrating HbbTV technology. This new technical platform is based on MStar’s K2 secure chipset and integrates Viaccess-Orca’s latest technology: ACS 5.0. ASTON is also providing an exclusive demonstration of a multi-room […]
The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) and the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) Consortium have announced their collaboration on the testing of technologies common to IPTV and enhanced broadcast environments. These include testing the Declarative Application Environment (colloquially referred to as the “OIPF browser”) and the Media Formats specifications that are currently being implemented in retail […]
The HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) consortium has announced the first release of its HbbTV Test Suite. Covering a wide selection of aspects of the HbbTV 1.1.1 specification, the Test Suite will be used as part of the HbbTV Certification Program. The HbbTV Test Suite represents more than a year’s work from leaders from across […]
The commercial deployment of the MPEG-DASH (dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP) standard is one step closer with the first live public trial, presented by Belgian public broadcaster VRT. The DASH Promoters Group, supported by the European Broadcasting Union, is facilitating live MPEG-DASH streaming of the 2012 London Olympics, with DRM content protection, to demonstrate the […]