Eurofins Digital Testing has announced it will develop an HbbTV Application Test Centre in co-operation with Samsung Electronics for testing HbbTV Applications on HbbTV enabled TVs. ‘HbbTV Applications’ are interactive applications that deliver additional functionality such as video-on-demand and are designed to run on TVs compliant with the HbbTV specification. As the lead supporter, Samsung […]
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, today applauds NorDig for releasing specifications to support the adoption of HbbTV 2. The update represents the first steps by the region to move from HbbTV1.5 to HbbTV 2. […]
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 released test suite version 9.0 which will support the HbbTV 2 specification. The new test suite expands on the existing suite, making it 50 per cent larger with […]
RTL has implemented HbbTV testing application to its terrestrial broadcast in Croatia in cooperation with OiV, the broadcast network operator and leading provider of radio and television broadcasting in Croatia, and Mautilus, the technological leader of HbbTV application development based in the Czech Republic, to explore the HbbTV opportunities within Croatian market for RTL Hrvatska. […]
More efficient encoding (HEVC) introduced to products to help pave the way for future UHD (Ultra High Definition) services is one of the key elements of the DTG’s D-Book 9, the industry-determined, next-generation, universally-deployed specification which supports future interactive services and enables the transition towards HbbTV. Open, democratic and supportive of public policy, the D-Book […]
R-Kioski and Sanoma have launched HbbTV addressable TV campaigns with technology solutions from Digita and Icareus. Icareus provided its’ addressable TV HbbTV platform to introduce new and innovative TV advertising formats for the first time ever in Scandinavia. Sanoma is a Finnish media conglomerate operating magazines, newspapers, radio channels, pay TV and four free-to-air TV […]
Intertrust and Samsung have announced a partnership that will expand digital rights management (DRM) standardisation for digital media. Under the agreement, Samsung will ship Marlin DRM software in its HbbTV 2.0-enabled Smart TVs for users in Italy. HbbTV 2.0 is an open standard that allows adopters to combine traditional IPTV services with new OTT Internet […]
Digital UK has published an updated technical specification for connected TV service Freeview Play, setting out new features and requirements for products developed during 2017. Freeview Play combines live television with catch-up TV and on-demand services from the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and UKTV, making it easy for viewers to watch what […]
The newly published ETSI specification TS 102 796 V1.4.1 on hybrid broadcast broadband TV (HbbTV) will allow the United Kingdom and Italy to implement the latest technologies in their receivers. With the large installed base of receivers in the UK and Italy, there will be a transitional period where broadcasters will provide apps and services […]
EKT (Eagle Kingdom Technologies), a company specialised in the design and manufacturing of Set Top Box solutions and DOCSIS modems is launching a range of Operator SmartTVs that will completely change the TV landscape. It has long been a wish of some operators to bring consumers their complete content offering on the big screen without […]