The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has announced that NBCUniversal have signed the ASEAN Subscription Video-on-Demand Industry Content Code, joining other industry players including ASTRO, dimsum, DOONEE, HOOQ, iflix, iWant, Netflix, tonton and TVB. The Content Code, first released in June 2018, is a self-regulatory framework that aims to ensure the commitment of online streaming […]
The DTG has released the latest version of the D-Book, the only universally deployed technical standard for TV and DTT in the UK. The D-Book is updated annually with the collaboration of industry, underpinning Freeview, YouView, Freesat, EE TV, BT TV and TalkTalk TV. Requirements that are no longer necessary have been removed from D-Book […]
Synamedia, the independent video software provider, and Triveni Digital, a provider of programme guide and metadata management, data broadcasting and service quality assurance solutions for broadcasters and service providers, have announced their partnership to enable customers to seamlessly transition to ATSC 3.0. Also announced is their current deployment with a major US television production company. […]
As broadcasters converge on Manhattan this week for NAB Show New York, the Phoenix Model Market partners and Pearl TV have revealed several developments that will positively impact the deployment of NEXTGEN TV signals throughout the USA. A second transmission facility for NEXTGEN TV broadcasts in Phoenix, AZ is planned for later in 2019 that […]
At the NAB Show New York, much of the buzz will be about the new Internet Protocol-based broadcast TV standard that will power NEXTGEN TV, with ATSC 3.0 discussion taking centre stage throughout the exhibition. The Advanced Television Systems Committee – an international, non-profit organisation developing voluntary standards for digital television – will highlight the […]
3Lettronica Industriale and Prima TV have teamed up to jointly manage a network of nearly 1,000 DTT transmitters in Italy. The two partners will offer interested broadcasters the possibility of transmitting their TV channels in the new DVB-T2 standard. Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development has already given its approval and assigned to the consortium one […]
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 of ATSC 3.0 across the US. The aim of the whitepaper is to serve as a guide to European broadcasters to ensure they are equipped […]
DTT network operator Odašiljači i veze (OiV) has requested a postponement of the DVB-T MPEG-2 switchoff in favour of the DVB-T2 HEVC system from May 25th 2020 to June 5th 2020. In the request submitted to the Croatian Regulatory Agency for Network Activities (HAKOM), OiV said this was in order to avoid any problems that […]
In advance of ATSC-3.0 IP-enabled broadcast transmission in 2020, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced NEXTGEN TV as the go-to-market name for the television technology. In coordination with broadcasting companies, device manufacturers and standards engineers at CTA’s Technology & Standards Fall Forum, the association also unveiled the NEXTGEN TV logo for devices meeting newly […]
The DPP, the media industry’s business network, has released its latest DPP Recommendation for broadcasters and service providers. Recommendation DPP001 – Live IP Profiles is designed to be used for the contribution of live IP content to broadcasters, and distribution of transmission-ready channels and OTT content across IP networks. ‘Recommendation DPP001 – Live IP Profiles’ […]