US trade body the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and its member companies have launched the official industry display definition and logo for 8K Ultra High-Definition (UHD) televisions – for use beginning with 2020 model products – to help retailers and consumers identify products that meet the technology industry’s 8K Ultra HD requirements. The logo and […]
Croatian tower and DTT network operator Odasiljaci i veze (OiV) has activated the new M2 multiplex in the DVB-T2 system with the H.265/HEVC video coding standard. The first broadcasts are available from the Sljeme transmitter near Zagreb, using UHF channel K40. Simulcasts in DVB-T and DVB-T2 will continue until July 1st 2020, when the existing […]
The EBU has partnered with end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services specialist Eurofins Digital Testing to ensure that future high-quality broadcast content can be properly displayed and enjoyed on consumer TV sets. In an effort to give clarity to both broadcasters and consumers, the EBU has published a set of key distribution parameters (EBU […]
The negative impacts of high spectrum prices on consumers can no longer be disputed, according to a new report by trade body the GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. The report, The Impact of Spectrum Prices on Consumers, confirms that countries with poor spectrum policies – which either inflate spectrum or delay […]
Media technology and services specialist MediaKind is launching the MediaKind Universe Alliance, describing it as an innovative technology partnership programme which gives content providers, service providers, and operators access to complete solutions that combine technologies and services from MediaKind with leading partners in Cloud and other offerings. According to the company, it enables critical industry […]
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 boxes, has published the HbbTV specification for phase 2 of application discovery over broadband (ADB). This specification has been developed for markets in which set-top […]
The 8K Association (8KA), the cross-industry group focused on facilitating the growth of the 8K ecosystem, has confirmed that key performance attributes for 8K televisions have been defined as part of the 8KA technical programme. Performance criteria were created in concert with the association’s membership which include leading consumer electronics brands, panel manufacturers and other […]
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 set-top boxes, is pleased to announce that the HbbTV Testing Group has published a new version of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite. The new version […]
Portugal’s National Communications Authority (Anacom) has defined the timetable for the release of the 700 MHz band, currently used for DTT, for the implementation of 5G mobile telephony. The change, which will have to be implemented by DTT network operator Meo (Altice Portugal), will be done over a six-month period, starting in the south of […]
IAB Europe, the European-level industry association for the digital marketing and advertising ecosystem, in partnership with IAB Tech Lab, has announced the launch of the second iteration of the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF). The TCF is an industry tool that supports companies within the digital advertising ecosystem as they manage their compliance obligations under […]