Enensys Technologies, a provider of media delivery solutions, has announced a major update of its AdsReach Regional solution, enabling local ad insertion for linear TV broadcast networks.Mainly targeting DTT operators using statistical multiplexing (STATMUX) in their broadcast chain, this new update provides Variable Bitrate (VBR) insertion guaranteeing that viewers do not see quality changes when […]
Standard definition TV transmissions are set to cease in Spain by January 1st 2023. HD migration must be completed by this date if they wish to keep remain on the air, according to the legal obligation announced on BOE (Boletín Oficial del Estado), the Government’s official bulletin. “All TV channels, whatever their coverage scope, must […]
After a long delay compared to neighbouring countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina finally kicked off its analogue TV switch-off process in the last days of 2021. The first DVB-T2 transmitters (Grdonj/Sarajevo, Udrigovo/Majevica and Kozara) were activated, covering the cities of Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Prijedor, Bijeljina and Brcko. In November, VidiTV was granted a DTT network operator […]
The DVB Steering Board has approved specification updates that introduce capabilities to deliver 8K UHD video services for the first time. These updates, extending existing support for the HEVC codec, are the first step in a series of key additions planned for the DVB video coding specifications. These will ensure that DVB continues to provide […]
Late on November 17th, Irdeto – perhaps significantly a Netherlands-based company – became the first in our sector to declare it was pulling out of IBC 2021. It was soon followed by Viaccess-Orca. By Friday afternoon (November 19th) they had been joined by Broadpeak, Black Magic, DVB, Grass Valley, Xytech and more. Synamedia, still in […]
Redge Media video software and Beacon STB hardware have come partnered together to decrease time to market and deployment costs. The partnership will cover primarily the Android and RDK ecosystems for online or hybrid environments. Redge Media is the comprehensive technology platform for building online TV. For Video Delivery it provides encoders, origin, CDN, Multi-DRM […]
Sofia Digital continues its fruitful co-operation with the DVB Project, which is an industry-led consortium of the world’s leading media and technology companies working together to design open technical specifications for digital media delivery. The new project involves the DVB-I standard (I for Internet), creating a central service list registry implementation to speed up the […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI will discontinue DVB-T MPEG-2 broadcasts for nine of its thematic TV channels from October 20th. The change will affect Rai 4, Rai 5, Rai Movie, Rai Yoyo, Rai Sport+ HD, Rai Storia, Rai Gulp, Rai Premium and Rai Scuola, which will all switch to DVB-T MPEG-4 encoding. For the time being, […]
ENENSYS Technologies, a provider of media delivery solutions, has announced SatXpress, a new professional and advanced satellite modulation solution for your server-based broadcast systems. SatXpress is a PCIe board that performs a highly efficient and high data rate DVB-S/SNG/S2/S2X modulation process for your professional DVB transmissions. The state-of-the-art SatXpress PCIe Modulator covers all DVB satellite transmissions […]
Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development has presented a roadmap in which it proposes the postponement of the DTT switchover from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 from September 1st 2021 to the September 1st 2022. The decision comes after both the Italian government and broadcasters realized that it is not possible to meet the initial deadlines. According to […]