Advanced Television

Dolby, Philips unveil 3D HD format

Dolby Laboratories and Royal Philips have unveiled Dolby 3D, a 3D HD format and suite of technologies designed to deliver full HD 3D content to 3D-enabled devices, including glasses-free displays. The two leading companies have undertaken the joint project to improve the 3D viewing experience on displays of all sizes, including smartphones, tablets, PCs, and […]

April 13, 2012

DSO date set for South Africa

South Africa is a step closer towards migrating to a digital terrestrial television broadcasting regime, according to the Minister of Communications, Dina Pule, who has revealed that Sentech, the organisation responsible for rolling out the digital broadcasting network around the country, has now rolled out the digital network to 61 per cent of the population. […]

April 13, 2012

Boom time for German STBs

The end of analogue broadcasting (on April 30) has led to a boom in the supply and purchase of digital set-top boxes. Market research specialist GfK says that in the year to March 31st, sales are up 24 per cent, with January generating record sales up 60 per cent (y-o-y). Flat-panel TVs with built-in digital […]

April 13, 2012By Chris Forrester

LOFT LONDON SIGNS TECHNICAL PARTNERSHIP WITH WOHLER TECHNOLOGIES

Partnership Helps Digital Media Management and Distribution Facility Improve Quality Control and Monitoring NAB 2012, Las Vegas Convention Centre Booth # N5211: Loft London, a leading independent digital media facility, has partnered with Wohler Technologies to develop solutions for the monitoring, management and distribution of its client’s media, who include BBC World Service, ESPN, Red […]

April 13, 2012

Mediaset, Gol TV score UEFA rights

Mediaset Spain, the owner of Tele 5 and Cuatro, has renewed its FTA TV rights to the UEFA Europa League until 2015, while pay-DTT channel Gol TV has secured the pay-TV rights. Mediaset España has been awarded the rights to the best match each match week on a co-exclusive basis. The live match, as well […]

April 13, 2012From David del Valle in Madrid

Global iPlayer races ahead

Hot on the heels of securing the rights to an iconic sporting event – the Boat Race – the BBC has confirmed the Global BBC iPlayer has secured the rights to two more iconic sporting events from the UK – the Grand National horserace and the London Marathon. In April 2012, coverage of both will […]

April 13, 2012

2nd Kenya DTT player starts

A Chinese-financed broadcaster is due to enter Korea’s digital television scene next month. A Chinese-owned firm, Pan African Networks Group (PAN), is set to roll out its digital television transmission next month to compete with state-owned Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) which has just launched its own 11-channel DVB-T2 service on Kenya’s Signet DTT system. PAN […]

April 13, 2012By Chris Forrester

Video streaming drives US rural Internet traffic

Analysis of data aggregated from 45 US communications service providers has provided new insights into Internet application and usage patterns among rural Americans, and indicates that video streaming dominated downstream traffic, while business services generated most upstream traffic The Calix US Rural Broadband Report data was drawn from actual Internet traffic monitored in US service […]

April 13, 2012

Entropic Communications Completes Acquisition of Trident Microsystems’ Set-Top Box System-on-a-Chip Business Unit

Complementary Acquisition Significantly Expands and Diversifies Revenue and Product Mix, Accelerates Penetration in the Global Connected Home Entertainment Market Entropic Communications, Inc., a world leader in semiconductor solutions for the connected home, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Trident Microsystems’ set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) business. With the completion of this acquisition, Entropic […]

April 13, 2012