SoftAtHome, a provider of home operating platforms that helps Service Providers and Operators deliver convergent services for the digital home, has announced that its software product, SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP), has passed CAT-iq 2.0 software certification in the CETECOM laboratory, one of the official qualification laboratories of the DECT Forum. SoftAtHome is the first company […]
Home entertainment networking technology standards body the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has confired that MoCA technology is now being trialled by six service providers in Europe. MoCA suggests this strong traction in Europe comes at a time when it is increasingly being perceived by service providers worldwide as the most reliable in-home backbone for […]
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has set out new recommendations that will make television programming, picture quality and viewing comfort more enhanced. The new ITU Recommendations on 3DTV will provide the much needed tools to evaluate, make, and exchange 3DTV programmes, the UN agency said. The new standards are, according to the ITU, being submitted […]
The US’s Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has confirmed the approval of the ATSC NRT (Non-Real-Time) Content Delivery standard, a backwards-compatible enhancement to digital TV broadcasting that provides a framework for new capability for feature-rich receivers, including ‘on demand’ broadcast TV channels, more detailed programme information for the delivery of a broad range of exciting […]
Thailand will adopt the European digital video broadcasting terrestrial 2 (DVB-T2) standard for commercial digital TV service, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has confirmed The cabinet approved DVB-T2 as the digital broadcasting standard in compliance with the NBTC’s proposal. “The adoption of the technology standard is a crucial step towards the digital transition,” said […]
European consumer electronic producers, cable and satellite reception equipment industry, the live performance, content making manufacturers and cable operators are announcing the formation of a forum aimed at preserving the coexistence between devices and services when new radio services are introduced. The European Forum for Spectrum Coexistence (EFSC) calls for EU spectrum policy to ensure […]
The ITU’s research working party (ITU-R Working Party 6C) has met and agreed the parameter values for the “next two generations” of TV transmission technology. These are the (so-called) 4K and 8K UHDTV formats. The meeting took place alongside a Forum on Emerging Media Technologies in Geneva, Switzerland. David Wood, the EBU’s deputy technology and […]
Nearly two million homes face disruption to their digital TV signal because of interference from new mobile services, with fears that a government help scheme to combat the problem will fall short. Up to 10,000 homes will no longer be able to receive Freeview at all and will have to get cable or satellite TV […]
Everything Everywhere has revealed it is to push for a faster rollout of 4G networks in the UK with the 4G Britain campaign set to target business leaders and consumer heads. The Orange and T-Mobile JV is pushing to bring the UK in line with the likes of the US which already benefits from a […]
Executives from news media, publishing, TV, film, music, IT and Internet media businesses have teamed up with existing standards and licensing organisations to work in coalition on a cross-media global project that will result in better and easier management of copyright in the online world. The Linked Content Coalition (LCC) launched April 25 on the […]