UK Communications Minister Ed Vaizey said a fund has been set up to collect an ‘interference fund’ from mobile companies who are bidding for 4G mobile spectrum. The new networks will allow home broadband speeds to be delivered to mobile phones, but will cause some interference to existing TV signals. Most users will be able […]
Information, entertainment and communications industry standards body ATIS has confirmed that its Cloud Services Forum (CSF) has released the CDN Interconnection Use Cases and Requirements for Multicast-Based Content Distribution (ATIS-0200004) standards document. This ATIS Standard provides a description of Multicast as a means for distributing content across two Content Distribution Network CDN Providers. It identifies […]
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) members have warned that the Radio Spectrum Policy Programme’s (RSPP) balanced approach in spectrum management might be put at risk at this year’s World Radio Conference (WRC-12) which is currently taking place in Geneva. The RSPP – to be approved this week by the European Parliament – is Europe’s five-year policy […]
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) – a partnership between ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC – has unveiled its new Technical and Metadata Standards for File-based programme delivery in the UK. Through the DPP, seven major broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Channel 5, S4C and UKTV), have all agreed the UK’s first common file […]
The Philippines government will decide on its digital terrestrial TV operating system by mid-2012, according to local reports. The choice, between Europe’s DVB, the USA’s ATSC or the Japanese ISDB standard, is needed in order to start the nation’s migration from analogue to digital broadcasting. Gamaliel A. Cordoba, head of the nation’s National Telecommunications Commission, […]
Having earlier described the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) anti-piracy measures as threats to the openness, freedom, and innovation of the Internet, and supported the actions of websites which went ‘dark’ Wednesday January 18th in protest at the legislation, US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman […]
The biggest auction of space on the British airwaves is to be held towards the end of 2012, when telecoms companies will bid to acquire the spectrum they need to enable a mass uptake in the use of bandwidth-hungry smartphones and tablets. At least 98 per cent of the UK population would have access to […]
ACCESS, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, has announced the availability of NetFront Browser NX 2.0 DTV Profile, an advanced new WebKit-based HTML5 browser that features extremely efficient memory usage, high stability, high portability and comprehensive support for DTV and IPTV standards including HbbTV, BBC iPlayer, […]
Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) has unanimously rejected a request by mobile telephony operator 3 Italia (H3G) to switch its DVB-H frequencies (for mobile TV) to DVB-T (for digital terrestrial TV). The regulator’s decision was based on the existing legislation, as there is no legal basis to authorise the exchange of frequencies. Also, the destination of […]
According to the Ofcom’s Draft 2012/13 Annual Plan, next-generation mobile networks won’t be “widely available” for another three years at least. The 800MHz band required for 4G is currently being used for terrestrial TV broadcasts, but the digital switchover means it can now be assigned for mobile broadband use. These spectrums will be auctioned off […]