IPTV industry body The OIPF (Open IPTV Forum) have announced the election of Dr Nilo Mitra as their new President. The announcement was made at the OIPF General Assembly hosted by Telecom Italia in Venice. New York based Dr Mitra is Engineering Director (Systems) at Ericsson and has been involved with the OIPF since foundation […]
ACCESS CO. a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, announced today that its NetFront Life Connect app has been Certified by the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) under its new Software Certification program. NetFront Life Connect allows users to seamlessly access, play and contro l digital media […]
A Brazilian trade delegation is about to visit a number of African countries, and to try and persuade broadcasting authorities to take its hybrid ISDB-T digital television transmission system. Angola and Botswana are firmly on the schedule, and Namibia, Zambia and the Congo are included on the wish list. According to Brazilian sources, the delegation […]
The HomePNA Alliance has confirmed that its technology standard has been approved by the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) for incorporation into the next version of its Networked Device Interoperability Guidelines. “There are a large number of products available to deliver and consume digital content throughout today’s connected home. DLNA Certification gives service providers a […]
A joint delegation of digital TV standards consortium DVB and European Union representatives has met with The Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to present the technical superiority of DVB-T2 over what it describes as the ‘dated’ Japanese ISDB-T system. The economic advantages and the benefits of the economies of scale were also set out. The […]
Chinese Television IT services provider China Television Information Technology Company, or CTVIT, has joined the Marlin Partner Program (MPP). The MPP is a technology solutions development and marketing program consisting of over 40 leading technology solutions providers and system integrators who provide solutions based on the open Marlin DRM standard. CTVIT’s joining the MPP is […]
The BBC has revealed it is testing HD adaptive streaming for connected devices. Andy Armstrong Technical Architect for Programmes and On Demand says in a blog that adaptive bit rate HTTP streaming may be the candidate technology that supports this aim. The test is using Wimbledon feeds and the BBC will be using Adobe HTTP […]
Rovi and LG Electronics have signed multi-year licencing agreements that expand their relationship and provide further integration of DivX technology into a wider range of consumer electronics devices. LG’s latest agreements support its plans to continue to promote the technology on devices beyond Blu-ray Disc players, to ultimately include HDTVs, in-car players, set-top boxes, tablets […]
Media Broadcast, a company of the TDF Group and a European service provider to the broadcast and media industry, has been selected by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) to conduct a DVB-T2 technical trial in the city state. This technical trial sets the groundwork to enable free-to-air digital terrestrial TV reception using the […]
State Micro Technology Corporation (SMiT), a global CAM manufacturer, has joined the CI Plus LLP as its seventh partner. In August 2009, SMiT became the first CAM manufacturer to commercially launch CI PLUS CAMs for Ziggo, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands. Since then, SMiT has successfully completed integration of CI Plus standard into […]