There are a couple of satellite builders looking to build ‘rescue tugs’ in order to provide help for ailing satellites. Now DARPA (the USA’s Defense Research Projects Agency) is looking to set standards and practices for future on-orbit satellite servicing. Most of the world’s major satellite operators are looking at contracting with one or other […]
US trade group the Computer & Communications Industry Association has submitted a white paper to the FCC that offers a way to bridge the gap between the FCC’s plan to bring competition to TV set-top boxes and its opponents. According to the CCIA, the alternative apps plan offered by the cable industry and others would […]
GlobalPlatform has published updates to its Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) Initial Configuration v1.1 and Test Suite v2.0 for functional compliance and in parallel has launched a Security Test Suite. Together these will enhance TEE interoperability and security and make it easier for TEE vendors to ensure compliance against GlobalPlatform’s Device Specification. The TEE is a […]
Multiscreen video and revenue enablement solutions provider Imagine Communications has joined the LiveIP project, a collaboration of Belgian public broadcasting company VRT and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), as a technology partner. Through participation in this forward-looking industry collaboration, Imagine Communications joins forces with other innovative companies to advance the adoption of IP-based media solutions […]
South Korea has selected the ATSC 3.0 standard for the country’s ultra-high-definition television broadcasting set to launch in February 2017. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said it preferred ATSC 3.0, developed by standards body the Advanced Television Systems Committee, for UHD TV broadcasting over the Europe-based DVB-T2 standard. UHD TVs manufactured by […]
AIMS has announced that Riedel Communications is the latest media technology company to join the alliance. Riedel Communications is a specialist in real-time networks for audio video and communications applications; in particular, digital audio matrix systems and fibre-based real-time media network technology. “By joining the Alliance for IP Media Solutions, we extend our product’s format […]
AIMS has announced that Deltacast and Florical Systems are the latest in a fast growing number of key television broadcast technology companies to join the alliance, and align themselves with an open standards based approach to transitioning to an IP based workflow. Belgium based Deltacast develops and manufactures state-of-the-art products for the professional digital video […]
Digital TV standards body the DVB has confirmed that Peter MacAvock, currently Head of Delivery, Platforms and Services at EBU Technology & Innovation, has been elected to the role of DVB Chairman. At the 83rd meeting of the Steering Board, MacAvock was chosen to take over from Phil Laven who has served in the position […]
The FTTH Council Europe has welcomed the 5G Manifesto, published by the European Commission, which seeks to ensure that Europe is at the forefront of 5G evolutions. The FTTH Council Europe participated as an observer in the process leading up to the creation of the 5G Manifesto and says it is pleased to note the […]
SoftAtHome, a software provider for operator CPE devices enabling convergent services for the digital home, has joined the prpl Foundation to work together with the open source community in order to build carrier-grade features into home gateways. The prpl Foundation is an ‘open-source, community-driven, collaborative, non-profit foundation’ with a focus on enabling next-generation datacenter-to-device portable […]