Wyplay, creator of software solutions for pay-TV operators, has announced Frog by Wyplay, an initiative aiming to free all players in the TV ecosystem from being locked into proprietary solutions. Thanks to Frog by Wyplay, the full source code of Wyplay’s flexible set-top box middleware and backend add-ons — already being deployed to more than […]
UK regulator Ofcom has published a consultation on how TV ‘white space’ devices – technologies which exploit gaps in radio spectrum that sit between frequency bands – can coexist with services in and adjacent to 470 MHz to 790 MHz (the UHF TV band). Use of these white spaces allows devices to transmit and receive […]
HDMI Forum, a non-profit, mutual benefit corporation, has confirmed the release of Version 2.0 of the HDMI Specification. This latest HDMI Specification, the first to be developed by the HDMI Forum, offers a significant increase in bandwidth (up to 18Gbps) to support new features such as 4K@50/60 (2160p), which is 4 times the clarity of […]
Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has confirmed the public availability of an open source H.265 (HEVC) encoder. The new x265 project is aimed at the creation of the world’s most efficient, highest quality H.265 codec. Conceived by Telestream, the x265 project was co-founded and is being managed by the company’s […]
US digital TV standards body the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has received 10 initial proposals from 19 organisations for the Physical Layer of the new ‘ATSC 3.0’ broadcast television standard. With higher capacity to deliver Ultra High-Definition services, robust reception on mobile devices and improved efficiency, the new ATSC 3.0 standard is expected to […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, is to license the HbbTV Logo to consumer electronics manufacturers. Any vendor selling an HbbTV device is now able to use the Logo on their device to indicate compatibility […]
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone says it has developed compression software (an encoder engine) with the world’s highest-level compression performance that is fully compliant with the Main/Main10 profile of the next-generation “H.265/HEVC” (High Efficiency Video Coding) video coding standard. The H.265 technology will ease mobile data congestion, hold down network operator investment costs, provide users with […]
MPEG LA, which handles licensing for the core MPEG/MPEG2 patents, has filed a suit in Florida claiming that Motorola Mobility “wilful infringements” of the MPEG-2 compression standard. The filing, made in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleges that Motorola Mobility supplied set-top boxes which used the MPEG-2 standard yet were […]
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the industry association for digital television in the UK, has confirmed the launch of the UK UHD Forum. Co-chaired by Chris Johns, Chief Engineer, Broadcast Strategy at BSkyB and Andy Quested, the BBC’s Head of Technology for BBC HD and UHDTV, the group will co-ordinate UK requirements to build a […]
Following the completion of the country’s digital switchover, Australian free-to-air television is planning its next technological evolution combining broadcasting and the Internet. Freeview Australia – the industry grouping comprising free-to-air licensees Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service, Seven Network, Nine Network, Network Ten, Prime Media Group and Southern Cross Broadcasting – is working with the […]