Fifteen industry-leading multichannel video providers and device manufacturers that deliver service to more than 90 million American households are launching an unprecedented Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement that will result in annual residential electricity savings of $1.5 billion or more as the commitment is fully realised, US industry trade bodies the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) […]
Intel Corporation has joined the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) as a Promoter member. Jim Crammond, Chief Technology Officer of Gateway Solutions within Intel’s Service Provider Division, will represent Intel on the Board of Directors. Intel has been a Contributor level member for a number of years and has been instrumental in helping the Alliance […]
The launch of Europe’s first consumer ‘white space’ devices has moved a step closer as Ofcom publishes consultation proposals for a framework to exploit the technology in the UK. A white space device uses gaps in radio spectrum, called ‘white spaces’, which exist in between frequency bands that have been reserved for TV broadcasting. Use […]
A media industry project aimed at making content more accessible and user-friendly is pressing ahead with its plans to create the basis for a universally recognisable way to communicate rights information for online content. The objective of the Linked Content Coalition (LCC) is to create something that would achieve what the banking sector’s ‘IBAN’ achieves. […]
Yahsat is supplying an all-HDTV service by satellite over the Middle East. Its CEO, Mohamed Youssif, told the BroadcastPro summit in Dubai that HDTV was the new TV standard and fast gaining acceptance in the Middle East. Yahsat is now transmitting more than 40 HDTV channels. “Television technology rolls in twenty year cycles. Two decades […]
George Entwistle, who took office as Director-General of the BBC as recently as September 17th, has resigned from the post in the wake of controversy surrounding editorial standards following the handling of alleged child abuse revelations in current affairs programme Newsnight. In a statement, Entwistle, who had worked at the BBC since 1989, said: “In […]
Farncombe and Intertrust Technologies have confirmed the implementation of a common encryption system for IP multicast. The move potentially enables IPTV companies to adopt a ‘Simulcrypt’ model over their networks combining both Conditional Access (CA) and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies – thereby enabling seamless secure content distribution to a variety of devices using different […]
Continuing to expand the reach and diversity of its Membership, CASBAA has welcomed Corporate Members VTC from Vietnam and Sky Net of Myanmar, as well as Hong Kong’s TMS and the Motion Picture Association. Patron Member upgrades have also been registered by satellite operator Eutelsat of Paris and Sky News Australia in Sydney. “The CASBAA […]
ALi Corporation, a set-top-box solution provider, has announced that ALi and MNITI have agreed to join forces on introducing a reference STB solution to assist Russian STB manufacturers in the deployment of digital terrestrial television adopting the DVB-T2 standard. MNITI, Moscow Scientific-Research Television Institute, is the leading organisation in Russia in the field of television […]
The UK’s major mobile network operators have revealed they have made further progress in speeding up the deployment of 4G mobile phone services in the 800 MHz frequency band vacated by the Digital Switchover, and will ensure that consumers continue to receive clear Freeview TV signals. A joint statement from comms regulator Ofcom, the Government […]