The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has welcomed the world’s first commercial deployment of the HbbTV Operator App (HbbTV OpApp) by Panasonic. The specification enables end users to access […]
ENENSYS Technologies has confirmed its membership to HbbTV, the international structure (based in Geneva) that has created and upgraded the standard for hybrid TV services (Broadcast and Broadband) available on connected TVs (Smart TV) or set-top boxes ). ENENSYS offers network operators products and solutions serving the value chain of TV content distribution, regardless of […]
Professional services company Fincons Group has partnered with audio and video watermarking technology specialist Verance Corporation to accelerate and expand the development of Next Gen TV experiences in the US and Europe. The partnership combines Fincons Group’s expertise deploying Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) applications with the Verance Aspect watermark technology, which enables Next Gen […]
LOVEStv, the joint FTA HbbTV platform sponsored by Spanish broadcasters Atresmedia, Mediaset and RTVE, has started streaming and aims to be integrated into over 2 million TV sets by year end. The platform is available on TV sets equipped with HbbTV 1.5 technology, through the main manufacturers LG, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sony and Vestelde. The […]
Entertainment technology specialist netgem.tv has launched its next-generation of smart TV service. Combining its new app-powered TV personalised service, which will be available on iOS/Android bundled with the UK’s first Freeview and 4K media streamer – the NetBox 4K -, to bring TV streaming experience to a new level for UK consumers. Promising to offer […]
HbbTV will be a key element of the new hybrid broadcast and OTT platforms currently being prepared by major European public and commercial broadcasters in countries such as Germany, France and Spain after similar moves in the UK and Italy for instance. This was confirmed by representatives of the involved broadcasters at the 7th HbbTV […]
DVB, an industry consortium that develops open interoperable technical specifications for the delivery of digital media and broadcast services, has collaborated with the HbbTV Association to create a DASH validation tool for application developers and content providers. The newly released tool conducts checks of ISO/IEC 23009-1 MPEG-DASH media presentation descriptions (MPDs) and segments to ensure […]
At the 2018 NAB Show New York, executives from FOX Television Stations; NBC and Telemundo Owned Stations Group; Univision; TEGNA (for Pearl TV), and Nexstar Media Group (for SpectrumCo) announced their collaborative effort and support for the introduction of next-generation broadcast TV standard ATSC 3.0, designed to enhance greatly over-the-air services for viewers while bringing […]
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, has announced that seven new companies have joined the industry association in the past 12 months. The new members include Google, Sky, Italian public broadcaster RAI, Greek public broadcaster […]
Tivù, the company that manages Italy’s leading free-to-view satellite TV platform tivùsat, has become the first operator to deploy an HbbTV Operator App (OpApp) together with Vewd, a global specialist in enabling OTT. tivùon, Tivù’s OpApp, creates a virtual STB with an operator’s own UI and applications to offer a more engaging and branded user […]