BBC Research & Development will conduct its first public demonstration of DVB-T2-Lite, the new T2 profile which will enable cost reduced receiver implementations for applications such as mobile broadcasting, at the IBC show in Amsterdam on 9-13 September. DVB-T2-Lite is the latest version of the DVB-T2 specification, the technology standard that enabled High Definition on […]
Brazil’s senate last week passed new rules and regulations that cover telecommunications and the media in general. In essence Brazil has set quotas, although the new Bill (no. 116) has yet to be endorsed by Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff. It is suggested that foreign capital investments are relaxed. The new rules forbid vertical integration of […]
The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally found that Sky’s control over pay-TV movie rights in the UK is restricting competition between pay-TV providers, leading to higher prices and reduced choice and innovation for subscribers. Sky has for many years held exclusively the rights to the movies of all six major Hollywood studios in the […]
BBC Monitoring is reporting that the president of Turkmenistan has ordered that all satellite dishes must be removed from houses and buildings. The president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, has ordered his deputy prime minister in charge of transport and communication issues to remove satellite dishes installed on houses and buildings in capital city Asgabat and other major […]
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has criticised the proposed fees charged by RTÉ to allow channels of other stations to be broadcast on its free digital TV service Saorview. The BAI expressed concern that the prospect of any new channels being made available could be impacted by the proposed cost structure charged by the state […]
The Italian Antitrust Authority has decided to expand its investigation into Sky Italia’s dominant position with particular attention to the broadcaster’s transmission of the UEFA Champions League, which can only be watched on a pay-per-view basis. The inquiry will be in addition to the on-going investigation on the purchase of the TV rights to the […]
The ban on the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 across Europe has been temporarily lifted while a court looks at whether the original ruling was appropriate. The ban was won in Germany following a patent filing by Apple which accused Samsung of “slavishly” copying the design of its iPad.But questions have been raised over […]
The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has launched development of a 3D broadcast TV standard that will provide methods for transmission of 3DTV content to both fixed and mobile devices, the standards development organisation has confirmed. “The addition of 3DTV over-the-air TV broadcast transmission is part of our ongoing effort to expand the capabilities of […]
BBC Monitoring is reporting that Iranian members of a group which manufactured and distributed satellite reception equipment were arrested and some 2,200 satellite receivers were seized in the city of Kerman by Iranian police. “The intelligence officers of Kerman Township’s Police Headquarters identified this group after carrying out some intelligence measures. They discovered more than […]
ActiveVideo Networks, the creator of the CloudTV platform, has filed for an injunction against Verizon Communications to prevent what it says is the continued, unlawful use of ActiveVideo’s intellectual property in Verizon’s FiOS TV service. The requested injunction, intended to protect ActiveVideo’s rights as the inventor of technology in the delivery of advanced television applications […]