With a planned multimillion dollar on-air and online awareness campaign scheduled for over the holidays and into early January 2021, US broadcast group Pearl TV and its Phoenix Model Market Partners are coordinating a multimarket consumer awareness campaign with local broadcasters who are now transmitting in digital television standard ATSC 3.0 – the so-called NEXTGEN […]
Altice Portugal has rejected claims by the National Communications Authority (Anacom) over the price the operator requested for the migration of the DTT network from the 700 MHz band. Last week, the president of Anacom said that the operation would cost less than €4 million, “substantially lower than the cost that Altice had proposed at […]
Ateme, a specialist in video delivery solutions, and The Explorers, a collaborative global media platform, have launch a new OTT channel which promotes the beauty of the world’s landscapes via the next gen codec, VVC. As a part of the global project of the planet inventory, The Explorers aim to contribute to the preservation of […]
The total cost of the migration of DTT services in Portugal to free up the 700 MHz frequencies necessary for the rollout of 5G mobile technology will cost less than €4 million. The estimate was given by the President of the National Communications Authority (Anacom), João Cadete de Matos, who pointed out that the cost […]
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA), the trade association for the video industry and ecosystem in Asia Pacific, has announced the publication of the governance framework for online curated content (OCC) services designed to deliver “concrete” commitments and standards in order to deepen discussions with APAC regulators and empower consumers. AVIA states that OCC services […]
The DTG has released the latest version of the D-Book, the only standard universally deployed in around 6 million TV receivers each year. Created with industry and updated annually, it sets out the technical interoperability requirements for digital terrestrial television in the UK, underpinning Freeview, YouView, Freesat, EE TV, BT TV and TalkTalk TV. Each […]
V-Nova, a provider of video compression solutions, has announced what it describes as “a milestone achievement” in MPEG-5 Part 2 LCEVC (Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding) being promoted to MPEG/ISO final draft international standard. V-Nova co-chaired the standard’s development and contributed to the foundational technology upon which it is built. MPEG-5 Part 2 LCEVC is […]
The European Connected TV Initiative, a move focused on exploring the advertising opportunities emanating from the growth of connected TV (CTV) in Europe, has launched with support from Google, Roku, Fincons Group and IPONWEB. Working and collaborating
At the 2020 RDK Virtual Euro Summit, RDK Management announced the availability of RDK4 – the newest generation, open source software platform used to power customer-premise equipment (CPE) for video service providers worldwide. RDK4 provides a carrier-grade software stack optimised for deploying apps and managing core technical functions of set-top boxes. “RDK4 is the culmination […]
Technicolor is partnering with Google to accelerate the development and deployment of the Google Broadcast Stack software platform onto a wide array of customer premises equipment (CPE) and consumer electronics devices used to access video services. This is the latest development in Technicolor’s Connected Home’s ongoing commitment to leverage open and innovative technologies for network […]