Advanced Television

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Inaugral meeting of DTG’s PMSE Group elects Chair

The DTG hosted the inaugural meeting of the Implementation Group for Future PMSE Audio last month. Attended by DTG Members including BBC, Ofcom, Sky and Sony the meeting reflected a broad range of opinion and Mark Waddell, Lead R&D Engineer at the BBC was unanimously elected as Chair of the Group. Programme Making and Special […]

October 25, 2016

Irdeto talks about RDK and rapid innovation

Peter Oggel, VP Product Management for Irdeto, talks about RDK and its benefits for rapid innovation and service introduction and how it can benefit all players in the ecosystem no matter how large or small.   [bitsontherun vo2gBae3-hLYU43gg]

October 24, 2016

Tech giants back open data centre standard

IBM, Google and seven other tech groups are cooperating to launch an open spec that could boost data centre server performance by up to ten times and break Intel’s hold on the market, reports Reuters. Open Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (OpenCAPI), is an open forum to provide a high bandwidth, low latency open interface design […]

October 14, 2016

Industry releases ATSC 3.0 planning guide

Station groups representing nearly 400 US TV broadcasters and a host of broadcasting equipment and service suppliers are releasing a comprehensive planning guide for a transition to ATSC 3.0, the broadcast TV service that will allow local stations to warn viewers in emergencies more effectively, provide higher quality broadcasts, and develop new services for an […]

October 13, 2016

ATSC calls for next-gen TV testing input

With the goal of assuring quality consumer experience and interoperability between next-generation receivers and broadcast content, standards body the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to the development of Conformance Test Suite Development and Conformity Assessment programmes to support the implementation of the ATSC 3.0 next-generation television broadcast […]

October 11, 2016

ATSC moves forward with next-gen standard

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has standardised three more components of the next-generation television system that is expected to transform the ability of broadcasters to deliver mobile, interactivity and higher quality content. ATSC members have ratified the Link Layer Protocol and Audio and Video Watermark Emission standards to be part of the ATSC 3.0 […]

October 5, 2016

MoCA 2.1 aids mass deployment

In response to global operator demand, MoCA is now offering a technology solution that applies new firmware feature upgrades on top of MoCA 2.0 technology. This new extension of MoCA 2.0 is called MoCA 2.1 offering 500 Mbps throughput and MoCA 2.1 Bonded offering 1 Gbps throughput. The availability of MoCA 2.1 and MoCA 2.1 […]

September 27, 2016

Freeview Play updates for HEVC, UHD

Digital UK has published an updated technical specification for connected TV service Freeview Play, setting out new features and requirements for products developed during 2017. Freeview Play combines live television with catch-up TV and on-demand services from the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and UKTV, making it easy for viewers to watch what […]

September 23, 2016

Liberty Global, CableLabs join MulteFire Alliance

Liberty Global, the international TV and broadband company, andCableLabs, an R&D lab for the global cable industry, have joined the MulteFire Alliance, an independent, diverse and international member-driven consortium dedicated to developing next-generation wireless technology. Through collaboration with the Alliance, Liberty Global and CableLabs aims to improve the wireless experience and make the technology more […]

September 22, 2016

Streaming Video Alliance, CTA in QoE initiative

The Streaming Video Alliance (The Alliance), an industry forum comprised of leading companies from the online video ecosystem, and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA, are to collaborate to develop industry-wide guidelines to formalise metrics, associated terminology, and event and attribute access as it pertains to streaming media Quality of Experience (QoE). Additionally, based on the […]

September 16, 2016