Equativ, the independent ad monetisation platform, has announced its strategic investment in Nowtilus, the digital video personalisation company that facilitates broadcaster and publisher transitions to digital streaming. After the recent announcement of its rebranding, shifting away from Smart to Equativ to settle the complete integration of its unified proposition, this move is the latest in […]
Vincent Grivet (representing Eutelsat) will remain Chair of the HbbTV Association. The members of the industry association’s newly assembled Steering Group (SG) re-elected Grivet for another two-year term at their recent meeting. Jon Piesing (TP Vision) was re-elected the HbbTV Association’s Vice-Chair; Xavier Redon (Cellnex Telecom) will continue to serve as Treasurer.The new SG was […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has announced a significant addition to its DASH DRM Reference Application – multiperiod DASH (as may result from server-side Ad Insertion (SSAI)) and PlayReady […]
Dotscreen, the multiscreen video applications & UI specialist, has announced the renewal of its multi-year contract with Media Broadcast for the evolution, support, and maintenance of the Freenet HbbTV portal in Germany. Dotscreen was the original designer and developer of the HbbTV front-end and associated backend of the Freenet TV portal in 2016. Since then, […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services, has announced the release of a new version of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite.The new version, v2022-1, is the first major release of the Test Suite in 2022. The release contains 3,002 test cases in total, […]
Vision247, working with Mondo Globo, have announce the launch of a new Freeview IP Stream channel, Asharq News which is available on Freeview Logical Channel Number (LCN) #272. Asharq News is a 24/7 multiplatform Arabic news service reaching across the Arab world and beyond with a unique approach: news and in-depth analysis reported through an economic prism to […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has launched the HbbTV Developer Portal.The free service targets software developers looking for an introductory guide on how to programme and run HbbTV applications […]
Fransat, the French DTH platform operated by Eutelsat, and Wiztivi are unveiling the brand-new application of ‘Fransat Connect’, an interactive service based on the HbbTV standards. The main objectives were to modernise the UI in a more intuitive UX, ensure compatibility with the latest HbbTV features, manage user consent and display free or paid TV […]
The Digital TV infrastructure operator Cellnex Telecom and Sofia Digital have collaborated to create a new way to discover broadcasted content. HbbTV-based streaming service LOVEStv is now available also as a Smart TV application and can be found from the home menu on Vestel TVs. The new Smart TV application can be found and launched […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, have announced that seven new members have joined the industry association in the past 12 months. The new members are broadcasting organisations, network operators, […]