The Italian technology licensing company SISVEL has taken over the administration of the DVB-T patent pool from MPEG-LA.
In a statement SISVEL said the DVB-T patent pool offers “fair, reasonable, non-discriminatory access to patents owned by France Télécom, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., and Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) that have been determined to be essential for implementing DVB-T.”
Existing licensees will receive notification on the transfer from MPEG-LA.
The DVB says it has been given an assurance that the licensing terms for the patent pool will not change as a result of the move.