IBC 2007 (Stand 2.218) Soundprocessing pioneers Dolby Labs claims it has solved the infamous loudness problem associated with TV broadcasts, especially when the commercials that come on thesounds like the volume is turned up to the maximum. Commercial makers try to grab viewers’ attention by compounding the audio, which is then perceived as being much [...]

IBC 2007 (Stand 3.114) German software for set-top-boxes vendor GkWare is launching its all new MHEG-5 Engine at IBC this year. Adding support for interactive applications and games to receivers requiring less resources than MHP, it can easily integrated on low cost chipsets. GkWare says its MHEG-5 Engine is guaranteed to be compliant to the [...]

IBC 2007 (Stand 5.309) ETI Software Solutions’s TV Ticket operates in conjunction with a service provider’s existing addressable video system, enabling the sale of pre-paid video services such as PPV and VOD. Customers may order and activate their own subscriptions by buying prepaid TV Tickets from any authorized distributor. The company’s other product the Triad [...]

IBC 2007 (Stand 4.240) UK IPTV box specialist Amino will show its new AmiNET130 High-Definition IPTV box, featuring the Accedo Broadband games to show off its HD graphics and interactive gaming capabilities. The new AmiNET530 is an HD Personal Video Recorder (PVR) for use on IPTV networks. This will give operators the choice of going [...]

IBC 2007 (Stand 7.411) Telestream will be showing how it flips through the videos and images uploaded to sites such as Youtube or that of its client Getty Images, to scan, filter and validate incoming video, audio and metadata. FlipScan accepts or rejects the content based on rules set on format type or contents and [...]

IBC 2007 (Stand 5.238) IBC will see the first European showing of ICTV’s technology independent personalised Mosaic product. Enabling users to navigate across multiple programming sources, tailoring the on screen mosaic to group and show only those programs which are of interest. The navigation works via a regular remote control, but personal profiles can also [...]

IBC 2007 Stand 1.171 NDS has announced a series of technology initiatives aimed at helping consumers reduce their energy consumption and reducing its own carbon footprint. It is part of a range of measures introduced by parent company New Corporation to reduce its own impact on climate change. An early initiative is the Auto Standby [...]

IBC 2007 (Stand IPTV Zone 233) Middleware and interactive applications vendor Osmosys will use IBC to launch EGG its new Enhanced Graphics enGine that the company says will deliver a new visually inspiring look and feel that’s streets ahead of the graphical capability of today’s set-top boxes. It will open up exciting new opportunities for [...]

IBC 2007 (Stand 5.211) UK set-top-box vendor TVonics will pre-release its new line of DVB-T receivers. Including a new DVB-T Set-top Box which features audio description a service that provides an essential aid for the blind or partially-sighted by adding audio information to regular TV broadcasts. The TVonics box will be one of the first [...]

IBC 2007 (Stand 2.218) In the run up to IBC, Dolby controlled Cinea has signed up two manufacturers that will use its Running Marks forensic or serialized watermarking technology. NDS will integrate it with is Conditional Access and DRM products, and STMicroelectronics will show its STi7109 System-on-Chip (SoC) HDTV decoder platform, which now features Running [...]