
Boxee will launch a dongle equipping the Boxee Box with a digital TV tuner early next year, making the device a de facto hybrid set-top box.
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Boxee will launch a dongle equipping the Boxee Box with a digital TV tuner early next year, making the device a de facto hybrid set-top box.
TechnoTrend Görler has announced that its TT-micro S855 HbbTV satellite receiver is certified for Sky Deutschland’s CI Plus module.

Google will update its Google TV during the next few weeks, beginning with the Sony Google TV sets. Logitech devices will be updated to Google TV 2.0 soon thereafter.
Eutelsat will start marketing KabelKiosk Choice, its new VOD service using the HbbTV hybrid standard, in January 2012.

The broadcast service provider Media Broadcast has shown a barker channel using the HbbTV standard over DVB-T during the Medientagen in Munich.
The most recent non-proprietary video compression standard, High-Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC), also known as H.265, was placed into final draft for ratification in January 2013 and is expected to become the video standard of choice for the next decade. … [Read More...]
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