Panasonic has announced the world’s first commercial deployment of the HbbTV Operator App (HbbTV OpApp), making access to premium and additional services possible without a set-top box.
Disney, Turner, NBC, CBS, Discovery join forces for addressable TV advertising standard
A number of American media and technology companies, in collaboration with US smart TV company Vizio, have formed a consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of a new, open […]
DVB World 2019: Broadcasters need to adjust to the transformation
The DVB needs to regain the total support of broadcasters in order to recapture the success of the 1990’s.
MWC 2019: Broadband Forum releases first home Wi-Fi performance testing standard
Broadband Forum, in collaboration with industry partners, has released the industry’s first Wi-Fi performance test standard.
Dutch broadcasters and platforms set standard for programme signalling
Broadcasters and distributors have agreed on a new standard: a common technical specification for programme signalling.
Switzerland to switch off DTT on June 3, 2019
Swiss public broadcaster SRG will terminate the digital terrestrial distribution of its TV channels (DTT) via DVB-T nationwide on June 3, 2019.
TV broadcasting via 5G trial launches in Germany
A transmitter from German technology company Rohde & Schwarz successfully went into operation at the Wendelstein transmitter site of Bavarian public broadcaster BR on December 4, 2018 as part of […]
10 million UHD TV sets sold in Germany by early 2019
The number of Ultra HD TV sets sold in Germany will break the 10 million barrier at the beginning of 2019, according to a forecast by industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform.
Ukraine eyes local DVB-T2 channels
The Ukrainian regulator National Council, in cooperation with other government bodies, is looking into the possibility of local TV channels employing the DVB-T2 standard.
DVB and HbbTV release DASH validation tool
The HbbTV Association has collaborated with DVB to compile a DASH validation tool.