Abertis Telecom is preparing for the mass launch of its HbbTV service over DTT in the second half of 2013.
During the I Hybrid DTT Interoperability Conference, held in Madrid in July, Abertis’s telecommunications infrastructure subsidiary worked jointly with broadcasters and television receiver manufacturers to test the compatibility and interoperability between the already existing applications for connected TV and the television receivers equipped to receive HbbTV content.
“The different tests carried out demonstrated that the latest advances in the technology for the Hybrid DTT standard guarantee the quality of service offered and its correct functioning, which opens up the possibility of carrying out a massive launch of the product in Spain in the coming months, during the second half of 2013,” according to the company.
All the DTT channels that are broadcasting HbbTV applications participated in the conference, along with the main manufacturers that currently have TV receivers which are compatible with the HbbTV standard.
The event took place in the interoperability laboratory of Abertis Telecom, which is equipped with equipment testing and signal generating systems. This allowed different television manufacturers to test the correct functioning of their current models, as well as upcoming developments, with Spanish broadcasters’ applications, all in the same laboratory.
