What are the next steps after HDTV? 3D, or is there more? That is the subject tackled by Dr. Ralf Schäfer, head, Image Processing Department, at the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Berlin.
Brightcove adds two German clients
Brighcove’s CEO Jeremy Allaire has announced two new German clients, Discovery Germany and Sevenload, at the Next09 conference in Hamburg, Germany.
First ‘Canal Ready’ receivers announced
The satellite receiver manufacturers Strong and Sagem have become the first to announce shipments of their ‘Canal Ready’ boxes for the French and Polish markets.
Research: TV widgets could be a hit
TV widgets could be a hit with consumers, according to research in the US by the Diffusion Group on behalf of Intel, inventors of the Widget Channel.
German satellite ASO postponed
Analogue switch-off of German public channels on the Astra satellite will not take place until 2012, according to Nawid Goudarzi, production and operation director at RBB.
UPC to move ESPN America
UPC Nederland is to move the US sports channel ESPN America to a premium tier, making the channel only available to subscribers of Chellomedia’s Sport1.
CSA adjusts Canal J licence
The French media authority CSA has amended the licence of the kids channel Canal J after the broadcaster handed in its licence to broadcast over the digital terrestrial network.
Autumn launch for RTL in Leipzig, Halle
The German RTL Group will launch DTT services in the cities of Leipzig and Halle using MPEG-4 and Conax encryption this autumn.
Gol TV to launch PPV on Spanish DTT
The Spanish production company Mediapro is to launch a new terrestrial channel called Gol TV that will offer pay-per-view (PPV) matches from La Liga.
Intelsat puts two little ducks in a row
Intelsat has announced that it will launch a new satellite to provide incremental capacity in high-demand regions.