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TVN starts DVB-T2 tests

January 28, 2021 09.41 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Polish broadcaster TVN has begun DVB-T2/HEVC tests in cooperation with the national transmission company Emitel.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Channels, Newsline, Platforms, Standards, Technology, Terrestrial, Testing Tagged With: DVB-T2, Emitel, Poland, TVN Edited: January 28, 2021 09:41

Antik provides TV solution for Disney

December 14, 2020 11.52 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Slovakia’s Antik Technology has supplied a TV monitoring solution for Disney Streaming Services.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Platforms, Technology, Testing Tagged With: Antik Technology, Disney Edited: December 14, 2020 11:52

Sky and Vodafone test 5G in live Bundesliga coverage

December 14, 2020 08.37 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Sky Deutschland and Vodafone Deutschland are testing the use of the new 5G mobile network standard as part of the pre- and post-coverage of a live 2nd division Bundesliga football match for the first time.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Production, Technology, Testing Tagged With: 5G, Bundesliga, DFL, network slicing, Sky Deutschland, Sportcast, Vodafone Deutschland Edited: December 15, 2020 13:10

ORS: 5G Broadcast is the future of television, but challenges remain

November 29, 2020 22.22 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

5G Broadcast is the future of television, but there are still some hurdles to overcome. This is the conclusion by Michael Wagenhofer, CEO of ORS, the technical services subsidiary of Austrian public broadcaster ORF, in a presentation of the 5G Broadcast trial in Vienna at the EBU-Forecast 2020 seminar.

Filed Under: Distribution, Platforms, Standards, Technology, Testing, Top Story Tagged With: 5G Broadcast, Michael Wagenhofer, OBECA, ORF, ORS Edited: November 30, 2020 11:54

SWR launches 5G Broadcast trial for in-car use in Germany

October 1, 2020 23.55 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

SWR, an affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD, and partners from the automotive and telecommunications industries have launched a 5G Broadcast trial for the distribution of audiovisual content to automobiles.

Filed Under: Distribution, Mobile TV, Newsline, Research, Standards, Technology, Terrestrial, Testing Tagged With: 5G Broadcast, ARD, Deutsche Funkturm, Kathrein Broadcast, Porsche, Rohde & Schwarz, SWR, TU Braunschweig Edited: October 2, 2020 00:02

ORS launches Ultra HD trial via DVB-T2 in Austria

September 23, 2020 22.26 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

ORS, the technical services subsidiary of Austrian public broadcaster ORF, has launched a trial for Ultra HD/4K (UHD) broadcasts on DTT in Vienna.

Filed Under: Channels, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Terrestrial, Testing, Ultra HD Tagged With: 4K, French Open, Insight UHD, Markus Mangi, ORF, ORS, Roland Garros, simpliTV, Ultra HD Edited: September 25, 2020 12:57

Industry outraged: Public broadcasters to close research institute IRT

July 31, 2020 23.11 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

IRT, the joint technology research institute of the public broadcasters of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, is to be shut down.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, HbbTV, Newsline, Platforms, Research, Standards, Technology, Testing, Top Story Tagged With: 5G Broadcast, ARD, BR, HbbTV, IRT, MPEG, ZDF Edited: August 4, 2020 12:20

Eurofins launches new CI Plus 2.0 testing service

July 29, 2020 22.37 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Eurofins Digital Testing has launched updated testing services for the new CI Plus 2.0 standard.

Filed Under: Newsline, Standards, Technology, Testing Tagged With: CI Plus 2.0, Eurofins Edited: July 29, 2020 22:38

Vodafone Deutschland plans to trial DOCSIS 4.0 from 2021

July 28, 2020 23.02 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone Deutschland is preparing the introduction of the new cable standard DOCSIS 4.0 and intends to test the system in a trial next year, provided that the first hardware prototypes are available.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Standards, Technology, Testing Tagged With: DOCSIS 3.1, DOCSIS 4.0, Peter Breitwieser, Vodafone Deutschland Edited: July 29, 2020 21:44

DFL tests first football broadcast in 9:16 format

December 5, 2019 21.48 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German football association DFL tested producing a Bundesliga match in 9:16 instead of the usual 16:9 picture format for the first time.

Filed Under: Channels, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Production, Testing, Top Story, Video Tagged With: Andreas Heyden, Bundesliga, DFL, SV Werder Bremen, VfL Wolfsburg Edited: December 9, 2019 12:24

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