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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, Tech, Testing, Top Story Tagged With: 5G Broadcast, ARD, BR, HbbTV, IRT, MPEG, ZDF Edited: 4 August 2020 12:20

Tom Buhrow to become new ARD chairman

September 18, 2019 10.51 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

WDR, the affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD serving federal state North-Rhine Westphalia, will take over the directorship of ARD at the beginning of 2020.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: ARD, BR, Tom Buhrow, Ulrich Wilhelm, WDR Edited: 18 September 2019 10:53

Germany launches TV via 5G broadcast trial

May 9, 2019 10.35 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

[WATCH VIDEO] The 5G Today project has officially started its field trial for TV broadcasting via 5G at a kick-off event at German broadcast technology research institute IRT in Munich […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Mobile TV, Newsline, Platforms, Tech, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: 5G, 5G Broadcast, 5G-Today, BR, FeMBMS, HPHT, IRT, Kathrein, Michael Hagemeyer, Rohde & Schwarz, SDR, SFN, Telefónica Deutschland, TU Braunschweig, Ulrich Wilhelm Edited: 15 May 2019 20:36

TV broadcasting via 5G trial launches in Germany

December 5, 2018 11.03 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

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 […]

Filed Under: Distribution, Mobile TV, Newsline, Platforms, Research, Standards, Tech, Testing Tagged With: 3GPP, 5G, 5G-Today, BR, FeMBMS, Helwin Lesch, Kathrein, LTE Broadcast, Rohde & Schwarz, SFN, Telefónica Germany, Wendelstein Edited: 5 December 2018 11:19

Germany rolls out TV broadcasting via 5G trial

March 7, 2018 10.55 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

A test site for TV broadcasting over 5G networks is being set up in the Bavarian Oberland region as part of research project 5G Today.

Filed Under: Distribution, Mobile TV, Newsline, Platforms, Research, Standards, Tech, Testing, TV Tagged With: 5G, 5G-Today, Birgit Spanner-Ulmer, BR, FeMBMS, IRT, Jaime Lluch, Jochen Mezger, Kathrein, Manfred Reitmeier, Ralf Exler, Rohde & Schwarz, Wendelstein Edited: 7 March 2018 10:55

Shareholders evaluate sale of German Telepool

June 1, 2017 23.10 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German TV rights sales company Telepool seems to be for sale.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline Tagged With: ARD, BR, MDR, sale, SRG SSR, SWR, Telepool, Telvetia Edited: 1 June 2017 23:46

Eutelsat, BR and IRT team up for Ultra HD

October 21, 2015 11.09 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Satellite operator Eutelsat and Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), the affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD serving Bavaria, showcase an Ultra HD video at German media congress Medientage München 2015 from October […]

Filed Under: DTH, Newsline, Platforms, Research, Satellite, Satellite, Standards, Tech, Testing, Ultra HD Tagged With: ARD, BR, Hot Bird, IRT, Ultra HD Edited: 22 October 2015 10:26

BR and IRT plan DVB-T2/HEVC trial in Munich

July 10, 2014 11.02 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Bayerischer Rundfunk and the IRT are planning a DVB-T2 test network in Munich running MPEG-H Part 2 HEVC (H.265) compression. It will enable manufacturers to test the required new reception devices.

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Tech, Terrestrial Tagged With: BR, DVB-T2, HEVC, IRT, Munich Edited: 11 July 2014 09:23

BR-alpha to adopt ARD brand

May 28, 2014 13.32 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), the affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD serving federal state Bavaria, will rename its educational TV channel BR-alpha into ARD-alpha.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: ARD, ARD-alpha, Bavaria, BR, BR-alpha Edited: 30 May 2014 21:44

Phoenix, BR, NDR, SWR and WDR plan HD for 2012

February 9, 2011 10.22 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Astra capacity that will be freed up from April 30, 2012 by switching off the analogue signals from the German public broadcasters will be used to launch HD versions […]

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: ARD, BR, NDR, Phoenix, SWR, WDR Edited: 11 February 2011 15:02

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