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Vodafone to offer ZDF channels in HD only from mid-November

October 6, 2025 11.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone will carry all ZDF channels on its German cable network exclusively HD resolution from 18 November 2025.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, TV Tagged With: ARD, Astra, H.264, MPEG-4, NorDig-LCN, SD switch-off, Vodafone Deutschland, ZDF Edited: 7 October 2025 12:51

SRG postpones transition to HEVC/H.265 on satellite

June 17, 2020 23.23 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Corona crisis has put a damper on Swiss public broadcaster SRG’s plan to move its satellite channels to the new HEVC/H.265 compression standard in 2021.

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite, Set-Top Boxes, Standards, Tech, TV, Ultra HD Tagged With: Eutelsat Hotbird, H.264, HEVC/H.265, MPEG-4, SRG Edited: 17 June 2020 23:31

Judge sets Motorola patent rates

April 26, 2013 11.17 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Judge James Robart of the US district court of Seattle has ruled what is a reasonable rate for Motorola Mobility’s patents.

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: 802.11 standard, H.264, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, patent, Seattle, US distric court Edited: 29 April 2013 11:20

ITU members agree on new video codec

January 26, 2013 12.03 Europe/London By Robert Briel

ITU members have agreed on a new video coding standard building on ITU-T H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC with hopes of easing pressure on global networks.

Filed Under: Newsline, Standards, Tech Tagged With: AVC, H.264, HEVC, ITU, MPEG-4 Edited: 26 January 2013 14:44

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