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SES picks Rohde & Schwarz for first 8K TV transmission

July 5, 2018 09.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The new R&S PKU amplifier from German technology group Rohde & Schwarz was used for the uplink signal transmission during the first broadcast of an 8K TV signal by Astra satellite operator SES.

Filed Under: Distribution, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, Satellite, Technology, Testing Tagged With: 8K, Astra, DVB-S2X, HEVC, Rohde & Schwarz, SES, Thomas Wrede Edited: July 5, 2018 09:00

KPN announces DVB-T2 switchover timeline

June 26, 2018 07.52 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Dutch DTT licence holder KPN has outlined the timeline for the switchover of its Digitenne terrestrial pay TV platform to DVB-T2/HEVC.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Terrestrial Tagged With: Digitenne, DTT, DVB-T2, HEVC, KPN, The Netherlands, ZTE Edited: June 27, 2018 09:57

NPO opts for DVB-T2/HEVC for DTT

February 5, 2018 09.16 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Dutch public broadcaster NPO will also change to DVB-T2/HEVC for its free-to-air DTT transmissions.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Terrestrial Tagged With: Digitenne, DTT, DVB-T2, HEVC, KPN, NPO, The Netherlands, ZTE Edited: February 6, 2018 11:34

German DVB-T2 rollout to enter third stage

January 29, 2018 21.45 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

In the night from April 24 to 25, 2018, the deployment of the new DTT standard DVB-T2/HEVC throughout Germany will enter the third stage.

Filed Under: Channels, Distribution, Editor's Choice, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Terrestrial Tagged With: ARD, DVB-T2, Freenet TV, HEVC, ZDF Edited: January 31, 2018 11:46

EBU launches alternatives HEVC study

January 15, 2018 10.32 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden is to perform an evaluation into the quality and practicality of competing video codecs on behalf of the EBU.

Filed Under: Newsline, Technology Tagged With: EBU, HEVC Edited: January 15, 2018 10:32

HEVC first for Telekom Austria

September 19, 2017 11.40 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Telekom Austria has completed the upgrade of its white-label DTH platform to H.265 encoding for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Czech Republic, HEVC, Slovakia, Telekom Austria Edited: September 20, 2017 12:22

SES and Fraunhofer broadcast live 360° panorama video

September 14, 2017 09.55 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Astra satellite operator SES and German research institute Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI will jointly broadcast a 10K x 2K panorama video signal live via satellite for interactive presentation on Ultra HD TV sets and VR glasses at IBC.

Filed Under: Distribution, IBC Special, Newsline, Research, Technology, Testing, Ultra HD Tagged With: Astra, Fraunhofer HHI, HEVC, OmniCam-360, Ralf Schäfer, SES, Thomas Wrede Edited: September 14, 2017 13:18

Flix TV completes HEVC transition

September 5, 2017 10.10 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Czech DTH platform Flix TV will complete its transition to HEVC technology by this Wednesday, September 6.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, DTH, Newsline, Platforms, Standards, Technology Tagged With: Czech Republic, FLIX.TV, HEVC, Slovakia Edited: September 5, 2017 10:10

German DVB-T2 rollout to enter second stage [UPDATE]

August 29, 2017 22.30 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

On November 8, 2017 the switchover of Germany’s DTT network from DVB-T to successor DVB-T2 will enter the second stage.

Filed Under: Distribution, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Terrestrial Tagged With: DVB-T2, Freenet TV, Germany, HEVC, Media Broadcast, switchover Edited: November 9, 2017 22:30

HR selects Ateme for DVB-T2/OTT multiplexing

May 23, 2017 14.27 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Hessischer Rundfunk (hr), a regional affiliate of German public broadcaster ARD, has chosen compression and statistical multiplexing solutions from French video encoding solutions provider Ateme for its DVB-T2 and OTT services.

Filed Under: Newsline, OTT, Platforms, Technology, Terrestrial Tagged With: ARD, ATEME, DVB-T2, Hessischer Rundfunk, HEVC, multiplexing, OTT, SatService, Titan Edited: May 23, 2017 21:31

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