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NAB 2019: Rohde & Schwarz presents 5G Broadcast
German technology company Rohde & Schwarz will present a solution for the future transmission of media content with 5G Broadcast at NAB 2019. Broadcasters will be able to reach smartphone users...
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5G to bridge broadcast and mobile networks
5G Broadcast offers a unique chance to establish a uniform global transmission standard for broadcast and mobile services for the first time in TV history. This is the outcome of the fourth edition of...
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Ultra HD Forum updates specifications
The Ultra HD Forum has brought a significant update to its Guidelines, which have been accessed online over 2,000 times at its website in the last year. Madeleine Noland, Senior Advisor, Technology and...
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Fox, NBCUniversal, and Viacom unveil OpenAP 2.0
Fox, NBCUniversal, and Viacom have unveiled OpenAP 2.0, expanding the advanced audience platform into a centralised premium video marketplace with workflow automation for national linear and long-form...
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Vectra opts for DOCSIS 3.1
Poland’s second largest cable operator Vectra has decided to deploy the DOCSIS 3.1 standard in its broadband network. As a result, it has been able to announce the launch of a 2Gbps today (July 24) in...
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Poland provides DVB-2 update
Poland plans to switch to the DVB-T2 standard by June 30, 2022. In a report, the country’s Ministry of Digital Affairs adds that on its initiative work began in 2017 on amending regulations regarding...
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WDR and Fraunhofer HHI join forces for VVC/H.266
German public broadcaster WDR and the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI will collaborate in the next months to test the video coding possibilities offered by forthcoming international standard...
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EBU calls for 5G Broadcast mode
Speaking at he Media2020 in Bucharest EBU Media Director Jean Philip De Tender called for the establishment of 5G Broadcast, allowing for free-to-air 5G services on any 5G device without needing a...
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Brazil launches first 5G Broadcast trial
Grupo Globo, which runs the largest Brazilian and Latin American TV network, has carried out the first 5G Broadcast field trial in Brazil at the occasion of the Rock in Rio festival. The objective of...
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Germany successfully trials 5G Broadcast
The participants of German research project 5G Today, in which linear TV was transmitted in 5G broadcast mode for the first time, have drawn a positive conclusion. “We were able to achieve good mobile...
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DVB-T2 progresses in Croatia
Broadcasting of HD programmes using DVB-T2 HEVC has started throughout the whole of Croatia. According to the national transmission company OiV, it is being undertaken on the M2 multiplex and...
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Broadpeak joins ETSI
Broadpeak is now a member of ETSI, a standardisation organisation for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) standards fulfilling European and global market needs. By joining ETSI, Broadpeak...
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SRG to move to HEVC/H.265 on satellite
In the course of 2021, Swiss public broadcaster SRG plans to migrate the DTH satellite broadcast of its TV channels on Eutelsat Hotbird (13° East) to HEVC/H.265 in preparation for the introduction of...
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Hungary outlines DVB-T2 transition
The technology used to distribute the Hungarian pay-DTT platform MinDig TV Extra will change from March 3. According to its operator Antenna Hungária, the transition to DVB-T2 will take place in 10...
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ETSI publishes new version of DVB MPEG-DASH profile
A new version of the transport profile for running DVB services over IP-based networks has been published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The main changes to the new...
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Steering Board approves specs for DVB-TA signalling and Multicast ABR
The DVB Steering Board has given its approval to the publication of three blue books, which will ultimately lead to new ETSI standards. DVB BlueBook A178-2 is the signalling specification for DVB...
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Croatia delays DVB-T2 transition
The Croatian regulator HAKOM has put back the deadline for discontinuing broadcasts in DVB-T/MPEG-2 and transitioning to DVB-T2 for at least six months. In a statement, it says that all residents in...
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Czech DVB-T2 delay proposal
A new date has emerged for the Czech Republic to complete its transition to the DVB-T2 standard. According to Zive, the country’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed to the government that it...
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HbbTV to launch webinar series on TV and OTT developments
The HbbTV Association will offer a series of webinars covering current issues, solutions and developments in the TV and OTT market. Each of the eight webinars, taking place in the next 12 months, will...
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Antenna Hungária opts for Enensys solution
The Hungarian national transmission company Antenna Hungária has chosen Enensys Technologies’ SmartGate solution for its DVB-T and DVB-T2 network. According to Enensys, its solution has the key...
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