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DVB Welcomes Formal Adoption of DVB-H by ETSI

The DVB Project today welcomed in a press release the formal adoption by ETSI of the DVB-H specification for bringing broadcast services to handheld devices. The specification, EN 302 304, is now available for download from the ETSI website. You can find the full DVB press release here. Read More

MHP-based Interactive Voting Trialled on Flemish Pop Idol

VTM, a commercial broadcaster in Belgium and a member of the Flanders Interactive Consortium, has successfully demonstrated an MHP-based application powering the voting on its interactive... Read More

DVB Approves New Guidelines for H.264/AVC Video & High Efficiency AAC Audio Codecs

Geneva, 2nd November 2004 – The DVB Steering Board has approved a revision to its well known implementation guidelines for audio and video codecs over a broadcast Transport Stream to include the option of both H.264/AVC video and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio codecs. The revision to the European Telecommunications… Read More

Texas Instruments Announces Integrated Chip Solution for Mobile Television

Texas Instruments announced last week in  Dallas  the development of the wireless industry’s first digital TV chip for mobile telephones. The chip, code-named ” Hollywood “, will include support for DVB-H technology, collapsing the traditional three-chip solution – tuner, OFDM demodulator and channel decoder – into the industry’s first integrated… Read More

Progress on Common Set-top Box Specification for Southeast Asia

Information ministers from ten Southeast Asian nations have reaffirmed their commitment to a joint regional approach to the development of digital broadcasting. In particular they welcomed and endorsed the establishment of a Task Force to work towards the formulation of a common technical specification for set-top boxes It was acknowledged, however,… Read More

Falling Box Prices Lead To Reduced Subsidy

State subsidies on MHP digital decoders are to continue next year, the Italian government has announced, but at a reduced level. At the Sat Expo trade show in Vicenza, Communications Minister Maurizio Gasparri announced that a subsidy of €120, down from €150, will be available to all purchasers of MHP… Read More

Falling Box Prices Lead To Reduced Subsidy

State subsidies on MHP digital decoders are to continue next year, the Italian government has announced, but at a reduced level. At the Sat Expo trade show in Vicenza, Communications Minister... Read More

DVB-H for the UK and the US

IBC 2004 has seen two announcements of major significance for the future development of services using  DVB -H technology. At a press conference hosted by the  DVB Project on the opening day of the exhibition , ntl announced that it is to link up with UK cellular operator O2 for… Read More

DVB Services and WISeKey Launch Global e-Security Infrastructure for Digital TV

Geneva, September 10th  2004. WISeKey SA, a global leader in identity management services, today announced that it is now providing to digital TV broadcasters and to manufacturers of DVB MHP consumer devices a security infrastructure that it has built and operates on behalf of DVB Services Sarl. The infrastructure enables… Read More

DVB Services and WISeKey Launch Global e-Security Infrastructure for Digital TV

Geneva, September 10th  2004. WISeKey SA, a global leader in identity management services, today announced that it is now providing to digital TV broadcasters and to manufacturers of DVB MHP... Read More

Australian Broadcasters Reaffirm Support for MHP

02 September 2004 In a joint statement issued today (02/09/2004), Australia’s free-to-air broadcasters confirmed their commitment to a common platform for digital terrestrial services based on open standards. The broadcasters have indicated that, as a minimum, interactive set top boxes for the Australian market should be manufactured to the… Read More

Australian Broadcasters Reaffirm Support for MHP

In a joint statement issued today (02/09/2004), Australia’s free-to-air broadcasters confirmed their commitment to a common platform for digital terrestrial services based on open standards. The... Read More