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14/07/2005 In a press release issued in San Francisco yesterday, Via Licensing Corporation announced the availability of financial license terms for patents essential for implementations of the MHP 1.0 and OCAP™ 1.0 standards. Joint patent licenses are expected to be available by Q4 this year. The full text of the release is as follows:… Read More
Romanian transmission company Radiocomunicatii will launch two digital TV pilot projects in the capital city Bucharest later this year, according Read More
KPN started its first field trial of interactive digital television to a mobile device on the 7th July 2005. KPN are holding the trial in the Hague Read More
07 July 2005 As of July 1st 2005, rights holders can submit declarations of patents essential to a DVB specification immediately after adoption of the specification by the DVB Technical Module. This routinised patent declaration process is part of the DVB Project’s effort to foster the formation of patent pools covering DVB specifications. The… Read More
The recent competition for DTV (DVB-T) licences attracted four participants. On the 27th June 2005, two winners where announced. One licence to Read More
The Government has confirmed that it is planning to develop a pilot programme for Digital Terrestrial Television and has invited expressions of Read More
MultiChoice Africa has announced its intention to launch a series of new technologies, including Mobile TV, at a briefing to journalists assembled Read More
Multiplus will start a commercial DVB-T DTT service on July 1st 2005 and supplying both the set top box and an installation check out using the Read More
Croatia has begun DTT broadcasts in the capital, Zagreb, and coastal town of Rijeka. In Zagreb, broadcasts are undertaken through two transmitters Read More
OpenTV will integrate MHP software from Alticast into its core middleware for interactive television, according to informitv.com. It is a move that is of real significance for the DVB -MHP... Read More
The SBS current affairs program "Insight" commenced broadcasting an MHP interactive application in late May. Digital capable receivers are expected Read More
