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EU Digital Terrestrial TV Households to hit 55 million by 2009

21 June 2004 Basingstoke, UK (21 June 2004):- The number of EU households with digital terrestrial television (DTT) is set to reach nearly 55 million by 2009, representing 55% of all digital households in the union and 30% of all TV households, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Read More

HTV Launches HDTV Test Transmission on Cable

21 June 2004 Finland’s largest cable operator HTV (Helsinki Television) has launched HDTV test transmission in their network in the capital region, as one of the first European cable operators. HTV launched the HDTV test distribution on June 8, 2004, being among the first European cable operators to… Read More

DVB Pavilion at NAB2004 Hosts End-To-End OCAP Demo & New DVB-H Technology

Building on the success of satellite transmission specification DVB-S, DVB-S2 offers greater flexibility and better performance over existing satellites at reasonable cost. The new open specification offers a 30 percent capacity increase under the same transmission conditions, more robust reception for the same spectrum efficiency and will operate from Carrier-to-Noise… Read More

DVB Pavilion at BroadcastAsia2004

15 June 2004 The DVB Pavilion at this year’s Broadcast Asia is proud to showcase two new landmark specifications, DVB-S2 the most advanced satellite distribution technology available today and DVB-H for accessing DVB services on handheld devices. MHP will also have a strong presence in the Pavilion. The… Read More

Live DVB-H Demonstration for Singapore

14 June 2004 SINGAPORE (14 June 2004):- Achieving a first for the Asia-Pacific region, Nokia, MediaCorp Technologies, M1 and the Media Development Authority of Singapore today jointly showcased a live end-to-end mobile phone TV broadcast over a DVB-H network at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore. DVB-H is a… Read More

Via Licensing Calls for Essential Patents for MHP, GEM and OCAP

SAN FRANCISCO (June 10, 2004):- Via Licensing Corporation is pleased to issue a call for essential patents reading on the Digital Video Broadcasting Multimedia Home Platform (MHP), Globally... Read More

Via Licensing Calls for Essential Patents for MHP, GEM and OCAP

10 June 2004 SAN FRANCISCO (June 10, 2004):- Via Licensing Corporation is pleased to issue a call for essential patents reading on the Digital Video Broadcasting Multimedia Home Platform (MHP), Globally Executable MHP (GEM), CableLabs(R) OpenCable(TM) Applications Platform (OCAP(TM)) standards, and associated DVB specifications. The DVB Project and CableLabs… Read More

New OCAP Specification Published

OCAP (OpenCable Applications Platform), part of the OpenCable⢠initiative at CableLabs, has issued a new DVR Extension Specification. It is available on the OpenCable website at Read More

New OCAP Specification Published

27 May 2004 OCAP (OpenCable Applications Platform), part of the OpenCable™ initiative at CableLabs, has issued a new DVR Extension Specification. It is available on the OpenCable website at http://www.opencable.com/specifications. Read More

Brazil's Largest Cable Companies Opt For DVB-C Solutions

Nagravision, part of the Swiss-based Kudelski Group, announced last week that the two largest cable television companies in Brazil have decided to use its technologies for the delivery of digital cable television. NET Serviços de Comunicação, Latin America’s and Brazil’s largest cable TV operator, has selected Nagravision Conditional Access system… Read More

MPEG LA Announces Final AVC/H.264 License Terms

18 May 2004 You can read the full details in the press release published on the MPEG LA website. A correction relating to participation fees for Subscription AVC Video was published later the same day. Read More

MHP up and running in the Finnish city of Tampere

The City of Tampere has become the first city in Finland to deploy digital television services using MHP (Multimedia Home Platform). The Digital TV Portal offers news, an event calendar,... Read More