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24 March 2004 Tokyo, Japan (March 24, 2004) – In a joint press conference with MPEG LA today, Japan broadcasters NHK, TBS, NTV, TV Asahi, Fuji TV and TV Tokyo announce their adoption of AVC/H.264 Video Coding for mobile segment digital terrestrial broadcasting. A basic agreement is also announced… Read More
The release of the specification is a contribution of ECCA members for the work initiated by Mandate M/331 of the European Commission. Starting with the collection of commercial requirements, ECCA has consequently synchronised with the Mandate’s plan to foster the introduction of interoperable television services. In submitting the technical specification… Read More
16 March 2004 (Press Release – Radio Television Brunei) ASEAN DIGITAL BROADCASTING MEETNG was held in Brunei on 15 and 16 March 2004 . It was co-organized by Radio Television Brunei and MediaCorp of Singapore supported by Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) of Brunei Darussalam and the Media Development Authority (MDA)… Read More
15 December 2003 Helsinki, Finland, December 15, 2003 – Leading Finnish broadcast, content and mobile communications companies have signed an agreement to start pilot testing a commercial broadcast service to mobile devices. The aim of the pilot is to gain experience about real end-user acceptance for mobile broadcasting services. Read More
12 December 2003 Sophia Antipolis, 3rd December 2003 – ETSI today published the DVB MHP Standard as ES 201 812 V1.1.1. To download ES 201 812 V1.1.1, please click here and enter the reference number into the search engine. ES 201 812 V1.1.1 “Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Multimedia Home Platform… Read More
05 December 2003 5 December 2003, Hong Kong seeks views sought on digital terrestrial broadcasting. The second consultation paper on digital terrestrial broadcasting in Hong Kong has been published, proposing that the existing terrestrial television broadcasters should start their digital migration in 2006. For more complete information, click here. December 5,… Read More
30th October 2003 Geneva, 30th October 2003 – DVB is to hold it’s 11th annual General Assembly. Formed of representatives of all the DVB members, the GA is ultimate decision-making body in DVB. This year’s GA will elect the 6th DVB Steering Board. DVB’s Steering Board is responsibile for the… Read More
8th September 2003 A guide to all the DVB-MHP demonstrations at IBC 2003 in Amsterdam from 12 to 16 September. Download MHP @ IBC 2003… Read More
21st August 2003 The DVB Project will present its current round of patent pooling at a meeting to be held in Amsterdam , on Friday, 12 September, at 09:30 at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC): Room E IBC2003 Conference RAI Exhibition and Conference Centre Europaplein… Read More
04/08/03 Berlin became the first city in the world to switch off its analogue broadcast signal and transfer completely to digital TV. The transition was pretty smooth, said Sascha Bakarinow, project leader for the switch to digital at the Media Institution Berlin-Brandenburg (MABB). “We’ve only had about 500 phone calls to… Read More
15th July 2003 The DVB Project will present its current round of patent pooling at a meeting to be held in Tokyo, on Wednesday, 23 July, at 10.00 AM at the offices of Association of Radio Industries and Businesses Nittochi Building 14F, 1-4-1, Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku… Read More
7th July 2003 Meeting of Essential Patent Holders Convened by MPEG LA Puts License on Fast Track ( Denver , Colorado , USA – 7 July 2003 ) MPEG LA convened a meeting of essential H.264/MPEG-4 AVC patent and patent application holders in Washington , DC on June 23… Read More
