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5th June 2003 Tokyo, 5th June 2003 – ARIB, the Japanese TV standards body, approved ARIB datacasting standard B-23 “Application Execution Engine Platform for Digital Broadcasting”(ARIB-AE) based on DVB-GEM (TS 102 819). The move was strongly welcomed by DVB, Peter MacAvock (DVB) said “GEM’s aim is to harmonise middleware systems… Read More
10th June 2003 Digital TV: RTL NEWMEDIA goes for “pontegra” The MHP browser of the Bertelsmann subsidiary Nionex will provide the digital media service “RTL WORLD TV Interactive” for TV screens in the future. RTL NEWMEDIA has placed its confidence in Nionex know-how. The 100% RTL subsidiary will already… Read More
9th June 2003 The DVB Project is fostering the formation of a patent pool for IPRs essential to the Multimedia Home Platform, the GEM specification and other DVB specifications. CableLabs has undertaken a parallel activity covering its OCAP specification. During the NCTA in Chicago, our patent declaration coordinator, Alan… Read More
Tokyo, 5th June 2003 – ARIB, the Japanese TV standards body, approved ARIB datacasting standard B-23 “Application Execution Engine Platform for Digital Broadcasting”(ARIB-AE) based on... Read More
22th May 2003 On May 21 the multi-channel digital satellite service provider, Skylife, will showcase SkyTouch, its interactive television service. DVB-MHP which has been successfully implemented by Skylife, is the next generation technology for interactive television services and is being developed and launched by countries around the world with… Read More
On May 21 the multi-channel digital satellite service provider, Skylife, will showcase SkyTouch, its interactive television service. DVB-MHP which has been successfully implemented by Skylife, is... Read More
21st May 2003 WBU, c/o NABA, P.O. Box 500, Station A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5W 1E6, Tel: (416) 598-9877, Fax: (416) 598-9774, E-mail: info@worldbroadcastingunions.org, Web site: www.worldbroadcastingunions.org For Immediate Release May 21, 2003 WORLD BROADCASTING UNIONS (WBU) UNITED IN CONCERNS… Read More
2nd May 2003 Geneva–1st May 2003 – The DVB Project announced today that it has extended the work of the DVB patent coordinator to include an assessment of its recently adopted specification for the Globally Executable MHP. The work of the coordinator, Sughrue Mion PLLC, will now encompass the DVB’s… Read More
7th April 2003 GEM provides a means of ensuring that MHP applications can be carried over networks other than DVB. Where DVB has not been adopted, and therefore where the original MHP standard cannot be implemented, application interoperability is assured by combining MHP based GEM with the appropriate specifications… Read More
GEM provides a means of ensuring that MHP applications can be carried over networks other than DVB. Where DVB has not been adopted, and therefore where the original MHP standard cannot be... Read More
28th March 2003 European standardization policy has been brought up to date today as the result of the adoption of new guidelines between the European Commission (EC), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and the three official European Standards Organizations (ESOs). These new guidelines were signed today in… Read More
4th March 2003 The European Commission released a Study on Interoperability, Service Diversity and Business Models in Digital Broadcasting Markets, prepared by Oxera. The primary focus of this study is to identify the ways in which interoperability could be developed in the European digital broadcasting market, and to assess options… Read More
