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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
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
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
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
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
Finnish digital terrestrial TV broadcasters have agreed to develop the common applications suite further by adding a common Launcher application. Finnish digital terrestrial TV broadcasters have... Read More
17 Febuary 2003 Finnish digital terrestrial TV broadcasters have agreed to develop the common applications suite further by adding a common Launcher application. Finnish digital terrestrial TV broadcasters have agreed to develop the common applications suite further by adding a common Launcher application. The other two applications cross-carried through all… Read More
22 January 2003 This consultation is targeting the Industry and all players involved in the issues covered by the document. The EC is seeking as many comments as possible in order to prepare a Communication on the subject. The Commission services will hold a public hearing on the… Read More
22 January 2003 The time has come to start the rollout of digital high-definition television in Europe. Today, there are already developments towards HDTV broadcast channels all over the world: in Asia (all Japanese TV channels, Korean Broadcasting, CCTV China), in Australia (all channels from July 1st 2003 on)… Read More
6th January 2003 New Video Coding Standard Delivers Major Advances in Image Quality ITU standard opens new opportunities for entertainment & video telecommunication Geneva, 23 December 2002 – The technical design of a new video compression standard was agreed this week in Japan. Known as H.264/AVC, it… Read More
