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DVB-T launched in Germany

31st October 2002 Feierlicher Startschuss für digitales Antennenfernsehen in Berlin-Brandenburg Mit einem Festakt in der Hauptstadtrepräsentanz der Deutschen Telekom AG in Berlin wurde heute Mittag der Einstieg in ein neues Fernsehzeitalter begangen. In Anwesenheit von Berlins Senator für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Frauen Harald Wolf, Telekom-Vorstand Josef Brauner, des… Read More

Peter MacAvock and DVB acknowledged by BCE 2002

10th October 2002 Peter MacAvock, Executive Director of the DVB Project Office will be honoured as one of the winners of the Euro50 during the World Broadband Dinner on Tuesday 15 October 2002 in London. The Euro50 is a special publication of the magazine ‘Broadcast Communications Europe’ and recognises the… Read More

MHP Conformance Testing Takes Off

ETSI Now Delivering MHP Test Suite As Part Of MHP Conformance Process Geneva, 13th September 2002 â DVB and ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) are proud to announce that the... Read More

IP Datacast Test Network Launched In Helsinki

10 September 2002 RTT Oy (Radio- ja Televisiotekniikan Tutkimus), the Finnish research firm, that focuses on radio and television technology has launched an IP Datacast (IPDC) test network in Helsinki, Finland. The research will be conducted by the leading media houses, teleoperators and network technology companies in Finland. Read More

DVB - MHP in Brazil

04 June 2002 MHP (Multimedia Home Platform)and next generation DVB comes to Brazil. DVB & Interactive Digital Television demos in Brazil on 6 and 10 June 2002… Read More

DVB-MHP adopted by CableLabs

DVB-MHP: The Digital Video Broadcasting-Multimedia Home Platform application programming interface was adopted by CableLabs in the U.S. to be the core component of its OpenCable Application... Read More

DVB-MHP adopted by CableLabs

25th January 2002 DVB-MHP: The Digital Video Broadcasting-Multimedia Home Platform application programming interface was adopted by CableLabs in the U.S. to be the core component of its OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP) specification. MHP definitely grew in popularity among ITV developers in Europe and elsewhere. The worldwide proliferation of this… Read More

Digital TV in Vietnam Grows

The Vietnam Television Technology Investment and Development Company (VTC) has received permission from the Government Office to provide DVB-T Read More

S2 Covers America

In the same DVB-Scene the article on page 11 describes how DirecTV will use DVB-S2 to deliver "hundreds" of HD channels to the American public in the Read More

Mobile in the USA

In DVB-SCENE Issue 13, page 7, NickDavies, CTO, Crown Castle Mobile Media, describes the progress of their DVB-H network in Pittsburgh, PA. Read More

Crown Castle opens Window for mobile TV

Crown Castle Mobile Media has selected Windows Media Audio, Windows Media Video 9 and Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) 10 for its Read More

Analogue Switch off in 2008

House Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton and other lawmakers agreed that December 31st 2008 would be the probable date for analogue television Read More