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As part of the build-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, some Japanese satellite broadcasters will begin UHD broadcasts and an experimental Super Hi-Vision (8K) service in 2016. The Japanese government would like to use DVB-C2 for the redistribution of UHD and Super Hi-Vision TV. Read More
DVB World, DVB's annual conference, will be moving to Scandinavia for the first time and will take place in Copenhagen. DVB World 2015 will take place at the Hilton Airport Hotel in Copenhagen from March 23-25. Read More
At this year’s IBC, DVB’s main concentration will be to demonstrate how the coding efficiency of HEVC can be used to increase the capacity of the DVB-T2 terrestrial platform as well as for the new DVB-S2X satellite standard. Utilizing HEVC encoding, multiple UHD services will be delivered using DVB-S2X and multiple HD channels over DVB-T2. Read More
DVB-T2 Transition Speeds up in Germany
German public broadcaster ARD wants to accelerate the transition to the new digital terrestrial television (DTT) standard DVB-T2. Read More
Media Broadcasting Moving Forward with DVB-T2 in Germany
MEDIA BROADCAST is moving forward with development of a DVB-T2 platform for terrestrial distribution of HD programmes. Read More
Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia progress DSO
Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzevonia make progress with their terrestrial Digital Switch Over plans. Read More
Measat & Newtec in DVB-S2X UHD first
The world premiere of a 4K Ultra High Definition video transmission over satellite using the new DVB-S2X transmission standard is to take place at the CommunicAsia show (June 17-20, 2014). It’s being run by the satellite operator Measat and Newtec, which has been involved in the technology’s development. Read More
The new DVB-S2X specification has already garnered strong market support and the first products are available. DVB TM-S2 Chairman Alberto Morello explores the market. Read More
Visitors to the DVB stand at this year’s Broadcast Asia can witness the groundbreaking demo of DVB-T2 delivering a wide range of resolutions from UHD down to the smaller screen resolutions for mobile devices. The presentation underlines the power and flexibility of this second-generation standard. Conference visitors can also learn about DVB's latest standards, including DVB-S2X. Read More
Video services provider Divitel has designed and delivered a DVB-T2 television platform for Wise, a subsidiary of Suriname telecommunications service provider Telesur. Read More
As of April 1 2014, all TV's larger than 32 inches sold in Vietnam must comply to the combination of DVB-T2 and MPEG4. From April 1, 2015, the standard will be mandated for TV sets with smaller (under 32 inch) screens as well. All major Japanese and Korean manufacturers are ready and many had already followed the standards since late 2013. In total, 86 DVB-T2/MPEG4-standard TV models will be available on the market after April 1. Read More
Romania’s National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has officially launched a tender for five DTT multiplex licences with a deadline of May 8, 2014. Read More
