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For nearly 20 years, DVB and its digital TV standards have been at the forefront of digital TV. What technical and social developments can we expect in the near future, what will TV look like in another 20 years and what role will standards play? Join DVB World 2013 to find out! (March 11-13) Read More
Thomson Broadcast announced that B&B TV Communication, the entity responsible for wireless-cable broadcasting of radio and television channels in Read More
The authority on the digital terrestrial switchover – RTÜK (Radio and Television Supreme Council) has decided that the transition will begin in Read More
The Department of Communication recently pointed out that the South African Bureau of Standards was currently establishing an STB conformance lab, to Read More
The Ministry of Communications has opened a consultation on its draft plans for digital switchover. As part of its strategy, the government calls Read More
Sisvel announced at IBC2012 that it has been coordinating meetings among owners of patents essential to the DVB-C2 standard for the purpose of creating a patent pool to offer licenses under their combined portfolio of patents to make DVB- C2 technology accessible to all users on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms and conditions. Read More
On Friday September 7th IBC 2012 will open its doors and DVB and multiple supporting DVB member companies will again be present to show the efficiency of DVB-T2, T2-Lite, DVB-3DTV and more. The conference will feature a dedicated DVB session on September 8th and a free Future of Broadcast TV session on the 11th. See you on September 7th on stand 1.D81! Read More
The Management Committee of the Future of Broadcast Television (FoBTV) Initiative, which was officially formed in Las Vegas last week during the NAB Show, today announced its leadership team. Mark Richer has been elected FoBTV Chairman. Richer is President of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, one of the 13 global technology and standards organizations that founded the FoBTV Initiative. Phil Laven, Chairman of DVB, was named FoBTV Vice Chairman. The first Chairman of the newly formed FoBTV Technical Committee is Dr. Wenjun Zhang, Chief Scientist, NERC-DTV. Read More
Croatian transmission company OiV and Croatia Post (HP) are planning to launch a pay DTT service using the DVB-T2 standard in November. HP, which Read More
DVB SCENE Issue 40 (September 2012) has just been released. This "Trends on the " issue includes articles from: Michael Lagally, GEM in 3D / David Wood, Forward thinking for 3DTV/ Vittoria Mignone, Carrier ID and interference/ Dietrich Westerkamp, TV sets get a companion/ Ulrich Reimers, Thank you DVB/ Nick Wells, On the horizon/ Phil Laven, FoBTV/ Alexey V. Malinin, Russia's migration to T2/ Myra Moore (DTC), Lifer after ASO and more… You can view, download or subscribe to DVB Scene here. Read More
At this year's ANGA Cable Exhibition and Congress held in Cologne from 12 - 14 June DVB will be exhibiting on the booth of ANGA - the Association of German Cable Operators. Precise details of the technology demo will be detailed in the next DVB eNews (May 31). DVB will also present a Technology Panel titled 'Hot Topics in DVB' in the official conference program that will take place on Tuesday, 12 June. Read More
Following various meetings, seminars and trials, Thailand officially confirmed the adoption of DVB-T2 as its digital terrestiral television standard on May 24th, 2012. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is expecting the system to be up and running within this yearend has already started making plans for the procurement of affordable DVB-T2 set-top boxes. Read More
