As WRC-15 begins, broadcasters hope current DTT frequencies will emerge intact
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
As the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) gets underway in Geneva, European terrestrial broadcasters’ eyes will be on the outcome...
Vubiquity poised to deliver new-release films through High Street stores
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
Global multi-platform video services provider Vubiquity announced today that it is in talks with retailers across a number of territories...
UHD TV services using HDR could launch in 2017 – with an impact as...
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
UHD TV services using High Dynamic Range (HDR) could become available in 2017, following an agreement by members of the...
Data analytics needs to remain boring – if not, you could be in the...
Data analytics is considered one of the building blocks for a future-facing Pay TV operator, whether they are using network probes to improve the...
France’s new DTT platform: same old faces, but this time in HD
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
Finally, after many twists and turns, the shape of France’s new MPEG-4-based DTT platform – which will emerge in April...
The inevitable march towards software-defined video
Ericsson has been explaining its video workflow virtualisation capabilities this year (seen here at Ericsson Live London) Software-defined video is the label being applied...
How you build redundancy into a virtualized headend
The ViBE VS7000 multiscreen encoding and transcoding platform from Thomson Video Networks It may not be glamorous but it matters: redundancy. Thomson Video Networks...
Unknown Tveon claims video-compression breakthrough delivering 4K/UHD at under 2Mbps, 1080p at sub-200Kbps
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
You wait ages for a new video compression technology, and then two come along at once.
Treading in the footsteps of...
PERSEUS DTH deployment for STB distribution slated for Q1 next year
The ViBE VS7000 Multi-Screen and HEVC Encoder from Thomson Video NetworksThe PERSEUS video compression codec is ready for primetime. That is the claim of...
Time for television industry to get online with 4K services
Samsung's Curved 4K ultra HD LED LCD Smart TVWith a few notable exceptions, including BT Sport with its new sports channel in the UK,...
