New 'SuperTV' reception technology could change Mobile DTV equation
Semiconductor company Legend Silicon says its new maximal-ratio combining diversity reception technology will change the equation for reception of DTV on the go....
UK regulator calls for single-frequency DTT across Europe
Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards argues that there should be a radical single frequency network re-plan of Digital Terrestrial Television across Europe....
Riedel opens office in Moscow
German broadcast network vendor Riedel has opened an office in Moscow to serve growing East European TV markets....
Sky pulls out of DTT in Italy
Sky has withdrawn its application for digital terrestrial frequencies in Italy. ...
BBC launches iPlayer in Canada
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of UK public broadcaster BBC, has launched its online streaming service iPlayer in Canada....
EBU gets behind hybrid TV
The Hybrid Broadcast TV (HbbTV) standard continues to gain momentum in Europe as EBU (European Broadcast Union) members agree to collaborate around it. ...
Migration to IP increasing demand for bandwidth in satellite news gathering
IP brings many advantages over traditional ASI for satellite news gathering, but it also has challenges during migration like a demand for extra bandwidth while both IP and ASI run in parallel....
Sportvision and TruMedia Networks to deliver detailed analytics to minor league baseball teams
The new partnership will give farms teams the same tools as their “big league” clubs now enjoy....
Getty Images offers news and fact-based clip library
The renowned library has greatly expanded its video library of news and other clips and is now licensing them to broadcasters and documentary makers....
More than half of Internet viewers are watching TV and movies
As online viewing grows, the usage of on-demand, DVR and DVD platforms also continues to expand....
Analog (SECAM) transmission ceases in France
On Nov. 29, 2011, terrestrial SECAM (or Sequential Color with Memory) broadcasts in France were shut down for the last time, ending a 44-year reign....
House Subcommittee approves spectrum auction legislation, but fight’s not over
The vote was 17-6, and the bill now heads to the full House Energy and Commerce Committee for debate....
24-hour Russian news channel deploys extensive tapeless news workflow
RBC-TV has deployed a new infrastructure and workflow system using Harris technology to facilitate a file-based workflow throughout its Moscow headquarters....
Four Spanish broadcasters rely on wTVision for election graphics
TV Galicia, Aragón TV, La Sexta and 8TV presented election coverage to their viewers using a variety of technologies and visuals supplied by wTVision....
Gray Television commits to TVUPack for second phase of ENG deployment
The station group will outfit more of its 36 stations with the lightweight backpack newsgathering system that transmits contributed stories via 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi and WiMax connections....
