Digital TV News: Alcom
Agile Content and Ålcom bring Agile TV platform to Finland
Mar 12, 2024 – Agile Content has announced an agreement with Ålcom to provide TV services in Finland, combining the Agile TV Platform with Ålcom's head-end of channels and managed service TV team.
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Agile Content, Ålcom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finland, IPTV
Accedo offers end-to-end XR solution for pay TV operators
Feb 26, 2024 – Accedo has announced the development of an end-to-end XR offering for Pay TV operators built on a Snapdragon-based reference platform for XR distributed computing designed by Qualcomm.
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Accedo, Qualcomm, Michael Lantz, Sahil Bansal, Digital TV, Metaverse, MWC24, Streaming, Worldwide
Worldwide semiconductor revenue declined 11% in 2023
Jan 16, 2024 – According to Gartner, worldwide semiconductor revenue in 2023 totaled $533 billion, a decrease of 11.1% from 2022. The revenue of the top 25 semiconductor vendors declined by 14.1%.
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Gartner, Alan Priestley, Market Research, Semiconductor, Worldwide
DVB Project elects new Steering Board
Nov 13, 2023 – The General Assembly of the DVB Project has elected a new Steering Board to serve for the coming two years. It includes representatives of 43 companies across DVB's four member constituencies.
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DVB Project, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Regulation, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Worldwide
UHD Spain tests end-to-end transmission of UHD-HDR and 5G
Oct 23, 2023 – UHD Spain has tested UHD-HDR broadcasting using 5G contributions, cloud mixing, multi-media broadcasting including 5G Broadcast, and the use of the public Internet network for signal transport.
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UHD Spain, Xavier Redón, Emili Planas, Pere Vila, Miguel Ángel Cristóbal, 5G, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Spain
FWA to help reduce digital divide in South-East Asia
Oct 10, 2023 – According to ABI Research, the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) market in South-East Asia will constitute 7.87 million subscriptions by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 13% between 2023 and 2028.
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ABI Research, Sarah Yong, Jake Saunders, 5G, Asia, Broadband, Market Research
Ateme enables 5G Broadcast transmission in the U.S.
Sep 21, 2023 – Ateme has announced that its solution was used in the first U.S. transmission of a 5G signal over a licensed broadcast facility, in a proof of concept of 5G Broadcast to the FCC.
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Ateme, Qualcomm, XGen Network, Mickaël Raulet, Lorenzo Casaccia, Frank Copsidas, 5G, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA
Another slow year expected for AR/VR headsets
Sep 19, 2023 – Worldwide augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headset shipments declined for the fourth quarter in a row as volumes fell 44.6% YoY during the second quarter of 2023, according to IDC.
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IDC, Jitesh Ubrani, Ramon T. Llamas, Market Research, Metaverse, Worldwide
Report from ETSI highlights synergies between DVB-I and 5G
Aug 28, 2023 – A Technical Report released by ETSI (TR 103 972 v1.1.1) describes how DVB-I can provide a service layer for any IP-based system, including 5G Media Streaming and 5G Broadcast.
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DVB Project, 5G-MAG, ETSI, Frédéric Gabin, Thomas Stockhammer, Richard Bradbury, 5G, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBC2023, Worldwide
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