Digital TV News: International Telecommunication Union
South Africa reaffirms commitment to DVB for DTT
Jan 14, 2011 – South Africa's Minister of Communications has said that RRC-06 adopted DVB-T as the DTT standard for Region 1 (Africa, Europe and the Middle East). All African countries are signatories to the agreement and are legally bound by its requirements.
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Digital TV, DVB-T2, South Africa, Terrestrial
Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results
Dec 1, 2010 – Virgin Media (NASDAQ, LSE: VMED) has unveiled details of Virgin Media TV powered by TiVo® (NASDAQ: TIVO). The user interface will combine the live TV schedule with catch-up TV, on-demand programming and applications, alongside a personal video recorder.
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Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home
Sigma Designs Unveils Industry's First G.hn Chipset
Oct 25, 2010 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has announced the CG5110, the first G.hn chipset for home entertainment networking. With the chipset, solutions can be designed to handle the bandwidth required by media-rich applications and HD content over any wire.
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Sigma Designs, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home
NGB Collaborates With Local Ghanaian Channels On DTT Platform
Mar 31, 2010 – Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB) Ghana Ltd is planning to launch a Digital Terrestrial Pay TV service in Ghana branded SMART TV. SMART TV will provide customer with both free to air and pay TV channels.
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Next Generation Broadcasting AB, Digital TV, Ghana, Regulation, Terrestrial
Interop Event on IPTV, Geneva, 20-23 July 2010
Mar 24, 2010 – The first IPTV interop event will demonstrate the state of maturity and industry adoption of ITU-T standards for IPTV. Manufacturers of STBs, content servers and other equipment are invited to showcase their products and test for interoperability.
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IPTV interop, IPTV-GSI, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box
Sigma/CopperGate to Demo Leading IPTV Set-Top Box Processors and Home Networking at IPTV World Forum
Mar 22, 2010 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) and its subsidiary, CopperGate, will demonstrate a complete range of IPTV solutions at IPTV World Forum from March 23 - March 25, 2010, at the Olympia National Hall in London.
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Sigma Designs, IPTV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Video Exchange
HomeGrid Forum and G.hn Gain Momentum and Set Performance Benchmarks
Jan 18, 2010 – At CES 2010, the HomeGrid Forum showed the first G.hn semiconductors capable of delivering the performance and quality of service necessary for high-definition video and video conferencing.
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HomeGrid Forum, DS2, CES2024, Semiconductor, Smart Home
3D TV moves into focus at the ITU
Jan 14, 2010 – Study Group 6 of ITU's Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) has released a new Report outlining a roadmap for future 3D TV implementation, which envisages systems so smart they accurately mimic the way our eyes and brains perceive the visual world.
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ITU-R, Digital TV, Metaverse, TV Services
ITU-T Ratifies G.hn Standard for Wired Home Networking
Oct 9, 2009 – The HomeGrid Forum has announced that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) has successfully agreed upon the key components of the G.hn specification at its meeting held at the United Nations in Geneva.
News categories:
HomeGrid Forum, ITU-T, Smart Home
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