Digital TV News: International Telecommunication Union

CopperGate Shipped Over 10 Million HomePNA Chips for Home Networking
Jun 29, 2009 – CopperGate HomePNA chips are used in digital devices deployed worldwide in home entertainment networks and IPTV systems. They are deployed by more than 40 telecommunications, cable, and satellite companies.
News categories: CopperGate, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Smart Home

New global standard for fully networked home
Dec 12, 2008 – The first global standard offering an in-home, high-speed network capable of delivering room-to-room HDTV has been agreed by ITU. The 'G.hn' standard promises high quality multimedia over power, coaxial, phone and other home network wiring.
News categories: International Telecommunication Union, HomeGrid Forum, CPE, Digital TV, Gateway, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Industry Creates HomeGrid Forum to Develop Technology for Enjoying Multimedia Anywhere in the Home
Apr 29, 2008 – Infineon Technologies, Intel Corporation, Panasonic and Texas Instruments have announced the creation of HomeGrid Forum, which aims to promote and influence a single, next-generation worldwide standard for networking digital content.
News categories: HomeGrid Forum, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home

IPTV Focus Group online standards compendium
Apr 16, 2008 – The proceedings of the IPTV Focus Group (IPTV FG) have been collected in an online document. They are the result of 20 months hard work by the Focus Group which has now been passed on to the IPTV-GSI (global standards initiative).
News categories: IPTV Focus Group, Digital TV, IPTV

Mobile TV across Europe: Commission endorses addition of DVB-H to EU List of Official Standards
Mar 17, 2008 – The European Commission has decided to add the Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld standard (DVB-H) to the EU List of Standards, which serves as a basis for encouraging the harmonised provision of telecommunications across the EU.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Asia-Pacific will Outpace Europe in IPTV Market
Feb 5, 2008 – A comprehensive market research report by RNCOS has found that the global IPTV market is currently dominated by Europe but it is expected that Asia will emerge as a stronger competitor to Europe in the coming years.
News categories: RNCOS, Asia, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Europe, Hong Kong, India, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan

TRAI releases draft recommendations on issues relating to mobile television service
Jan 3, 2008 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released its draft recommendations on issues relating to mobile television service to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Digital TV, India, Mobile, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services

ITU announces first global set of standards for IPTV
Dec 18, 2007 – The standards were built with technical contributions from leading service providers and manufacturers from the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and cement ITU's role as the global leader in IPTV standards development.
News categories: International Telecommunication Union, Digital TV, IPTV

ITU defines the future of mobile communications
Oct 19, 2007 – The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly took a decision of global importance to include WiMAX-derived technology in the framework of the IMT-2000 set of standards. This agreement paves the way for the deployment of a range of voice, data, and multimedia services to both stationary and mobile devices.
News categories: International Telecommunication Union, WiMAX Forum, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Mobile