Digital TV News: NHK
Mitsubishi STBs Power KDDI On-Demand TV Service Using Espial TV Browser
Mar 15, 2012 – Espial has announced that KDDI (Tokyo:9433) will use the Mitsubishi Electric (Tokyo:6503) ST1100R set-top box and Espial TV Browser, with its HTML5 capabilities, to provide the user experience for a wide range of video-on-demand and IPTV services.
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Espial, Mitsubishi Electric, KDDI, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box
Committee produces HEVC/H.265 MPEG codec draft specification
Feb 10, 2012 – ISO/IEC's Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) has announced the completion of the ISO/IEC committee draft of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) [H.265] standard.
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Moving Picture Experts Group, High Efficiency Video Coding, Digital TV, Streaming, TV Services
Future of Broadcast Television Summit Declares Global Goals for Future of Broadcasting
Nov 11, 2011 – Television broadcasting executives, technologists and engineers gathering this week in China agreed that a global approach to the future of terrestrial TV broadcasting is the ideal method to avoid competing standards, overlap, and inefficient deployment of new services.
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FoBTV, Digital TV, Terrestrial
Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) nearing reality
Oct 14, 2011 – The ITU has announced that its Study Group on Broadcasting Service has reached agreement on most of the pertinent technical characteristics of a new Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) standard for television.
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International Telecommunication Union, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, TV Services
New Media Legend Picks Eutelsat to Launch 'Scene' TV Platform for Russian Satellite Homes
Feb 23, 2011 – New Media Legend has selected the 36degrees East satellite neighbourhood operated by Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) for a new broadcasting platform providing Russian and international channels to complement the NTV Plus and Tricolor TV platforms.
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Eutelsat, New Media Legend, Content Distribution, Russia, Satellite
Chongqing Cable, NDS and DOXTV to Launch First HD DVR and Push VOD Service in China
Dec 10, 2009 – NDS and DOXTV have announced the launch of China's first HD digital video recorder (DVR) and push video on demand (VOD) service for Chongqing Cable subscribers, Chongqing Cable TV+™.
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NDS Group, DOXTV, Chongqing Cable, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box
IPTV Forum Japan's Activities for CEATEC: Connecting Your TV to the Net
Oct 2, 2009 – The IPTV Forum Japan will present a special booth at CEATEC JAPAN 2009. The theme for the booth's display is Connecting Your TV to the Net, and it will focus on the nature of IPTV and how to connect household televisions to broadband networks.
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IPTV Forum Japan, Japan, Smart TV, Streaming
2.1 million digital TV subscribers for J:COM at end-Q1
Apr 28, 2009 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2009. J:COM TV Digital subscribers rose by 521,800 to 2,085,300 households with 424,500 HDR PVR contracts at the end of the quarter.
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Jupiter Telecom, Cable TV, DVR, Japan, Results, Subscribers
ULDAGE Releases Joint Patent License for Japanese Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards
Aug 8, 2008 – ULDAGE has announced that the Patent Pool License for Digital Cable Broadcasting Standards is scheduled to be available in October, 2008. The License includes essential patents owned by at least following 13 companies.
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ULDAGE, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Licensing, Patent
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