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HEVC will boost quality, reach and multi-room for telco HD
The new compression standard will enable telcos to offer HDTV where it was not previously possible, and even make managed QoS IPTV available to some locations for the first time. Multi-room services will be more competitive....
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Ultra High Definition (UHD) would give Pay TV operators the chance to lead consumer expectations again rather than respond to them, as with multi-screen. The industry needs to create a market; CES 2013 will have raised public awareness.…
Thomas Helbo, CTO at the Danish cable operator Stofa, is among the panellists discussing the potential impact of the HEVC compression standard on multi-screen TV services, HDTV and the emergence of ultra HD in a live Videonet webcast…
The consulting company says television can actually grow its share of the advertising market with new technologies, while there is potential for increased Pay TV spend.…
Following approval of the standard and public demonstrations of Olympics coverage in August, Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) is entering IBC2012 with wind in its sails. The buzz appears is likely to continue throughout the year, although commercial…
The BBC reports that its Olympics Red Button service was the most important route to its live channels on TV, despite the fact they were also available in traditional programme guides.…
The global flat-panel market leader, Samsung is gaining mind share in the U.S., where research indicates that consumers are most attentive to screen size, display technology and price.…
Execs from PBS, Disney/ABC and HBO who spoke at last week’s Satellite 2012 Show said that ultra high-def (UHD) TV held promise, but that 3D was being limited by the need for glasses and questions about its impact…
Content providers Disney/ABC and HBO see more stability in their business models, despite the market flux and new entrants, than in their technology, which requires increasingly sophisticated and automated management.…
Here is our pick from the best stories of 2011, providing a balanced view of what is driving the television industry forwards today, from multi-screen TV and Connected TV to OTT and Second Screen.…
Nigel Walley at Decipher is fed up with technology companies with advertising solutions based on personalisation who do not appreciate the culture of shared viewing. He says TV is delivering everything the ad industry asks of it.…
Socmedia has boosted live viewing by making it impossible to record sports and avoid hearing the score. Even closer integration of ‘social’ and ‘TV’ could change how we discover content, as well.…
Broadcasters must be promiscuous to ensure they have a future in the digital age, making their content available everywhere, on any platform and in any country, and finding new partners, experimenting and accepting failures along the way. That…
Luke Johnson, Founder and Chairman, Risk Capital Partners, painted a gloomy picture of the future of traditional linear broadcasting today, declaring that ‘legacy’ free-to-air broadcasters in Western Europe are in the business of managing decline, even though they…
Broadcasters and content producers will take account of companion screens such as tablet devices in future programme making, with greatly increasing audience interaction, particularly in games shows and sporting events. Some broadcasters have been testing the waters for…
Having read 101 obituaries for broadcast TV over the last few years, broadcasters must be delighted that their gut instinct about the importance of linear programming is now being backed by evidence.…
39% of early adopters are watching live TV and OTT is definitely complementing rather than substituting linear viewing. Strategy Analytics has also been highlighting barriers to Connected TV adoption including the need for service/device integration.…
Analogue satellite is being switched off in Germany next April but cable operators are in no hurry to follow suit, although they do hope to pick up new digital TV subscribers.…
There is debate about the longevity of CI+ for Pay TV without STBs. The main concern is the user experience but at least one commentator thinks the next step is using MHEG for branded EPGs and VOD.…
Catch-up TV is helping to hold up linear viewing figures in the UK by allowing people to remain up to date with programmes, and social media is boosting ‘live’. Maybe the demise of linear was exaggerated.…
MPEG-4 and JPEG2000 are competing as the codecs of choice for next-generation contribution. Increasing volumes of HD prompted the Portuguese broadcaster to move from MPEG-2 and the 4:2:2 10 bit profile will boost colour quality.…
ZON “redefines TV for the Internet generation”; Thomson headend solutions behind Sweden's DVB-T2 Roll Out; Sky Deutschland launches CI+ modules based on NDS VideoGuard; Racing UK chooses PayWizard for mobile video services……
A recent study boosts the prospects of 3DTV. Partially sighted people reported a positive viewing experience and said they will not be disadvantaged if 3DTV was the only TV available. Sighted consumers preferred 3D to 2D.…
Service Compatible 3DTV means the 2D and 3D versions of a programme can be broadcast within the same video stream, avoiding simulcasting. However, it requires new STBs and there are doubts whether 2D and 3D production is compatible.…
SoC vendor Broadcom has introduced a technology that could consign slow channel change times, the curse of digital TV, to the history books. The company is claiming 100ms delays, partly through addressing GOP delays.…
Potentially, 3DTV could be the next big incremental improvement in television viewing but today there are almost as many questions as answers about the new format. In time for IBC, Harmonic Inc. has provided this FAQ.…
Unlike with HDTV, when markets and standards were already developing outside Europe, European broadcasters can help shape the future of 3DTV from the beginning. EBU is helping to determine their needs.…
The DTG believes Frame Compatible is good enough for the vast majority of 3DTV provider needs today. The separate 2D and 3D production chains mean a 2D/3D compatible solution is ruled out for now.…
MVC encoding is possible on existing encoders and set-top boxes that can decode this extension of MPEG-4 AVC are on their way. Envivio is convinced that MVC is the future of 3DTV content delivery.…
ESPN is currently contributing 3DTV sports to its own Bristol facility as discreet left/right HD feeds, then moving to Frame Compatible for distribution to partners. The broadcaster wants to move away from Frame Compatible altogether.…
ITV CEO Adam Crozier admits dependence on pure ad funding is not sustainable as UK’s leading free to air commercial broadcaster makes HD channels available on Sky pay TV platform, with availability on Virgin Media likely to follow…
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