


| Release 2 for Open IPTV specifications The OIPF (Open IPTV Forum) has announced the publication of the second edition of its global end-to-end specifications for IPTV. Release 2 includes what the OIPF is describing as “an evolution of functionality” with a basket of improvements and enhancements to the 2009 publication. The Forum has defined a number of usage Profiles and has [...] Older Swedes watching online video 4.3 million Swedes watched online video during the second quarter of 2009, encouraged by major events including the Olympics, the World Cup and the Swedish Royal Wedding. Weekly reach of 2.5% equated to around 35%. Consultancy Mediavision, which compiled the research, said although younger audiences were consuming the most online content there was a clear [...] Floored: IBC Exhibition Preview Forget all that 3D malarkey, it’s so last year, well that depends. This year it seems every exhibitor at IBC 2010 will have some sort of stereoscopic television on its stand. We know that the delivery of 3D signals into domestic televisions is possible, what we are yet to discover is whether or not people [...] QVC reflects on UK DTT WESTMINSTER eFORUM: The FUTURE OF DTT. QVC will launch a HD channel on satellite in about two years, according to Richard Burrell, director of media operations, QVC UK. It will be unable to do so on DTT due to limited capacity, and generally speaking “embryonic channels will be pushed to satellite, which we don’t want.” [...] Latens: Software CAS has come of age Latens is going into IBC in the midst of what the conditional access company sees as a transition in attitudes towards software-based CAS. In an interview with Broadband TV News, Alex Borland, director of business development, said that a shift two years ago, when operators began to ask more questions about software CAS, had moved [...] Increase Web Traffic |
