German public broadcaster ZDF plans to launch all its digital thematic channels in HD after the analogue satellite switch-off on April 30, 2012, said Carl-Eugen Eberle, legal counsel at ZDF. “We plan to bring all ZDF channels in HD quality …
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Romtelecom/OTE toughen it out
The Romanian incumbent telco Romtelecom ended the first quarter with 1,064,710 subscribers to its satellite, cable and IPTV services. Although this was 14.9% more than in the same period last year, it arguably represented a slowdown in growth in the …
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SES to invest eur 34 million
In a foundation stone laying ceremony, SES S.A. celebrated its EUR 34 million investment in a new state-of-the-art satellite control facilities at its Betzdorf campus as well as in an additional Business Center. The construction project will include a new …
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Matrox Announces Capture Devices for Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder
Matrox Video Products Group announced support for Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder software with Matrox MXO2 I/O devices. The Matrox MXO2 family offers a full range of capture hardware solutions ideal for feeding live content to Adobe Flash Media Server …
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APS opens new playout centre
SES Astra has announced that its 100% owned subsidiary Astra Platform Services (APS) has opened a new playout centre in Unterföhring near Munich. With the new centre, one of the most important and modern technical hubs of its kind in …
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Optibase Announces Low-Latency Portable HD/SD H.264 Encoding Appliance
Optibase announced that it will present at NAB 2011 the most advanced multi-channel portable H.264 encoder ‘ a low-latency platform, powered by TurboVideo’ technology, that’s faster, denser, more powerful and more cost effective than any encoder now on the market. …
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Google Acquires Green Parrot Pictures
Google has acquired digital video technology company Green Parrot Pictures to improve the quality of videos uploaded to its YouTube service, the tech giant announced Tuesday. Green Parrot Pictures was founded by engineering professor Anil Kokaram of Trinity College, Dublin, …
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DVB-RCS2 meets with approval
At the 67th Meeting of the Steering Board, the DVB approved the first two of three DVB-RCS2 specifications for the 2nd generation DVB interactive satellite system. DVB-RCS2 takes advantage of state-of-the art technology that gives substantial enhancements over 1st generation …
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On Demand Group and Inview Technology to Launch VOD on Connected TVs
Demand Group announced an agreement to launch both transactional video-on-demand and subscription video-on-demand services on millions of connected TV sets in major European countries, starting in Italy in the second quarter of this year. Inview’s revolutionary NEELiX platform is incorporated …
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Εναρξη ψηφιακης εκπομπης στη Ροδο απο Digea
Από σήμερα, 25 Φεβρουαρίου 2011, η πόλη της Ρόδου βλέπει πλέον ψηφιακά! Το ψηφιακό σήμα των ιδιωτικών τηλεοπτικών σταθμών εθνικής εμβέλειας ALPHA, ALTER, ANT1, ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ TV, MEGA, ΣΚΑΪ και STAR, μέσω του ψηφιακού παρόχου DIGEA, εκπέμπεται από το κέντρο εκπομπής …
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Πρωτο Συνέδριο InfoCom Smartphones & Αpps
Το 1ο Συνέδριο Smartphones & Εφαρμογών για Κινητά «InfoCom Smartphones & Αpps» θα πραγματοποιηθεί στο ξενοδοχείο Divani Caravel την Τετάρτη 2 Φεβρουαρίου 2011. Το συνέδριο τελεί υπό την αιγίδα της Ειδικής Γραμματείας Ψηφιακού Σχεδιασμού, των Ψηφιακών Ενισχύσεων και του ΙΑΒ. …
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Verimatrix Secures the First Over-the-Top Video Service in Hong Kong
Verimatrix announced that Hong Kong-based Anyplex is securing its over-the-top (OTT) video on demand service with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV. Anyplex is a leading on-demand streaming service in Hong Kong that delivers premium content …
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