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Samsung Snags First tru2way License
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5.09.2008
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The products could be deployed in Comcast systems this year.
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Backchannelmedia to Test Market TV Click-Through Advertising Platform
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5.02.2008
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WCVB (Channel 5), Hearst-Argyle Television’s ABC affiliate in Boston, is partnering with Backchannelmedia.
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Harris, LG Tout Public Safety Uses of MPH
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4.25.2008
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Harris teamed with New Hampshire Public Television, the University of New Hampshire and Project 54—a collaborative R&D effort between UNH and the New Hampshire Department of Safety—for the demonstration.
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ICO Launches Mobile Television Satellite
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4.25.2008
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As ICO Global Communications demonstrated its ICO mim (mobile interactive media) service in Las Vegas during the NAB Show, the company launched a satellite that will use the DVB-SH standard for the service.
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SBE Will Phase Out of NFL Frequency Coordination
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4.11.2008
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The NFL will soon take over the program and coordinators will be retained directly by the league.
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Triveni Announces PSIP Partnerships
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4.11.2008
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Triveni Digital, a subsidiary of LG Electronics, has announced two collaborations with major automation providers to help broadcasters meet FCC rules requiring PSIP to accurately reflect program information by May 30.
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Dielectric Communications Expands Testing Operations
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4.11.2008
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Additions include a 60-foot tapered electromagnetic anechoic chamber, a 950-cubic-foot high-power passive intermodulation chamber and a 64-cubic-foot thermal chamber.
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Verizon Eyes End of FiOS Analog
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4.11.2008
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Until now, Verizon has provided these duplicate channels to allow digital subscribers to view some limited programming in an analog format without using a set-top box.
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New Standard Further Opens FLO Protocol Stack
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4.04.2008
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Following review by the TIA TR47.1 Engineering Committee, the specification will be published as TIA-1130, marking yet another step towards the full and open interoperability of the FLO protocol stack.
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VCI Solutions Joins the Advanced Media Workflow Association
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3.28.2008
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The Advanced Media Workflow Association is a user-focused industry body dedicated to the promotion, development and adoption of open, accessible standards and specifications relating to file-based workflows (including AAF, MXF and other formats), Service Oriented Architectures, and Application Specifications as they apply to the areas of content creation, production, post production, rich media authoring, archiving and distribution.
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Europeans Back DVB-H Mobile Standards
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3.21.2008
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The European Commission has made mobile TV technology Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds—DVB-H—an official EU standard.
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CBS Gives Web Sites Access to NCAA March Madness on Demand Platform
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3.14.2008
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CBSSports.com, in partnership with CBS Sports, CBS College Sports Network and the NCAA, has announced that its Web site has dropped registration requirements for NCAA March Madness on Demand.
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Grajski Sees Promise of Mobile Broadcasting
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3.14.2008
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He said broadcasters should seek low-cost methods to deliver information tailor-made for mobile devices.
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Warner Bros. Media Research Opens New Media Lab
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3.14.2008
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Testing at this facility will provide insight into how consumers engage new forms of content and enable hands-on interaction with cutting-edge consumer electronics devices and emerging distribution platforms.
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HD Camera Lens Selection Guide Goes Online
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3.14.2008
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Featuring an easy-to-use, fully interactive design, site users select their camera brand and model number along with their specific production application.
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Industry Giants Bring ATSC Mobile DTV Efforts Into Their Global Vision
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3.07.2008
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ATSC President Mark Richer called the announcement “another indication that development of ATSC-M/H has strong industry support and is likely to be the ubiquitous standard for mobile and handheld DTV.”
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EVS Integrates Avid DNxHD
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3.07.2008
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This VC-3 standard will enable unprecedented interoperability between any licensed users of the codec, EVS said.
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Wegener Teams with ViaSat to Support Video Multicasts Over VSAT
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2.29.2008
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“ViaSat’s innovative communication networks provide a great complement to Wegener’s private network video products,” said Ned L. Mountain, president and chief operating officer of Wegener.
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FLO Forum Completes Receiver API Spec
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2.22.2008
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It’s the latest step in the ongoing OpenFLO initiative, which is designed to facilitate multi-vendor interoperability within any FLO mobile TV network.
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Engineers Debate Dialnorm
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2.22.2008
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A chief engineer at one of the Big Three says dialog normalization doesn’t work while his counterpart at another says it does, but the disparity is complicated, according to a report in Television Broadcast, a sister publication of TV Technology.
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