Latest articles by Philip Hunter
Mobile broadcast
The graveyard of mobile communication history is littered with failed broadcast standards, even predating cellular telephony itself, culminating with
UK royal wedding showed disruptive effect of OTT on audience ratings
As audience research data for last month's UK royal wedding came in, it became clear that with OTT, it is much harder to count viewer numbers.
Router caching may be cheaper alternative to CDNs
CDNs may not be the universal panacea for wireline video delivery after all.
European Broadcast Union argues case for future 4K HDTV
The EBU met recently in Tromsø, Norway, recently to discuss future production technologies, including HD.
Universal home wiring standard G.hn passes interoperability test
Four G.hn chipset makers came together in Geneva, Switzerland, for the world's first interoperability demonstration.
Younger consumers break down garden walls
Consumer expectations allied to moves towards online distribution by content houses are forcing pay TV operators to embrace OTT delivery, whether they like it or not.
European Broadcast Union urges standards convergence
The European Broadcast Union is calling on its members to get their heads out of the sand and start working towards common standards for emerging hybrid services.
European Broadcasting Union reaches deal for major cycling events
The European Broadcasting Union agrees with the Amaury Sport Organization that major cycling events will be shown on free-to-air analog channels until at least 2015.
Mobile TV brings opportunity to fixed-line operators
In the UK, BT regrets pulling out of cellular telephony a decade ago but believes mobile TV offers a way back.
OTT video to overtake IPTV by 2013
Over-the-top services will overtake IPTV by 2013 and then leave it quickly behind, reaching a subscriber base of 380 million by 2015, according to research by Informa Telecoms & Media.
DVB approves second-generation return path for satellite
The new DVB-RCS2 standard for satellite return channels is designed specifically for IP-based interactive services.
BT, Intelsat show way forward for satellite operators
BT and Intelsat are interconnecting their fiber-based networks to extend the reach of both.
IPTV World Forum to address multiplatform concerns
How to monetize multiplatform services is one of the big issues at London’s IPTV World Forum this week.
Opera Software to show TVs, Blu-ray players, Web-enabled set-top-boxes at IPTV World Forum
The Norwegian Web-browser vendor Opera Software will demonstrate TVs and set-top boxes enabled with HTML5 and HbbTV at IPTV World Forum in London, March 22-23.
EBU, OSCE cooperate on media freedom
The European Broadcast Union and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe met in Vienna to plan joint activities on media independence.
Show to spotlight impending wave of smart TV apps
An app revolution riding on smart TVs will be a major talking point at this year’s IPTV World Forum in London, March 22-24.
Fiber to the home not necessary for future multiple HD services
Bell Laboratories and others are proving that although fiber needs to be pushed deeper, new technologies will deliver multichannel HD IPTV services over copper for the last few hundred meters.
Asian DVB-T2 trial features MHEG multimedia standard
The Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group standard spearheaded by UK groups continues to gain ground in Asia.
Satellite operators target emerging markets to make up for lost revenue
Satellite operators will exploit their blanket coverage to make up for lost revenue to IPTV and fiber networks in densely populated areas of North America, the Far East and Western Europe.
Cable Congress highlights importance of IP migration strategy for MSOs
European cable will stay in rude health, providing it takes the right IP medicine, according to the Cable Congress consensus.
HomeGrid Forum comes closer to universal domestic connectivity
The HomeGrid Forum claims to have made a breakthrough in data and video transmission.
