The second general assembly of the HbbTV consortium has been held at the EBU’s headquarters in Geneva. Around 30 delegates attended yesterday’s meeting, which included the first elections for the steering group of HbbTV. The agenda included reports on the launches of HbbTV services in France, Germany, Spain, Austria and the Netherlands. These hybrid TV […]
TV technology company Nagra has teamed up with Spain’s Abertis Telecom to launch a cloud-based TV hosting platform. The service, which is targeted at both free and pay TV broadcasters, is providing a hosting solution for the EBU initiative to offer to its members off-the-shelf interactive HbbTV applications during the Olympics and the Eurovision Song […]
TV technology company Vianeos has released a new HbbTV middleware platform which it says is compatible with all HbbTV devices including TVs and set-top boxes. The October HbbTV Edition is available as a standalone appliance, software only or cloud access, according to Vianeos. It covers corporate, hospitality, healthcare and education applications and offers access to […]
The EBU is offering its members a platform to deploy HbbTV services during this year’s Olympic Games and Eurovision Song Contest. Three white label applications will be provided free-of-charge to EBU members, who can customise them with their own content to provide interactive services including catch-up, VOD, interactive advertising, voting, gaming and social networking. EBU […]
GlobeCast and France 24 will launch a HbbTV trial in early 2012 with the support of Orange and SES. The service, to be offered to satellite viewers of France 24, initially in western Europe, will add a layer of interactivity to connected TVs. Throughout 2012, participating satellite TV viewers will be able to use their […]
Car maker Volkswagen is using KIT Digital’s technology to deliver red-button interactive advertising. Viewers will be able to press the red button and arrive to a “digital showroom” where they can view the new Volkswagen Beetle prototype. The interactive campaign will be available on HbbTV-based hybrid broadcast broadband TV and connected TV services. Kaleil Isaza […]
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the standards organisation that represents over 100 UK TV companies, has approved HbbTV-based connected TV specifications in the latest version of the D-Book, its digital-terrestrial TV technology specifications. D-Book 7, which was published in draft earlier this year, defines the critical interoperable coexistence of broadcast and broadband services and devices […]
Digital TV Labs, which provides specialised receiver conformance products and services, has claimed a reduction in test time for HbbTV applications via automating key functionality within its Ligada iSuite. The tool will be fully compliant with the official HbbTV Test Suite and allows receiver manufacturers to bring HbbTV-ready products to market quickly and cost-effectively, according […]
