TV Technology Intelligence

Reports

The Global Transmission Market | 09 Sep 10 tags › | Across the world there are now almost 1bn digital receivers in use for broadcast or IPTV transmission. The vast majority of these use one of the major broadcasting standards: ATSC, DMB, DVB or ISDB. DVB currently has the lead in the global market and is well split between pay and free, and across cable, satellite and terrestrial. Future growth should drive DVB to power almost 1bn receivers by 2014...

Google TV: the next frontier or another 'Web TV'? | 05 Jul 10 tags › | Google's TV platform, scheduled to launch in autumn 2010, will bring a large number of both legal and illegal online video sources to the living room TV, threatening both the established home entertainment business and existing pay TV walled gardens. The initiative poses an immediate threat to connected TV platforms (Yahoo! Widget Engine, Vudu Apps) and in the long run is set to compete with Apple...

Home Networking and Pay TV | 03 Jun 10 tags › | Pay TV operators are deploying home networking technologies to deliver premium IP based services, such as mDVR, VoD, media-sharing and application stores to customers. Power line technologies are currently leading the market due to mass deployment by IPTV operators but as cable and DTH operators launch services volumes look like they will move towards coax based solutions. The reliance of non-oper...

Analyst commentary

Bulgaria's incumbent telco joins satellite TV bandwagon | 10 Sep 10 tags › | Bulgaria's incumbent telco, BTC, has launched a new satellite TV platform, offering 70 channels and the option to bundle TV with Internet, mobile and fixed line telephony. Since 2009 BTC has used the brand...

Romania stalls analogue switch-off to 2015 | 08 Sep 10 tags › | The Romanian government has postponed the country's analogue switch-off deadline, shifting the off date from January 2012 to January 2015. Move had an immediate impact with telecommunications regulator, ANCOM,...

CableLabs releases 3D specification | 02 Sep 10 tags › | Cablelabs have released a public specification for frame compatible 3D encoding and distribution. Two formats, top-bottom and side-by-side, are supported for HD resolutions (720p, 1080i and 1080p) using MPEG-2...

Presentations

EPGs in Western Europe | 01 Jul 10 tags › | At the 'Interactive TV perspectives' conference organised by AFDESI in Paris on 28 June 2010, Vincent Létang, senior analyst and head of advertising research, presented the main findings a Goldmedia/Screen Digest study on 'Electronic Programme Guides and TV Middleware Applications'. The presentation includes findings on EPG business models and value chain, as well as advertising opportunities.

3D: The future of home entertainment? | 25 Mar 10 tags › | This presentation overviews the current 3D television landscape, looking at the manufacturers bringing to market new 3D screens for the home, the technical specifications and pricing points, the relationships between all the various industry bodies involved in creating 3D standards. Also presented are our projections for global sales of 3D television sets, and 3D TV set penetration by market.