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HbbTV Releases New Version of Core Specification
The HbbTV Association has updated its core specification for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes.
Version 2.0.4 adds integration with voice assistants, with accessibility features, such as dialogue enhancement or user interface magnification. Also included are the...
OCA Alliance Recaps ISE – New Members, New Technologies, New Standards
ISE 2023 saw the OCA Alliance bring forward several new developments and announcements that will continue to push the horizons of the AES70 control standard. During the show, presentations, demonstrations, and new members to the trade association showcased current and future technologies and tools that will further broaden the...
Tencent Joins Khronos Board of Directors
Khronos is thrilled to welcome Tencent, one of the largest internet, gaming, and mobile hardware and software companies in the world, to the Khronos Board of Directors. They join promoter members AMD, Apple, Arm, Epic Games, Google, Huawei, IKEA, Imagination Technologies, Intel, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony, Valve and VeriSilicon....
Media in the Cloud: Ontology and Semantic Web Technology Navigation Guide
SMPTE, the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has collaborated with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Motion Pictures Laboratories Inc. (MovieLabs), a technology joint venture of the major Hollywood studios, to publish ‘Media in the Cloud: Ontology and Semantic Web Technology Navigation Guide’. The new guide, available...
HbbTV Releases New Version of Core Specification
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has announced the publication of version 2.0.4 of its core specification.
The three main highlights of the new version...
Conformance Testing for ATSC 3.0 Receivers
Labwise the provider of digital TV conformance testing solutions has announced the availability of StreamWise-ATSC its latest digital TV test suites that enable testing of ATSC 3.0 (NEXTGEN TV) receivers and TV sets to ensure their conformance with ATSC 3.0 TV service features.
Labwise was acquired by Allegro DVT, the...
MPEG Standard for Video Decoding in Immersive Media
One of the most distinctive features of immersive media compared to 2D media is that only a tiny portion of the content is presented to the user. Such a portion is interactively selected at the time of consumption. For example, a user may not see the same point cloud...
USB-IF Announces Publication of USB4 Specification – 80Gbps Performance
USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the support organisation for the advancement and adoption of USB technology, has announced the publication of the USB4 Version 2.0 specification, a major update to enable USB 80Gbps performance over the USB Type-C cable and connector. The updated USB4 specification doubles the maximum aggregate bandwidth...
MPEG Amends VSEI Containing Technology for Neural Network-based Post Filtering
At the 139th MPEG meeting, the MPEG Joint Video Experts Team with ITU-T SG 16 (WG 5; JVET) issued a Committee Draft Amendment (CDAM) text for the Versatile Supplemental Enhancement Information (VSEI) standard (ISO/IEC 23002-7, a.k.a. ITU-T H.274).
Beyond the SEI message for shutter interval indication, which is already known...
MPEG Scene Descriptions Adds Support for Immersive Media Codecs
At the 139th MPEG meeting, MPEG Systems (WG 3) issued the Committee Draft Amendment (CDAM) for ISO/IEC 23090-14 Scene Description support for immersive media codecs. CDAM is the first formal milestone of the amendment development approval process.
ISO/IEC 23090-14 specifies the coded representation of scene descriptions, and this new amendment...
MPEG Completes Third Edition of CMAF with 8K and High Frame Rate Support
At the recent 139th MPEG meeting, MPEG Systems (WG 3) issued the Final Draft International Standards (FDIS) of the third edition of the ISO/IEC 23000-19 Common Media Application Format (CMAF) for segmented media. FDIS is the final milestone of standard development.
The third edition of CMAF adds two new media...
MPEG Ratifies the Third Edition of Energy-Efficient ‘Green Metadata’
At the 139th MPEG meeting, MPEG Systems (WG 3) issued the Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) of the third edition of ISO/IEC 23001-11 Energy-Efficient Media Consumption (Green Metadata). FDIS is the final milestone of standard development.
MPEG Systems has been working on Green Metadata for the last ten years to...
MPEG Issues Call for Evidence for Video Coding for Machines
At the recent 139th MPEG meeting, MPEG Technical Requirements (WG 2) issued a Call for Evidence (CfE) for technologies and solutions enabling efficient feature coding for machine vision tasks.
MPEG’s exploration work on Video Coding for Machines aims at compressing features for machine-performed tasks such as video object detection and...
HbbTV Conformance Test Suite Version 2022-2
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has announced the release of a new version of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite.
The new version, developed by...
MediaTek Adds Fraunhofer’s MPEG-H Audio to Pentonic Smart TV Chips
MediaTek, a fabless semiconductor company, and Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the MPEG-H 3D Audio standard, have once again collaborated for bringing the most advanced audio experience to consumer homes.
As a licensed decoder provider in the MPEG-H Audio System trademark program and licensee of MPEG-H software from Fraunhofer IIS,...
Bluetooth SIG Completes LE Audio Specifications
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association that oversees Bluetooth® technology, has announced the completion of the full set of specifications that define LE Audio, the next generation of Bluetooth audio. LE Audio improves wireless audio performance, adds support for hearing aids, and introduces Auracast broadcast audio,...
HbbTV Expands DASH DRM Reference Application with Multiperiod DASH and SL3000
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to announce a significant addition to its DASH DRM Reference Application – multiperiod DASH (as may...
Nokia Showcases First 100Gb/second Fibre Broadband Technology
Nokia has announced its research arm, Nokia Bell Labs, is presenting the first 100Gb/second broadband technology in the US at Fiber Connect 2022, Nashville, Tennessee. Nokia has achieved this record-breaking speed using 100G PON technology and will be showing the prototype in the proof-of-concept area at the event.
The prototype...
First ATSC 3.0 Mobile Transmission Test Passing
Alchemedia SG demonstrated that its Broadcast Services Core, integrated with other IP services, seamlessly transported IP data to a moving automobile traveling between four adjacent Michigan broadcast transmitters. The transported data was configured to include both media files and an HD video stream.
ATSC 3.0 consultant Merrill Weiss provided engineering...
EIDR Touts Standards – Members Show Off Advances
The digital transformation that the media and entertainment industry is experiencing is driving investment in end-to-end efficiencies inside the supply chain. However, with the increased investment, there is a rising expectation from every link in the chain to provide better insight in the process that ultimately culminates in the...
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