Industry

IBC 2020 officially cancelled

IBC 2020 will no longer be going ahead. The organisation has announced that, regretfully, the Covid-19 crisis has led it …

HbbTV launches HbbTV conformance test suite v2020-1

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through …

RDK software now in 60 million devices with cameras coming soon

The latest figures from the annual RDK spring update show that RDK software now powers more than 60 million devices …

DTVKit integrates DVBCore with RDK

PRESS RELEASE Bristol, UK, 4th March 2020 – DTVKit announced today that it has integrated its DVB core software components …

BritBox now available on Amazon Fire TV

BritBox confirmed that the service is now available on Amazon Fire TV continuing its distribution growth. Currently, around fifteen million …

Online viewing continues to advance past traditional broadcast TV

The Changing Nature of TV: Video Streaming Continues to Grow New research reveals consumer viewing habits and highlights importance of …

BBC suspends planned Red Button text switch-off

The BBC has today abandoned the closure of its Red Button text service after mass protests, a day before it …

Operator-as-an-app makes a modest return, with German company HD+ leading the way

The concept of ‘operator-as-an-app’ is having a modest revival, mainly due to the arrival of the HbbTV OpApp (Operator Application) …

Mobica and DTVKit to Showcase Android TV Launcher at IBC 2019

We have collaborated with global software services company Mobica to demonstrate a new user-friendly Android TV launcher at this year’s …

DTVKit, DiscVision and OBS collaborate to bring voice control to DTVKit powered TVs and STBs

Collaborating with DTVKit and DiscVision, Ocean Blue Software (OBS) have pre-integrated the DiscVision’s Voice Control SDK with DTVKit’s DVB stack, …