Dielectric today announced it has shipped a $1.2 million antenna system order to Ethiopia in support of the nation’s second-generation DVB-T2 network rollout scheduled for later this year. The antenna maker is providing the Ethiopian government with UHF antennas, filters, more than 7,000 feet of transmission line and other RF components for 26 low- to medium-power […]
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Media Broadcast Launches DVB-T2 Trial In Berlin
German digital terrestrial TV and radio network operator Media Broadcast launched a DVB-T2 pilot project yesterday in Berlin, one of many steps towards deploying the standard as a digital transmission standard for the future. The project, which is scheduled to last 18 months, will be used to test DVB-T2-based broadcast with H.265/HEVC (High Efficiency Video […]
DVB To Demo Coding Efficiency Of HEVC At IBC
DVB will demonstrate how HEVC coding efficiency can increase the capacity of both DVB-T2 over-the-air and DVB-S2X satellite transmission at IBC 2014 in Amsterdam, Sept. 12-16. In July, the consortium, which is made up of more than 200 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators and others, approved the first phase of a new spec for using HEVC, […]
DVB-T2 Flexes Its Muscles With 4K, Mobile Broadcast
One of the highest priorities for a next-generation television system in the U.S. is to have the ability to broadcast one signal — over-the-air — that’s robust enough to be picked up on a 60-inch television set in the living room and on a 4-inch smartphone while traveling on a bus. And being that a […]
For 20th Anniversary, DVB To Demo 4K Over-The-Air
The Digital Video Broadcast standard, better known as DVB, is celebrating its 20th anniversary at the International Broadcast Conference with some pretty exciting demos. The demo that most broadcasters will be paying attention to is when the group does a 4K terrestrial broadcast, combined with a mobile signal, in a single 8-megahertz channel. Located near […]