HDBaseT Alliance announced that it will showcase its HDBaseT technology, featuring the 5Play feature set, at CEDIA EXPO in Atlanta. According to the statement, 5Play combines uncompressed full HD digital video, audio, 100BaseT Ethernet, power over cable and various control signals through a single LAN cable.
The International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) announced that it has significantly revamped its structure with new membership categories and benefits as well as a reorganization into a set of eight horizontal, focused interest groups.
DTS Inc. announced that Release 2 of the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) specification for standardized end-to-end delivery of Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services will include DTS digital audio technology as an option for audio coding and delivery.
Royal Philips Electronics announced that it is cooperating with Sharp and Loewe in order to investigate the definition of a common, competitive internet platform for connected TVs and other internet-enabled electronic devices across Europe and Russia. According to the statement, the cooperation, for which Philips, Sharp and Loewe signed a letter of intent, will drive …
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SES ASTRA announced a new initiative to support the introduction of 3D television in Europe. According to the statement, as part of the initiative, the industry reached a common understanding of the minimum technical specifications for the introduction of 3D television and broadcasting. The initiative is backed by SES ASTRA and major European broadcasters including …
CableLabs announced that it has published a new specification as a guide for producers, programmers and aggregators of stereoscopic 3D programming. According to the statement, this new specification, called Content Encoding Profiles 3.0 Specification (OC-SP-CEP3.0-I01-100827), details exact requirements for formatting (panelizing) the 3D content into a frame-compatible format for use by cable television systems.
The 1394 Trade Association announced that it has issued new specifications focused on video compression and on audio and music transmission. Both can be applied to use of the 1394-Automotive standard. According to the statement, the revised BT.601 specification on the transport of uncompressed or compressed video addresses the upcoming Analog Sunset directive that applies …
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The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced a new version of the Embedded DisplayPort Standard (eDP).
The HDBaseT Alliance announced its formal incorporation and finalization of the HDBaseT 1.0 base specification. According to the statement, the cornerstone of HDBaseT technology is 5Play, a feature-set that converges full uncompressed HD video, audio, 100BaseT Ethernet, high power over cable and various control signals through a single 100m/328ft CAT5e/6 LAN cable. HDBaseT has the …
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The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) announced that it has finalized and released the specifications for BDXL, a new multi-layer writable Blu-ray Disc (BD) format with up to 128GB of capacity. According to the statement, with the completion and approval of the specifications (BD-R v.3 and BD-RE v.4), manufacturers can now obtain licensing information and license …
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The 1394 Trade Association announced that it has issued a trio of new specifications focused on video compression, audio and music transmission and set top box functionality.