Europe lines up for TV innovation
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High-definition television is set to take off in Europe in the coming year, say TV executives.
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Cell phone manufacturers are teaming up to bring mobile television to your handset.
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Cutting-edge game units, TVs, satellite receivers, camcorders and more are introduced.
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Several European phone companies plan to announce significant expansions of Internet protocol television, or IPTV, this week.
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An entirely new generation of digital TVs is being produced now, but manufacturers are using ingenuity and wherewithal to try to distinguish their products from each other's in unique ways.
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More than one million UK households now have two or more Freeview boxes for different television sets.
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Two deals to be announced Tuesday are indicative of the ways TV is headed in new directions to meet the new needs of marketers.
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The big, bulky tube television is ready to get a leaner look--and to challenge flat panels at their own game. Meanwhile, TV tuners are headed to new PCs.
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(InfoWorld) - A European Commission plan to simplify the licensing of Europe-wide mobile satellite services could boost the nascent market for broadcast TV services over handheld devices. With a general agreement on theÂ DVB-H (digital video broadcasting - handheld) standardÂ now in place, mobile operators across Europe are looking for economic ways of launching broadcast mobile TV services that send signals directly to handsets. While some companies plan to invest in building terrestrial systems to carry the signals, others are more interested in establishing mobile satellite services to provide coverage in not one but several markets, according to the Commission. With its one-stop-shop proposal, the Commission hopes to overcome a current hurdle in Europe for providing satellite service: operators need to apply for a license in each individual country, which often have different regulations and requirements. A new body, organized by the Commission in cooperation with regulators in the member states, would be responsible for assessing applications based on common technical and commercial criteria and for selecting operators, which would then be authorized by national regulators. The Commission hopes to win support for the new mobile satellite communications authority later this year when the region's telecommunications policy comes up for review. Several European mobile phone companies, including Vodafone Group, have expressed interest in mobile satellite technology for TV service as well as broadband data. In addition to reaching consumers in rural areas and in more than one national market, satellite-to-mobile phone communications could also overcome Europe's tight spectrum availability. Alcatel-Lucent, for instance, proposes using the widely available S-Band frequency reserved for satellites to transmit broadcast signals via satellite to mobile phones based on the DVB-H standard, instead of the UHF band. The UHF band is typically used for TV transmissions in Europe but has little or no capacity to spare. The Alcatel-Lucent proposal calls for equipping base stations with S-Band repeaters and, in addition, using satellites capable of transmitting in the S-Band to deliver content to 3G (third-generation) phones enabled with DVB-H technology in three different ways: base-station streaming, base-station broadcasting and satellite broadcasting.
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Web media threatens to move out: take toys Ofcom, the UK telecommunications regulator, has said that a European Union plan to regulate video risks restricting innovation and even forcing companies to relocate outside the EU to avoid compliance.â¦
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New technologies wirelessly transmit high-definition video.
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Ahead: larger HDTV sets, better color, more playback and recording choices.
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An increasing number of television   viewers are producing their own shows, and the TV industry is   frantically trying to figure out how to combine broadcasts,   Internet movies and home videos into one package.
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Internet TV, mobile TV and video on  demand may be the talk of the technology sector but when it  comes to buying decisions at this week&#39;s IFA electronics fair,  television sets are set to be bigger business than ever.
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Survey points to popularity in Europe, the Middle East and Asia of receivers that skip the pay TV and focus on free programming.
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Popular global TV shows will soon be available in the UK under a deal between internet provider Tiscali and broadcaster JumpTV.
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Mobile television is taking center stage at Europe's annual wireless industry show after years of largely unfulfilled hype, though differing technology standards still blur the picture.