Over the past forty years, the video compression industry has advanced through evolutionary steps: from the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 standards through the HD broadcasting era with H.264 (AVC), and on to modern 4K formats based on H.265 (HEVC) and the latest VVC/H.266.
Spain’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Civil Service has taken a pivotal step toward the technological modernization of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT).
The British political establishment has turned its attention to the kids’ media sector. A cross-party coalition comprising more than 50 Members of Parliament from the UK’s major political factions—including the Liberal Democrats, Labour, the Conservatives, and the Greens—has submitted an official appeal to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy.
Slovak public broadcaster STVR (Slovenská televízia a rozhlas) has finalized a new long-term distribution contract with terrestrial infrastructure operator Towercom.
Contrary to forecasts predicting the absolute dominance of streaming platforms, traditional digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Europe maintains a robust position as a foundational method for direct over-the-air signal reception via conventional antennas.
The DVB Steering Board has approved a major package of updates to its technical specifications, centered primarily on the DVB-I standard.
The Cypriot media market is undergoing its most significant terrestrial television infrastructure upgrade in a decade and a half. On July 1, operations officially ceased for Velister, the legacy platform responsible for broadcasting private digital channels for the past 16 years.
Bona Film Group’s historical military blockbuster Crossing clinched the number-one spot at the mainland China box office over the weekend.
Twenty-six years after the release of the inaugural installment, the Scary Movie comedy franchise, created by the Wayans brothers, has surpassed the $1 billion milestone in cumulative global box office grosses. The historic threshold was breached on the back of the commercial success of the newly launched reboot.
Football fans in the United Kingdom and Japan have been introduced to a fundamentally new way of experiencing matches during the ongoing FIFA World Cup.
