The European DVB (digital video broadcasting) Project's set-top box, Multimedia Home Platform (MHP), with an open architecture for TV, PC, telephony and Internet access, was finalized in mid-1998. In the UK, the ITC (Independent Television...
DVB-MHP is being designed to connect broadcast television, telecoms and Internet computing in devices like set-top boxes, PCs and digital television receivers. Sun Microsystems said the adoption of its technology is another step towards the...
Set-top box is the name given to the box that enables an analog television set to receive the digital transmission of content. It does this by converting the incoming digital signal into an analog signal that can be understood by the TV.
According to Digital-Lifestyles, Burke also said BT's IPTV device will combine a digital terrestrial television receiver with a broadband receiver, allowing it to receive TV signals through the air and also down a user's broadband connection.
From the end of September to March 2006, 400 O2 customers will be given a Nokia 7710 handset that has an embedded receiver which picks up modified television signals from one of Arqiva's masts, and a large screen in the same format as widescreen...
Europe is set for a digital television explosion with many countries well on course to switch off their analogue signals within the next six years. The number of households with access to digital television signals on their main TV set is expected...