News tagged with digital broadcasts

Broadcasters sue Dish over ad-skipping DVR service

(AP) -- Broadcasters Fox, NBC and CBS sued Dish Network Corp. on Thursday over a service that offers commercial-free TV.

Technology / Telecom

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Toshiba shares jump as it drops Japan TV operations

Toshiba shares surged almost six percent Thursday after saying it had stopped making televisions in Japan where a strong yen has hurt exports as slow demand and falling prices also ate into earnings.

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NEC breaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations

NEC Corporation introduced today the latest breakthrough in capacity performance of microwave radio systems used in mobile backhaul and other types of networking applications. NEC will implement 2048 Quadrature Amplitude ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Going up: Japan builder eyes space elevator

A Japanese construction firm claimed Wednesday it could execute an out-of-this-world plan to put tourists in space within 40 years by building an elevator that stretches a quarter of the way to the moon.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (19) | comments 57

Dish launches DVR that extends to other rooms

(AP) -- Satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corp. on Monday said it's launching a high-powered set-top box that can act as the central TV recorder for the whole home.

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

TV channel squeeze proposed to pay for tax cuts

(AP) -- Call it the Great Channel Squeeze.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo! launches online comedy channel

Yahoo! is adding a comedy channel to its online line-up, kicking it off with a "CrazyStupidPolitics" show starring Bill Maher live in Silicon Valley in February.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Imec implements multi-mode digital TV receiver on reconfigurable processor with record area efficiency

Imec developed a reconfigurable receiver for highly diversified digital video broadcasting standards (DVB-T, ISDB-T and ATSC). The receiver is realized using algorithm-architecture co-optimization of imec’s reconfigurable ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Satellite loss deals 'severe blow' to Russia: experts

The loss of a communications satellite touted as Europe's most powerful is a new blow to Russia's space programme and a major setback for its telecoms industry, officials and analysts said Friday. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan goes digital after turning off analogue TV

Japan on Sunday shifted to digital terrestrial broadcasting, switching off its analogue television network in all areas except those worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the government said.

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Regulator to join Comcast after OK of NBC deal

(AP) -- A top telecommunications regulator who voted to approve Comcast Corp.'s takeover of NBCUniversal in January is leaving to join the company as a lobbyist.

Technology / Telecom

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

US TV ownership down for first time in 20 years

The number of US homes owning television sets is falling for the first time in two decades, the Nielsen Co. said on Tuesday.

Technology / Telecom

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Review: Watching live TV on the go, for free

(AP) -- Here in the U.S., consumers have grown used to gadgets that do just about everything: surf the Web, check e-mail, play games, download music and even relay driving directions.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's NTT DoCoMo chosen for mobile broadcasting: reports

A key government advisory panel picked a consortium led by NTT DoCoMo to build the infrastructure for multimedia digital broadcasting for mobile handsets, reports said Wednesday.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imec's cognitive baseband radio to support 4G and broadband access to multiple services

Imec introduces a cognitive baseband radio (COBRA) architecture targeting 4G requirements at up to 1Gbit/s throughput and multiple asynchronous concurrent streams (for instance simultaneous digital broadcasting ...

Technology / Telecom

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