At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, DirecTV demonstrated a live HDTV transmission using MPEG-4, Part 10 advanced video coding, which it claims to be the world's first such transmission. MPEG 4, ...

The broadcast industry will begin reaping the benefits of more efficient compression thanks to MPEG-4 AVC H.264. With about half the bit rate requirements of its predecessor, MPEG-4 AVC H.264 promises ...

MPEG-4 has been slowly rising in the ovens of competing satellite providers Dish Network and DirecTV, and it looks like the winner of the bake-off, at least in terms of HD channel lineup size, is Dish ...

Ever since DirecTV decided to part ways with TiVo and roll its own DVR, fans of the pioneering TiVo have fervently hoped that the two service providers would reunite. While the companies have played ...

Inview Technology and systems integrator DigitalGluehave announced the launch of DigitalGlue’s new MPEG-4 HD set-top boxes used by the American Forces Network (AFN). Inview’s middleware, integrated on ...

DirecTV subscribers may be getting more HD programming this fall, thanks to DirecTV’s recent contract with LG Electronics to supply them with “next gen” HD set-top boxes. The new set-tops are designed ...

NTL's upcoming personal video recorder (PVR), also known as DVR, will be the MPEG-4 and high definition compatible Explorer 8450DVB from Scientific Atlanta. The Explorer 8450DVB also features three ...

America's cable operators gear up to roll out MPEG-4 set top boxes to support a raft of new HD channels. America's cable operators are preparing to roll out a new series of set top boxes designed to ...

CHICAGO, Ill.– June 08, 2011 – Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) today announced ESPN will use Motorola's video distribution solution to transition all programming for ESPN and ESPN-2 networks to an ...

The time is 1:13 a.m. and the radio barks out ten-codes about a robbery: One man is down and the perpetrators are fleeing the scene by car. Law enforcement launches an aerial search, which moves from ...

Turkish satellite operator Türksat has announced it will phase out all standard definition (SD) broadcasts on its 42 degrees East position, requiring all channels to broadcast in HD/MPEG-4. The move ...

WBU-ISOG (World Broadcasting Unions International Satellite Operations Group) has released the results of interoperability tests of HD video equipment required for the transmission of HD video around ...