4K and 8K UHDTV defined
16 May 2012

In what represents a key milestone on the path to UHDTV, the ITU has defined the parameters that will be used for the 4K and 8K formats in future. ... read more

Will television survive the next fifteen years?
16 May 2012

This week's Forum on Emerging Media Technologies in Geneva brought media leaders together to try to predict how technology and the ways we use it will change in future. ... read more

MPEG-7 AVDP: a new ISO standard
07 May 2012

The MPEG-7 AudioVisual Description Profile (AVDP) has become a new ISO International Standard. Its support for automatic extraction tools can make the generation of metadata less costly. ... read more

Loudness figures strongly at AES in Budapest
30 April 2012

Test results from NoTube confirm the applicability of R 128 for online content, while the AES standards committee WG adopts the EBU's loudness metadata for AES 31. ... read more

EBU backs new global broadcasting initiative
19 April 2012

The EBU is one of 13 international broadcast organizations that make up the Future of Broadcast TV - FOBTV - initiative. ... read more