The eighth annual HbbTV Symposium opened in Athens. The number of attendees showed the increasing level of international interest in the hybrid broadcast broadband standard. Epeegee and the Greek broadcaster Open Beyond TV using innovative technologies of hybrid television were described, by HbbTV Union President Vincent Grivet, as a Success Story. Epegee’s hybrid television services…
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OPEN BEYOND is the first private television station in Greece to offer HbbTV services and take advantage of newer technologies, designed for the Internet age, and ultimately to bring viewers an improved and richer interactive experience. By pressing the red button viewers, with “smart” HbbTv-ready TVs and internet access, can tap the OPEN HbbTV application…
Epeegee has delivered Icareus Playout EPG solution to ERT, the public radio and television broadcaster for Greece. Icareus Playout EPG solution is used to manage the PSI/SI and EPG signalling of all of the over twenty ERT distributed TV and Radio channels to several uplinks. ERT’s Mr. Yiannis Vougiouklakis, Head Of Digital Strategy, comments the selection of…
On Monday, December 4 2017, ERT launches its HbbTV Platform. The hybrid platform will be available to anyone with a smart HbbTV-Ready TV at the touch of a button. The hybrid ERT platform will launch with the following services: Catch-up TV, that contains most of the ERT’s TV broadcasted programs of the last eight days…
TV is becoming NONLINEAR! With the rise of interactive services like YouTube and Netflix among others it is time for the broadcast world to adapt to the new millennium audience habits. Millennials are used to one to one advertising while they internet surf. For TV broadcasters is the time to move one step further and…
Japan Airlines’ Customer Information System has been hacked. It is possible that the hackers retrieved personal data for up to 750,000 of its frequent-flier program members. The airline confirmed Monday it has found evidence of unauthorized access to its Customer Information Management System due to a virus attack on computer terminals within its network. The…
Prior to 1978, each airline worked out schedules with its pilots to accommodate the routes the airline flew while protecting the pilots from undue fatigue. But after 1978’s deregulation, all that changed. Competition between airlines became so fierce that pilots were forced to fly more hours with less rest. Fatigue led to accidents. At the…
Iceland warned airlines of a potential ash plume that may disrupt flights as one of the island’s biggest volcanoes erupted after a week of rumbling. The aviation color code was changed to “red,” signifying that an “eruption is imminent or in progress — significant emission of ash into atmosphere likely,” the Icelandic Met Office said.…
With the new EASA EFB rules approved and in force from 09 February 2014 it is interesting to see what is available for our proficient pilots. Garmin is a well known company for its GPS navigation software products. Garmin has announced that “Garmin Pilot” will soon offer premium features for those flying in Europe, including…
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