Future of Broadcast Television Summit Declares Global Goals for Future of Broadcasting
FOBTV
11.11.2011 04:11
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Participants Agree to Define Future Needs, Seek Unification of Various
Standards, and Promote Technology Sharing
SHANGHAI, China, 2011-11-11 04:11 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Television broadcasting executives, technologists and engineers gathering this
week in China agreed that a global approach to the future of terrestrial TV
broadcasting is the ideal method to avoid competing standards, overlap, and
inefficient deployment of new services.
At 11:11 a.m. local time on 11/11/11, more than 200 delegates to the Future of
Broadcast Television Summit officially expressed unified support for a joint
declaration signed by technical executives from 13 broadcast organizations from
around the world that calls for global cooperation to define new requirements,
unify various standards, and promote sharing of technologies to benefit
developed and under-developed countries and conserve resources.
A common theme throughout the summit was that broadcasting - the transmission
of information to an unlimited number of listeners and viewers - is the most
spectrum-efficient means for wireless delivery of popular real-time and
file-based content. The signatories of the declaration believe that the
broadcasting and TV industries will continue to evolve and play a critical role
in bringing both information and entertainment to everyone.
While television has prospered, it has not been possible for the world to take
full advantage of the convenience and economies of scale of a single broadcast
standard. Even in the digital age, splintering of different standards and
methods of broadcast TV transmission makes it difficult to share information
and entertainment globally.
As a result of the Future of Broadcast Television (FoBTV) Summit, supporters
for the declaration agree to three major initiatives:
1. Define the requirements of future terrestrial broadcast systems.
'The collaboration between broadcast and Internet content will play a vital
role in providing attractive services. The broadcast industry is committed to
developing necessary technologies to create and deliver new media and
information services by taking advantage of future broadcast systems. We also
know the critical role played by broadcasting in times of emergency,' notes the
declaration.
2. Explore unified terrestrial broadcast standards.
'We aim to promote cooperation among broadcasters, communications companies and
manufacturers of broadcast equipment and all types of receiving devices. We
seek to maximize proper and efficient use of spectrum resources, as well as
exchanges and cooperation between communication systems and broadcasting on
both a technological and business level,' says the declaration.
3. Promote global technology sharing
'A future broadcast ecosystem, with collaboration between different areas and
among broadcasters, research institutes, and industries, will foster new
broadcast technological innovation. We commit to the elimination of
broadcasting technological gaps. We realize that advances in broadcasting
technologies should benefit both developed and developing countries,' the
declaration states.
'Today, technological innovation may be able to break down many of the
long-standing barriers that have prevented common systems,' according to the
joint declaration announced today.
'This would enable us to remove the gaps between the different television
signal formats and transmission systems used around the world. Digitization has
opened the door for a broadcasting renaissance.'
'We need to explore new ways of cooperation, seek the progressive unification
of standards, and realize technology sharing so that the efficiency and
convenience enabled by digitization will be realized - not reduced by system
fragmentation. The 21st Century is an era of integration of broadcasting,
Internet, and communications, all of which have evolved in parallel. Consumers
are calling for more convenient and user-friendly services. The development of
digital technology opens the possibility of cooperation among all the different
networks and transmission systems,' the joint declaration states.
The complete declaration - signed by technical executives of the Advanced
Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC),
Communications Research Center (CRC), Digital Video Broadcast Project (DVB),
European Broadcast Union (EBU), Electronics and Telecommunications Research
Institute (ETRI), Globo TV Network, IEEE Broadcast Technology Society, National
Association of Broadcasters, National Engineering Research Center of Digital TV
of China, NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, Public Broadcasting
Service and the Brazilian Society of Television Engineers (SET) - can be
accessed on this link: http://tinyurl.com/FoBTVdeclaration
www.fobtv.org
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FOBTV
11.11.2011 04:11
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Participants Agree to Define Future Needs, Seek Unification of Various
Standards, and Promote Technology Sharing
SHANGHAI, China, 2011-11-11 04:11 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Television broadcasting executives, technologists and engineers gathering this
week in China agreed that a global approach to the future of terrestrial TV
broadcasting is the ideal method to avoid competing standards, overlap, and
inefficient deployment of new services.
At 11:11 a.m. local time on 11/11/11, more than 200 delegates to the Future of
Broadcast Television Summit officially expressed unified support for a joint
declaration signed by technical executives from 13 broadcast organizations from
around the world that calls for global cooperation to define new requirements,
unify various standards, and promote sharing of technologies to benefit
developed and under-developed countries and conserve resources.
A common theme throughout the summit was that broadcasting - the transmission
of information to an unlimited number of listeners and viewers - is the most
spectrum-efficient means for wireless delivery of popular real-time and
file-based content. The signatories of the declaration believe that the
broadcasting and TV industries will continue to evolve and play a critical role
in bringing both information and entertainment to everyone.
While television has prospered, it has not been possible for the world to take
full advantage of the convenience and economies of scale of a single broadcast
standard. Even in the digital age, splintering of different standards and
methods of broadcast TV transmission makes it difficult to share information
and entertainment globally.
As a result of the Future of Broadcast Television (FoBTV) Summit, supporters
for the declaration agree to three major initiatives:
1. Define the requirements of future terrestrial broadcast systems.
'The collaboration between broadcast and Internet content will play a vital
role in providing attractive services. The broadcast industry is committed to
developing necessary technologies to create and deliver new media and
information services by taking advantage of future broadcast systems. We also
know the critical role played by broadcasting in times of emergency,' notes the
declaration.
2. Explore unified terrestrial broadcast standards.
'We aim to promote cooperation among broadcasters, communications companies and
manufacturers of broadcast equipment and all types of receiving devices. We
seek to maximize proper and efficient use of spectrum resources, as well as
exchanges and cooperation between communication systems and broadcasting on
both a technological and business level,' says the declaration.
3. Promote global technology sharing
'A future broadcast ecosystem, with collaboration between different areas and
among broadcasters, research institutes, and industries, will foster new
broadcast technological innovation. We commit to the elimination of
broadcasting technological gaps. We realize that advances in broadcasting
technologies should benefit both developed and developing countries,' the
declaration states.
'Today, technological innovation may be able to break down many of the
long-standing barriers that have prevented common systems,' according to the
joint declaration announced today.
'This would enable us to remove the gaps between the different television
signal formats and transmission systems used around the world. Digitization has
opened the door for a broadcasting renaissance.'
'We need to explore new ways of cooperation, seek the progressive unification
of standards, and realize technology sharing so that the efficiency and
convenience enabled by digitization will be realized - not reduced by system
fragmentation. The 21st Century is an era of integration of broadcasting,
Internet, and communications, all of which have evolved in parallel. Consumers
are calling for more convenient and user-friendly services. The development of
digital technology opens the possibility of cooperation among all the different
networks and transmission systems,' the joint declaration states.
The complete declaration - signed by technical executives of the Advanced
Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC),
Communications Research Center (CRC), Digital Video Broadcast Project (DVB),
European Broadcast Union (EBU), Electronics and Telecommunications Research
Institute (ETRI), Globo TV Network, IEEE Broadcast Technology Society, National
Association of Broadcasters, National Engineering Research Center of Digital TV
of China, NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, Public Broadcasting
Service and the Brazilian Society of Television Engineers (SET) - can be
accessed on this link: http://tinyurl.com/FoBTVdeclaration
www.fobtv.org
News Source: NASDAQ OMX
11.11.2011 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP -
a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,
Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de
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Company: FOBTV
United States
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Internet:
ISIN: US9901805237
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