Digital Video Broadcasting

Sisvel Announces the Launch of the 5G Multimode (5G MM) Licensing Program

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Consumer Electronics, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Telecommunications, 5G, Carriers and Services, MP3, Heart, Confusion, International, Open License Program, Glossary of patent law terms, Digital Video Broadcasting, IP, Siemens, Wireless Innovation Forum, MM, TIM, MPEG, KDDI, Mitsubishi Electric, Electronics, SEP, Patent, Risk, Television, Mobile phone

Sisvel International S.A. (Sisvel) today announced the launch of its 5G Multimode (5G MM) Licensing Program.

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  • Sisvel International S.A. (Sisvel) today announced the launch of its 5G Multimode (5G MM) Licensing Program.
  • The 5G MM Program offers a single solution to license Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) for the use of cellular standards up to and including 5G.
  • Having a single patent pool will help eliminate confusion in the market and increase cellular licensing efficiencies for implementers and licensors alike, comments Donald Chan, the program manager of the Sisvel 5G MM Licensing Program.
  • Further information about the terms and conditions of the 5G MM licensing offer is available on Sisvels website: https://www.sisvel.com/licensing-programs/wireless-communications/5g-mul... .

New white paper examines the innovative solutions ushering the video entertainment industry towards a more sustainable future

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Monday, November 14, 2022
InterDigital, Ultra-high-definition television, Versatile Video Coding, Element, IDCC, MPEG, Carbon, IP, Thought, Digital video, Environment, Sustainability, Television, Multimedia, OB, VVC, International Telecommunication Union, DVB, Moving Picture Experts Group, Society, Film, Power usage effectiveness, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, PUE, Global warming potential, SMPTE, Digital Video Broadcasting, Renewable energy

The whitepaper, Sustainability in Video Entertainment, discusses how the content industry is embracing sustainable change by leveraging the supporting technologies and strategies that actively contribute to a more environmentally friendly production environment.

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  • The whitepaper, Sustainability in Video Entertainment, discusses how the content industry is embracing sustainable change by leveraging the supporting technologies and strategies that actively contribute to a more environmentally friendly production environment.
  • It reflects the industry view that more needs to be done within the video entertainment sector to measure and address what it can to achieve more sustainable operations for the video content we all enjoy.
  • So, there are clear opportunities for further innovation in video coding and delivery mechanisms to help mitigate this potential rise.
  • The paper argues that energy-aware streaming protocols promise over 50% in energy savings per hour of content, and InterDigital is an active contributor with innovative solutions in this space.

Sisvel Launches Its Cellular IoT Patent Pool

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Telecommunications, Networks, Audio, Video, Professional Services, Technology, IOT (Internet of Things), Mobile, Wireless, Other Technology, Mitsubishi Electric, Patent, Pantech, JVCKENWOOD, ETRI, LTE-M, Bluetooth, Adoption, Technology, SEP, MPEG, LoRa, Digital Video Broadcasting, Narrowband, MediaTek, Sony, IP, International, NTT DOCOMO, KDDI, LTE, Program, NB, Wi-Fi, MP3, Friction, NTT, LPWAN, Asus, Mobile phone, Orange, IOT

Sisvel International S.A. (Sisvel) announced today the launch of its Cellular IoT (C-IoT) Patent Pool consisting of 20 patent owners.

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  • Sisvel International S.A. (Sisvel) announced today the launch of its Cellular IoT (C-IoT) Patent Pool consisting of 20 patent owners.
  • The C-IoT patent pool offers a single solution to license standard essential patents (SEPs) that are essential for the use of the cellular LPWAN standards LTE-M and Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT).
  • said Sven Trringer, the program manager of the Sisvel C-IoT patent pool.
  • The Sisvel pool has committed itself to make the terms of LTE-M and NB-IoT competitive, to encourage the use of the LPWAN cellular IoT standards, helping to achieve a level playing field.

Sisvel Launches a Patent Pool on Wi-Fi 6

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Telecommunications, 5G, Networks, Internet, Patent, Digital Video Broadcasting, IP, Solution, Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11ax-2021, Philips, SK Telecom, Technology, Adoption, LIFT, Blog, Implementer, Glossary of patent law terms, Huawei, Industry, Telecom, Efficiency, MP3, International, IEEE 802.11ac-2013, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC products and implementations, MPEG, IEEE, Airport, Mobile phone, Internet service provider, Cassette tape, MediaTek

Sisvel International S.A. (Sisvel) today announced the launch of a patent pool on Wi-Fi 6 technology.

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  • Sisvel International S.A. (Sisvel) today announced the launch of a patent pool on Wi-Fi 6 technology.
  • Along with the Wi-Fi 6 pool, Sisvel also debuted a new structured payment plan the Licensing Incentive Framework for Technologies (LIFT).
  • To facilitate early adoption of licenses, Sisvel created a new royalty scheme, the Licensing Incentive Framework for Technologies (or LIFT), which will be available to licensees of this new pool.
  • The patent pool will increase transparency of patent licensing and reduce licensing disputes in the field.

Sisvel Announces Its Appointment as Licensing Administrator of Wilus’ Wi-Fi 6 Patent Portfolio

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Thursday, March 31, 2022
Data Management, Technology, Telecommunications, Mobile, Wireless, Software, Networks, Internet, Life, Patent, IEEE 802.11ax-2021, MPEG, Airport, IEEE 802.11ac-2013, ICT, Digital Video Broadcasting, International, Wi-Fi, MP3, IP, Mobile phone

Sisvel International S.A. (Sisvel) announced today its appointment as licensing administrator of the Wi-Fi 6 patent portfolio originated by Wilus Inc. (Wilus), a R&D company based in South Korea.

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  • Sisvel International S.A. (Sisvel) announced today its appointment as licensing administrator of the Wi-Fi 6 patent portfolio originated by Wilus Inc. (Wilus), a R&D company based in South Korea.
  • Such significant technical improvements are enabled through the addition of more than 40 core features: the innovations covered by the Wilus Wi-Fi 6 patent portfolio contribute to about 90% of them.
  • Sisvels Wi-Fi Program Manager, Andrea Rombol, states Sisvel realises the quality of the Wilus Wi-Fi 6 patent portfolio and pledges to support Wilus so as they can continue their contribution to the innovation ecosystem.
  • Sisvel is making Wilus valuable portfolio accessible on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms and conditions, by offering a royalty-bearing, non-transferable, non-assignable, non-exclusive license, with no right to grant sublicenses, under Wilus patent portfolio essential to the 802.11ax specification.

Sisvel Signs an Agreement Under the VP9 Patents With Panasonic Corporation

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Thursday, December 23, 2021
Other Professional Services, Telecommunications, Audio, Video, Data Management, Professional Services, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Other Technology, Program, MPEG, Sale, MP3, IP, VP9, Panasonic, History, Digital Video Broadcasting, Company, International, Partnership, Television

Sisvel International S.A. (Sisvel) announced today that it has signed a worldwide patent license agreement with Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic) for Sisvels VP9 Licensing Program covering the sale and distribution of Panasonics VP9 enabled products.

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  • Sisvel International S.A. (Sisvel) announced today that it has signed a worldwide patent license agreement with Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic) for Sisvels VP9 Licensing Program covering the sale and distribution of Panasonics VP9 enabled products.
  • The Company is already a licensee of other Sisvel licensing programs in different technological fields and we are very pleased that Panasonic has now concluded an agreement that reflects the value of the VP9 portfolio, acknowledging once more the fairness and the reliability of the programs managed by Sisvel said Valentina Piola, Program Manager of Sisvels VP9 Licensing Program.
  • She continues Sisvels VP9 licensing program aims to facilitate the licensing of this video codec technology to ensure a level playing field on the market.
  • Further details on the terms and conditions of Sisvels VP9 Licensing Platform are available at: https://sisvel.com/licensing-programs/audio-and-video-coding-decoding/vi...
    Sisvel International S.A. is the holding company of the Sisvel Group.

Fraunhofer IIS Announces Sony has Licensed MPEG-H Audio Decoder Software and joined the MPEG-H Trademark Program

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Friday, October 22, 2021
Consumer Electronics, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Audio, Video, Telecommunications, Hardware, AAC, MPEG, MPEG-H 3D Audio, Technology, EVS, Media Technology Monitor (MTM), Digital Video Broadcasting, Ecosystem, Creativity, ATSC, Industry, UHDTV, Music, Digital Cinema Initiatives, Audio signal processing, Baseline, Partnership, General manager, ISDB-T International, Atmosphere, Fraunhofer, Time, Computer, Bass, Program, DVB, LC3, Fraunhofer Society, Television, Cassette tape

Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the MPEG-H 3D Audio standard, announced today that Sony Corporation (Sony) has licensed Fraunhofers MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile Decoder software and joined the MPEG-H Trademark Program.

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  • Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the MPEG-H 3D Audio standard, announced today that Sony Corporation (Sony) has licensed Fraunhofers MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile Decoder software and joined the MPEG-H Trademark Program.
  • MPEG-H 3D Audio is the leading Next Generation Audio system used for immersive music streaming and TV broadcasts.
  • Shinji Okazaki, General Manager at Sony Corporation, said, The partnership with Fraunhofer on MPEG-H 3D Audio allows us to enable 360 Reality Audio and MPEG-H 3D Audio in a wide variety of products from Sony.
  • Sony has also joined the MPEG-H Audio System Trademark Program administered by Fraunhofer as a licensed end-product manufacturer.

Synamedia weighs in with Synamedia Gravity, making it easier for operators to launch advanced video and broadband services

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Digital television, Digital Video Broadcasting, Synamedia, Cloud infrastructure, Cloud computing, Cloud management

It is built on Synamedia eRDK , amanaged solution for video, broadbanddevices and cloud management services, that delivers comprehensive subscriber and operator broadband experiences including 4K/UHD/HDR.

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  • It is built on Synamedia eRDK , amanaged solution for video, broadbanddevices and cloud management services, that delivers comprehensive subscriber and operator broadband experiences including 4K/UHD/HDR.
  • Offered as a managed service, Synamedia Gravity includes software lifecycle management, support, integration and operational services, all from one source.
  • Synamedia\'s flexible incremental architecture provides a rapid, friction-free way to add, build and deploy cloud-based video services.
  • Our award-winning portfolio also includes intelligence-led anti-piracy, advanced advertising, business analytics, broadband, and video network solutions and services.

Eurofins Digital Testing: CI Plus 2.0 gathers momentum with testing of Conditional Access Modules

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Set-top box, Digital Video Broadcasting, Common Interface, Conditional-access module, Eurofins Scientific, USB, Conformance, Electronics, Technology, Science and technology, Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV

b'BRISTOL, England, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --- Eurofins Digital Testing , global experts in broadcast standards and conformance testing, has worked alongside CAM solution specialists, to develop the new module test tool designed to test USB Conditional Access Modules (CAM) devices for conformance against CI Plus 2.0 standards.

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  • b'BRISTOL, England, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --- Eurofins Digital Testing , global experts in broadcast standards and conformance testing, has worked alongside CAM solution specialists, to develop the new module test tool designed to test USB Conditional Access Modules (CAM) devices for conformance against CI Plus 2.0 standards.
  • This development completes the comprehensive certification solution to support the launch of CI Plus 2.0 services.\nEurofins is the exclusive test partner for version 2.0 of the standard, appointed by CI Plus LLP.
  • The launch of the Module Test Tool follows the release of Eurofins CI Plus 2.0 Host Test Tool in 2020.\nInterest in CI Plus 2.0 for operators has started to grow with activity increasing worldwide as the benefits of the standard are measured.
  • Our TV-Stick, as a Direct-to-TV experience, is now concrete and ready to deploy,"said Erik Gazzoni, Direct-to-TV Product Line Director at SmarDTV Technology and current Chairman of CI Plus LLP.

Eurofins Digital Testing: CI Plus 2.0 gathers momentum with testing of Conditional Access Modules

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Set-top box, Digital Video Broadcasting, Common Interface, Conditional-access module, Eurofins Scientific, USB, Conformance, Electronics, Technology, Science and technology, Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV

b'BRISTOL, England, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --- Eurofins Digital Testing , global experts in broadcast standards and conformance testing, has worked alongside CAM solution specialists, to develop the new module test tool designed to test USB Conditional Access Modules (CAM) devices for conformance against CI Plus 2.0 standards.

Key Points: 
  • b'BRISTOL, England, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --- Eurofins Digital Testing , global experts in broadcast standards and conformance testing, has worked alongside CAM solution specialists, to develop the new module test tool designed to test USB Conditional Access Modules (CAM) devices for conformance against CI Plus 2.0 standards.
  • This development completes the comprehensive certification solution to support the launch of CI Plus 2.0 services.\nEurofins is the exclusive test partner for version 2.0 of the standard, appointed by CI Plus LLP.
  • The launch of the Module Test Tool follows the release of Eurofins CI Plus 2.0 Host Test Tool in 2020.\nInterest in CI Plus 2.0 for operators has started to grow with activity increasing worldwide as the benefits of the standard are measured.
  • Our TV-Stick, as a Direct-to-TV experience, is now concrete and ready to deploy,"said Erik Gazzoni, Direct-to-TV Product Line Director at SmarDTV Technology and current Chairman of CI Plus LLP.