Latest numbers from FreeView NZ show strong growth
Wednesday, 15th October 2008
Freeview NZ – which uses MHEG-5 as its middleware - has revealed that overall sales of set-top boxes and iDTVs to receive the service have reached 160,469 units (10 per cent of NZ homes).
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MHEG-5 is one of the core technologies embedded in all our TV sets sold in the European region. Our motivation for supporting IMPALA is to see the expansion of broadcast support for MHEG-5 in Europe and beyond. The UK market has proven MHEG stability of operation, and suitability for not only digital teletext delivery, but also for multi-screen video selection of hidden services. Its efficiency in launch speed also makes it ideally placed as an instant display at channel zapping for broadcaster controlled splash-screen, as used for radio screensavers, and non-running service captions.
Mark Londero,
General Manager of
Technical Planning Sony TV Operations Europe