South Africa selects MHEG-5 as interactive middleware for digital switchover
Tuesday, 17th November 2009
Following on from a successful DTT trial that began last year, South Africa's Digital Dzonga Advisory Council has selected MHEG-5 as the interactive TV middleware for its digital switchover.
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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