US Congress passed the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, landmark legislation for accessibility in mobile devices, and potentially the Internet. Among the new law's features:
Mandate mobile phone companies to
[read the full article]
Personal Viewing & Satellites
One would probably be more successful gambling in Las Vegas than in gambling on the future timeline for digital content distribution models. Of course, it would be hard to lose if taking a broad stroke and saying that Internet delivery is
[read the full article]
Other News
The European Commission has set aside €4 million ($5.4 million) over the next two years to help European cinemas go digital. Priority will go to arthouse cinemas screening "a substantial share" of European films.
Laser Light Engines
[read the full article]
Executive Summary
ISDCF update. The July Plugfest and the whodunit game.
SMPTE update. Report on the August SMPTE WGs and AHGs meetings.
Accessibility Technology and Market Strategy.
FIPS update. No news is bad news.
Deployment
[read the full article]
ISDCF
The Plugfest blues continue, as vendors move at a snail pace to unravel what took place during the tests conducted in July. Three test materials were used, two produced and mastered by Fox (Avatar and a home-brew Killer Stress Test), and a
[read the full article]