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10/25/2012 — IRT develops proof of concept for HbbTV cloud couponing of NEOTION Blue Bridge platform
IRT - Institut für Runkfunktechnik GmbH - and NEOTION - a French leading high-tech company providing innovative solutions for the global digital television market have agreed on a partnership to develop a proof of concept of a...more
10/09/2012 — IRT at the ITS WORLD 2012, in Vienna
The global ITS community will come together from 22 to 26 October 2012 in Vienna to discuss the latest trends and policies in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). The hottest topics in smart transport will be addressed in...more
09/10/2012 — IRT and Cube-Tec cooperate to improve MXF interoperability in file-based media operations
Bremen/Munich September 10th 2012 – In larger media organisations MXF experts still stay busy all the day to solve compatibility issues arising in the different file-based workflows. The goal of this cooperation is to provide...more
08/23/2012 — HbbTV Test Suite Released
The HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) consortium today announced the first release of its HbbTV Test Suite. Covering a wide selection of aspects of the HbbTV 1.1.1 specification, the Test Suite will be used as part of the...more
06/12/2012 — IRT starts brand logo database for multimedia display applications
With the brand logo database IRT offers in cooperation with the German public broadcasters ARD and Deutschlandradio to device manufacturers a central access to the latest logos for their display applications. The online...more
05/22/2012 — Institut für Rundfunktechnik at ANGA Cable 2012
HbbTV Test Harness – Enabling and simplifying HbbTV conformance testing of set-top-boxes and integrated digital television The main attraction of the fair trade appearance at hall 10.2, booth K35 is the HbbTV Test Harness,...more
04/04/2012 — Version 1.5 of HbbTV Specification Released
Four new members added to Steering Group The HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) consortium today announced the publication of version 1.5 of its hybrid TV specification. Building on existing standards and web technologies,...more
04/03/2012 — IRT publishes the Metadata Exchange schema BMF 2.0
In perfect time for NAB 2012 the Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT) announces the publi-cation of the Broadcast Metadata Exchange Format (BMF) in the official version 2.0. BMF 2.0 is a manufacturer-independent format and...more
03/19/2012 — BEST consortium presents broadcaster’s vision on future traffic and travel information services
During its first workshop on 14th March at the Institut für Rundfunktechnik in Munich, the BEST consortium (Broadcasters’ European Solution for Travel information) presented its plans and activities to implement a common public...more
03/02/2012 — IRT shows BRS technology at CeBIT 2012
Institut fuer Rundfunktechnik shows the Binaural Room Synthesis (BRS) system, a sophisticated technology for spatial hearing of measured or modelled loudspeaker monitoring situations with headphones, at the CeBIT 2012. BRS...more
12/07/2011 — IRT participates in three new international research projects
In fall 2011, Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT) commenced its work in three new European research projects. All three projects in the area of “Networked Media Systems” are co-funded by the European Commission under Framework...more
09/08/2011 — HbbTV Achieves Fifty Members for IBC 2011
The HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) consortium today announced that since opening for membership in May 2011 it has now reached fifty members. HbbTV is an industry initiative that brings together broadcast and broadband TV...more
08/25/2011 — Metadata exchange with BMF 2.0 - flexible, usable and cost efficient
On time to the IBC 2011 the Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT) announces the publication of the Broadcast Metadata Exchange Format (BMF) 2.0 Beta. BMF 2.0 is a manufacturer independent format and enables a continuous exchange of...more
04/06/2011 — HbbTV at ANGA Cable
Institut für Rundfunktechnik highlights with HbbTV one of the main topics at ANGA Cable, from May 3-5, 2011, in Cologne. As a leading member of the international HbbTV Consortium the renowned research and technology company IRT...more
07/01/2010 — HbbTV Specification Approved by ETSI
The HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) consortium today announced the approval of version 1.1.1 of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV specification by European standards agency ETSI. The approval of the specification,...more
04/12/2010 — IRT in mourning for Gerhard Stoll
We are sad and in deep grief of the unexpected death of Gerhard Stoll, our dear colleague who passed away in the late evening of 9th April 2010 at the age of 59 years. Our sympathy is with his family and his friends all over the...more
02/02/2010 — IRT has premiere at the CABSAT 2010
The Institut fuer Rundfunktechnik GmbH (IRT), one of the world’s largest and most recognized competence centers for broadcast and media technology is coming to Dubai to introduce products and solutions at the CABSAT 2010 that...more
12/02/2009 — Two milestones for HbbTV: interoperability workshop and specification submitted to ETSI
Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT) today announced the completion of the first HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) interoperability workshop. Representatives from over twenty different companies from across the value chain...more
09/02/2009 — IBC 2009: Broadcast meets IT
In the frame of this year’s motto “Broadcast meets IT”, the Institut fuer Rundfunktechnik (IRT) shows selected products and solutions at the IBC 2009 that support broadcasters to upgrade their IT infrastructure according to the...more
09/02/2009 — IBC 2009: CONTENTUS: Insight into the next generation digital archive
At this year’s IBC, the research project CONTENTUS will present its first results at the EBUVillage in Hall 10, Booth 10.D21 in Amsterdam from September 10th to 15th. In the framework of CONTENTUS new technologies and concepts...more
09/02/2009 — IBC 2009: DTV4All - Digital Television for All
The objective of the EU project DTV4All, coordinated by Brunel University London, is digital television for all, regardless of age or disabilities. Together with program providers and device manufacturers, the use of television...more
08/27/2009 — New European Initiative - “HbbTV” Aims at Harmonising Entertainment Delivery to the End Consumer through Broadcast and Broadband.
A consortium of European television industry leaders announced today the launch of “Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV” or “HbbTV”, a major new pan-European initiative aimed at harmonising the broadcast and broadband delivery of news,...more
07/01/2009 — QUALCOMM and IRT are publishing DVB-T and FLO coexistence Study
Television services based on DVB-T are already common in many parts of Europe, with more expected as countries move towards analog switch-off. In parallel, new technologies and services are being considered for deployment in the...more
04/20/2009 — NAB2009: Validation of Content and MXF
Proof-of-concept implementation for validating content and structure of MXF files in one simple step [Munich, April 15, 2009] The Institut für Rundfunktechnik and Tektronix have developed in close cooperation a proof-of-concept...more
01/16/2009 — … and the Emmy goes to – MXF!
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the leading technical society for the motion imaging industry, was honored with the Tech & Engineering Emmy® for their outstanding work in development of the...more
09/24/2008 — IRT launched DAB+
IRT has launched in its DAB-Ensemble in channel 12A (223,936 MHz) test services according to the audioformat DAB+. From now the multiplex consits of audio services using the DAB Family of Standards (DAB, DAB+ and DMB) and...more
09/15/2008 — Open IPTV Forum welcomes IRT as new member
At its meeting at September, the Open IPTV Forum has significantly expanded its membership. IRT joins to the founding members, e.g. Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, Panasonic, Philips und Samsung, bringing to 44 the number of companies...more
09/05/2008 — Press Release 06/2008 - IBC2008: Microphone Tracking System
Hear it like Beckham - New recording technique for improved ball sound from football matches in television. The Institut für Rundfunktechnik will present an innovation for football television broadcasts at the...more
08/12/2008 — General Manager Wolfgang Graf speaks at photokina about: VIDEO at MOBILE PHONES
MOBIL-IMAGING Meeting, 26th September ‘08, photokina Kölnmesse, Kristallsaal, 10 -16 Uhr. (in German only) more more
04/28/2008 — IRT at Anga Cable 2008
At ANGA Cable in Colonia from 27th to 29th May 2008 IRT will present research and development results of the following subjects: Testing Software for DVB set-top-boxesHDTV quality managementIPTV metadata server The IRT booth is...more
03/25/2008 — Broadcast Metadata exchange Format (BMF) now available in version 1.2 available
Already BMF 1.0 considered many different use cases of television production through one single standardized data model. BMF 1.2 extends the scope considerably. BMF 1.2 now also marks TV-items for internet offerings and,...more
03/20/2008 — The IRT at NAB 2008
The IRT presents innovations within the scope of the research project WMP (Tools for Media Production) at NAB in Las Vegas from 14th to 17th April 2008. The WMP project is developing a distributed system for film and broadcast...more
02/22/2008 — IRT is Partner in the European Research Project P2P-Next
P2P-Next, a pan-European conglomerate of 21 industrial partners, media content providers and research institutions, will carry out a research project aiming to shape “next generation” internet TV based on peer-to-peer (P2P)...more
01/31/2008 — IRT launched Mobile WiMAX
Since December 2007 IRT operates at its location in Munich the first optically adapted Mobile WiMAX network in Germany. The pilot installation transmits the data from antennas which are located in a height of approx. 100 meter on...more
12/05/2007 — IRT collaborates in the VITALAS project
The focus of the European research project is to provide semantic tools for intelligent access to large scale contents in multimedia archives. Besides the CHORUS project and the research activities in the framework of the THESEUS...more
10/26/2007 — IRT now presiding ITU-R Study Group for Broadcasting Services
The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-07) met in Geneva from 15 to 19 October 2007. Unanimously, Christoph Dosch, IRT General Manager Collaborative Research, was elected as new Chairman of Study Group 6 (Broadcasting...more
10/15/2007 — Frequency analysis system FRANSY: new version available
The new FRANSY version (V.2.4.0) is available as from now. In addition to various minor improvements the users of the new FRANSY frequency analysis tool now have the ability to control the conformity of plan...more
09/12/2007 — IRT and Scientific Atlanta intensify cooperation
IRT and Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco Company intensify their collaboration in the area of broadcast technology for the benefit of public broadcasters’ demands. Munich/Kortrijk, September 05, 2007: The Institut für...more
09/07/2007 — IRT and Xpertia Soluciones Integrales to integrate product solutions for Digital TV Laboratories
The companies have started collaboration to integrate IRT’s DVB Playout Server, broadly employed worldwide, into Xpertia’s LabMU (Multi-user Digital TV Laboratory) to improve the multiplexing features. Munich/Madrid, August 31,...more
08/30/2007 — IBC 2007: IRT Solutions for more variety in the TV world
The IRT showcases research results and product highlights in the fields of IPTV, HDTV, Mobile TV and MXF as soon as DAB and modern network technologies at four booths during the IBC 2007 in Amsterdam,...more
08/28/2007 — The Institut für Rundfunktechnik collaborates in THESEUS research programme
For IRT, the focus is on the development of novel methods in the production process of multimedia content. In particular, comprehensive research work in the field of automatic generation of metadata will be carried out. Berlin...more
07/19/2007 — IRT presentation of WiMAC@home and porTiVity at IFA 2007
From 31st August to 5th September the IRT will present the collaborative research projects WiMAC@home and porTiVity at TWF (Technical-scientific Forum) of IFA 2007 in Berlin. The consortia will represent their first project...more
07/12/2007 — IRT is official partner of the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA).
With more than 200 companies worldwide, the DLNA publishes standards and recommendations for storing and transferring interactive audiovisual content in home networks. IRT’s membership allows now the certification of new features...more
05/28/2007 — Thomson announces collaboration with IRT in support of broad MXF interoperability
In an effort to streamline broadcast and production environments and ensure that different vendor’s systems can seamlessly work together, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) today announced that it is working with the...more
05/25/2007 — Standardised metadata exchange with BMF 1.0 in order to save you expenses
IRT's new data model Broadcast Metadata exchange Format (BMF) in the Version 1.0 is now available. BMF provides the universal exchange of metadata in the television production and for this reason BMF will bring down...more
04/27/2007 — IRT demonstrates Binaural Sky™ at the AES 2007 in Vienna
The Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT) is presenting new developments and trends of audio and broadcast technologies at the AES Pro Audio Expo & Convention in Vienna, May 5 – 8, 2007, Hall Y, Booth 2742. This year’s highlight is...more
04/18/2007 — Integrated workflows for film and broadcast production
The “Technologies for Media Production” project, supported by the Bavarian Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Transport, and Technology is developing a distributed system for film and broadcast work which will offer seamless...more
04/03/2007 — Redesign of www.irt.de – IRT’s new website
The IRT is now presenting itself with a new Internet appearance. The aim of the relaunch was to offer a user friendly menu guidance and to expand the information available about digital broadcast technology for affiliates,...more
12/06/2006 — IRT conducts independent tests - Excellent SkyWAN® performance confirmed
Friedrichshafen/Munich, December 6, 2006 – The Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH (IRT), which is the central research and development institute advisor for public broadcasters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, recently...more
