The HDFI General States opened in Salerno last September, in the shape of a technical consultation among delegates from all HDFI Associates, to meditate on the evolution of the use of television media over the next decade. The event had been preceded by a due market investigation prepared by IHS Markit and shared during the…
The important event of the Annual Conference of HD Forum Italia was held on 25th and 26th October 2018 in the splendid scenery of the Grand Hotel Villa Torretta. A very awaited appointment, also to take stock of the most current issues and look at the future and the new fronts of blockchain, artificial intelligence,…
The meeting was designed to project the Association over the next 10 years through an industry study, developed in collaboration with the international research company IHS Markit and the active debate among the Associates. The intention is to reveal the elements that will guide the evolution of the audiovisual communication sector in the next decade…
The “holistic” vision of cross-platform TV. The new NGX paradigm: very high definition for images, audio and interactivity. Download the press release Rome, 19 December 2017 – A new leading-edge contribution on the “Vision of the TV of the Future” is announced today by HD FORUM ITALIA (HDFI), with the release of Ultra HD BOOK…
HD Forum Italia expresses great satisfaction for the success of 6th HbbTV Symposium, held in Rome on October 17 and 18, at the Auditorium Antonianum, jointly promoted and organized by HbbTV and HDFI associations. Strengthening the link between the two entities, the event has allowed to orientate the technological path towards TV innovation, along a…
HD Forum Italia announces its leaders for the next three years. Benito Manlio Mari and Deputy Vicar Sebastiano Trigila unanimously confirmed.
HD Forum Italia, in anticipation of the transition to the new interactive TV system, promoted the first Italian interoperability workshop for HbbTV 2: Hybrid broadband TV receivers, the second generation interactive middleware system that will replace the current one ( MHP) on TVs and STBs sold on the Italian market. The event, which took place…
In this interview, Marco Pellegrinato, vice president of HD Forum Italia, explains how adopting the HbbTV 2.0.1 standard for interactive TV services – that will gradually replace MHP – will affect the domestic television market. “HDFI expects HbbTV 2.0.1 to be a huge success, bringing positive knock-on effects in terms of sales and new services…
At the European Digital Forum 2017, in Lucca, Vice President Marco Pellegrinato presented the activities of the ‘Joint Technical Group’ – a working body established within HDFI – with a view to the publication of the Ultra HD Book 1.0, the latest in a series of documents that contain technical specifications Intended for the manufacturers…
A demo aerea and a panel for an open discussion on the evolutionary scenarios of the audiovisual landscape The Italian initiatives of the HD Forum Italia (HDFI) are under way, after the participation in the MIPTV in Cannes in April. They start from the European Forum Digital 2017 in Lucca on Thursday and Friday (15…
