Press releases
The States-General continue
The HDFI General States opened in Salerno in last September, in the shape of a technical consultation among delegates from all HDFI Associates, to meditate about 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 […]
Read more ‣Milan will be the venue for the next Annual Conference of HD Forum Italia
The important event of the Annual Conference of HD Forum Italia will be 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 looking at the future and the new fronts of blockchain, artificial […]
Read more ‣HD Forum Italia brings the General States on September 27th and 28th 2018 in Salerno
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 […]
Read more ‣Press Release UHD BOOK 1.0 – Unified Volume
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 […]
Read more ‣HD Forum Italia: satisfaction for the success of 6° HbbTV Symposium
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 […]
Read more ‣‘Passing through: communication and technology beyond frontiers’, – The event to be held on 6 and 7 October in the Vatican is approaching
The event celebrates the tenth anniversary of HD Forum Italia Association. Just a few days to go to ‘Passing through: communication and technology beyond frontiers’, the HD Forum Italia (HDFI) 2016 conference that celebrates the association’s 10th anniversary. The event, organised in partnership with the Secretariat for Communication (SPC) of the Holy See, will take place on 6-7 […]
Read more ‣Stefano D’Agostini, Director of the Vatican Television Center, appointed honorary member of HD Forum Italia.
HD Forum Italia (HDFI) announces that Stefano D’Agostini, Director of the Vatican Television Center (CTV), has been appointed honorary member of the Association, in recognition of his ongoing commitment to innovation with a particular focus on the high technical quality of televised images. His role as head of the Holy See national broadcaster is as […]
Read more ‣HD Forum Italia enrolls as Associate Member to Ultra HD Forum
HD Forum Italia is proud to announce that, following informal cooperation started as early as November 2015 and confirmation of interests to interact in a more organised way, an Associate Membership Application has been sent to Ultra HD Forum. A more than enthusiastic reply has been immediately received from Thierry Fautier, the chairman of Ultra […]
Read more ‣IBC 2016: the Vatican broadcasts first ever worldwide Ultra HD/HDR satellite transmission
Acclaim by the international technological community for the initiative of the Secretariat for Communication conducted by CTV in collaboration with Eutelsat, DBW Communication, Globecast and Sony Great interest was shown at the IBC 2016 in progress in Amsterdam, in the presentation of the case history on the first ever live worldwide Ultra HD/HDR transmission of […]
Read more ‣‘Passing through’: registration is now open for HD Forum Italia’s 2016 Conference promoted together with the Secretariat for Communication of the Holy See
Registration is now open for ‘Passing though: communication and technology beyond frontiers’, the traditional annual conference of HD Forum Italia (HDFI) Association, this year jointly promoted by the Secretariat for Communication of the Holy See and the Association. The event, part of the strategic partnership entered into by the two parties, will take place on […]
Read more ‣Announcing the publication of HD Book 4.0, a document that ratifies the adoption of HbbTV for interactive TV receiver equipment in Italy
HD Forum Italia (HDFI) announces the publication of release 4.0 of HD Book, a series of documents that set out the technical specifications for television receiver equipment manufacturers on the Italian market. HD Book 4.0 ratifies the adoption of HbbTV version 2.0.1 technology, based on HTML5, as a single standard for interactive TV services provided […]
Read more ‣May 12: presentation of the Annual HDFI conference “Transitions: communication and technology across borders”, Rome, 6-7 October
The event announced during the press conference is being held in partnership with the Holy See’s Secretariat for Communications. It will celebrate HDFI’s 10th anniversary, with a contribution from SMPTE, the international association of Motion Picture & Television Engineers, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, with a workshop dedicated to emerging standards for Ultra […]
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