Vista, WorldSpace to broadcast disaster info

Vista Communications has signed an agreement with WorldSpace to broadcast information especially on disaster alert and its management along with other important issues using a new device in Bangladesh within six months, says Asia Media.

WorldSpace is a US-based global media and entertainment company positioned to offer a satellite radio experience to listeners in more than 130 countries with five billion people in Asia, Africa and Europe and broadcasting in 17 languages.

Vista Communications is primarily an IT-based company specialising in space satellite communication based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released guidelines on how it will handle applications for licences to trial new technologies such as digital broadcasting or wireless Internet technologies, says Smart House.

The guidelines outline the process by which ACMA will issue radiofrequency apparatus licences to applicants seeking to use both broadcasting and non-broadcasting frequencies, where available, for technical tests of new technology.

'The guidelines will assist applicants who wish to use spectrum to test the technical functions of new communications technologies,' said Maureen Cahill, acting general manager, Inputs to Industry Division.

Ireland is emerging as a force in the evolution of home entertainment, where viewers can be their own producers, reports Independent.

While a number of consortia bid for the various digital terrestrial television licences, visionary Irish-based tech firms are already looking beyond multiple TV channels to a near future where TV will be a two-way interaction. Intel in Leixlip will manufacture the next-generation chip codenamed 'Canmore', which will do to home entertainment what the Pentium did to the personal computing world.

"We believe the next major phenomenon is going to be on television," said Eric Kim, VP in charge of Intel's home entertainment division, on a recent visit to Ireland. "Until now, TV has been a one-way, broadcast-oriented device. There's no reason why it can't be a two-way communications device with the ability to connect and share content and services in a ubiquitous fashion."