Nordija has developed the DR open standard-solution

With the expiration of August, Nordija has delivered an MPEG4 H.264-based streaming-solution to DR, the National Danish Broadcast Company. MPEG4 H.264 is the term for the open standard format that DR is now testing to enable the users of Mac and Linux to watch live TV channels on the DR website. The new format offers an opportunity to livestream WebTV in an even better quality than today. 

Nordija has several years of experience in developing IPTV-solutions and got the job to develop the H.264-solution in the aftermath of the latest media settlement, in which the Danish Parliament recommended DR to develop the open standard.

The H.264-project is based on open-source-technologies and consists of an end-user-client, establishing and configurating software, encoders and hardware besides tehcnical advice on the formats and standards chosen for the project. The project has been carried out as an agile project based on the methods of Scrum.

”Our main objective has been to develop a solution that makes DR face future possibilities with less effort. This is why we recommended a solution independent of platforms. In example this means that DR will be able transmit to TV, mobil devices and PC from within the same free format and at the same time be open to use new future formats”, informs Commercial ITV Manager Bille Madsen from Nordija.

The H.264- project is not the first job Nordija carries out for National Danish Broadcasting Company. Nordija has earlier delivered two MHP-solutions with interactive services to DIGI-TV, the digital broadcasting company mutually owned by DR and TV2.