Thomson-Broadcast

Involved in many  Advanced Research & Development programs, this greatly contributes to the advancement of digital radio and television and makes Thomson Broadcast a leading-edge technology innovator.

• Work Package Leader of B21C project (Broadcast for the 21st Century) 
  • B21C project aims at elaborating the technical guidelines for the future of Digital Video Broadcasting focusing  on the elaboration of hybrid satellite/terrestrial    DVB-SH broadcast networks and DVB-T2 technologies as the future of the European DVB Terrestrial transmission system with PAPR special outline.
  • Thomson Broadcast has be granted as a Work Package Leader of B21C Celtic R&D project, the Silver Award of excellence with European partners rewarding the excellent work of the core group.
  • Thomson Broadcast has chaired the "T2-Modulator I/F” task forces and led the task force on PAPR studies
•  Member of the Enabling Next GeneratIon Network for broadcast Services (ENGINES) project 
  • Thomson Broadcast has greatly contributed to the development and validation of the Digital Video Next Generation Hanheld (NGH) and to the extension of mobile DVB-T2 standard.
• Work Package Leader of the Optimizing Power Efficiency in mobile RAdio Networks    (OPERA-Net) project
• As a work package leader for 'Dissemination & Standardisation' Thomson Broadcast has been finalist ranked with all its partners for its outstanding work done to address the Power and Energy Efficiency Technology barrier to implement Next Generation Mobile Broadband Systems encompassing Terminal, Infrastructure and End to End Systems. Indeed any percentage of energy efficiency saving of the RF Power Amplifier with digital systems has great impact on a countrywide energy consumption.