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The HbbTV Association has given details on next month’s conference in Naples (November 28-29), co-hosted with Italian digital TV association Comunicare Digitale. The conference will be opened by HbbTV Chair Vincent Grivet and Andrea M. Michelozzi, President of Comunicare Digitale. HbbTV Vice-Chair Jon Piesing will provide a specification update, followed by a keynote from Paul…

The HbbTV Association has updated its core specification for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes. Version 2.0.4 adds integration with voice assistants, with accessibility features, such as dialogue enhancement or user interface magnification. Also included are the new DVB-I standard, enabling HbbTV…