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What does HBBTV mean?

HBBTV means hybrid Broadcast Broadband television

HBBTV is often simply referred to as HBB and is also called Connected TV. It is an industry standard for hybrid digital TV and IPTV to deliver broadband entertainment to connected TVs and set-top boxes. With the help of HbbTV, products and services can be offered on different technologies (satellite, cable, etc.) HbbTV was first used in 2009, during a Roland Garros broadcast. Read More

What does MTV mean?

MTV means Music Television

MTV is a television network that started in 1981 with a new concept: the non-stop broadcasting of (music) video clips. The network started with the broadcasting of "Video killed the radio star" of the Buggles. From the start the station was popular and played an important role for Western culture. MTV has played an important role not only in the field of music, but also in fashion and film areas. Meanwhile, MTV has many music stations (MTV Nederland, TMF, VH1, etc.), and the station has less and fewer music, but gets over to music-related programs (reality shows of pop stars, animated series). In these times, MTV still stands for the youth culture, with roots in music, but not just music. Watch the MTV content on the website. MTV start [YouTube] DKkJk51oa6A [/youtube]

MTV means mobile surveillance security

Mobile surveillance safety is a control task that is regulated by law. The control is aimed at natural persons who travel from another Schengen country to the Netherlands, and is carried out by the Royal Military Police. The control consists inter alia From a check on correct travel documents, outstanding fines or other offences and crimes. The mobile aspect consists of the fact that the checks are carried out randomly with the help of trooper vehicles on roads, trains, water and air traffic. Previously MTV meant mobile surveillance aliens

What does EPG mean?

EPG means Electronic program Guide

With an EPG it is possible to display data about programs (time, small summary, main players, etc) on the screen. EPG is often offered to people who receive digital television. Ultimately, it is a piece of software that retrieves and displays information. The software ultimately determines what information is visible, in combination with a DVR is also possible to quickly and easily (press the button) the DVR to set the program to automatically record. The advantage is that EPG is realtime, last minute changes can be taken as a result (unlike a classic TV guide that is printed weeks in advance). Read More

What does Hashtag mean?

Hashtag is a identifier

A hashtag is a way to catagoriseren messages on Twitter. Much is used at events/conferences to make all messages about an event easy to find. This is also frequently used in news items (#schipholcrash). A hashtag is a hash (#) with the tag behind it. It descends from IRC where you can access a certain channel with a #. The hashtag is already very well established in everyday life and is used everywhere. Read More

What does plasma mean?

Plasma is ionized gas

This term will mainly occur when it comes to verschullende types of television screens. The display of images is done by a plasma screen by a few hundred thousand minuscule luminous dots or pixels. This gives a high resolution and ability to display lots of details. At startup and shutdown make a "clicking" sound (this is due to the temperature differences). Together with the LCD screens plasma is seen as the successor of the classic TV screens with CRT. Read More