Webinars
DVB Webinars are designed to inform the wider community about significant new or revised DVB specifications.
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Past Webinars
DVB World 2024: what happened next?
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With DVB World returning to Munich next March, once again offering the combination of a conference, exhibition and unconference, this webinar examined what came out of this year’s event. DVB World 2024 marked the third time the DVB community gathered for an unconference, with 31 sessions placed… Read More
DVB Targeted Advertising – specifications and system scenarios
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Recording of a presentation first given at DVB World 2024 by Martin Gold, Principal Architect at YouView. It provides: a brief overview of the DVB-TA specifications descriptions of five scenarios for their use… Read More
Setting the standards for the future of television – what we’re working on and why
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Index to video (click to jump to chapter) SERVICE DISCOVERY BROADBAND DELIVERY EVOLUTION OF BROADCAST CODING AND CONTENT FORMATS NEW WORK AREAS A quickfire series of focused discussions that provide a comprehensive overview of all ongoing work in the DVB Project directly from those… Read More
DVB World 2022: what happened next?
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In this webinar, we take a whistlestop tour through all 24 sessions from our first ever DVB World unconference, which took place in Brussels on 18 May 2022. There’s a brief overview of what was discussed in each session and what happened next in each case. Download… Read More
Road-testing DVB-I: en route for deployment
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The DVB-I ecosystem is taking shape, as several markets examine the role it can play in driving a transition to truly converged media delivery. This webinar will include a detailed update on the ongoing proof-of-concept led by Italy’s Mediaset, as well as information on the reference tools available… Read More
TV over 5G – bridging the gap with DVB-I
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Thursday 20 January, 14:00–15:00 CET Find links to download the individual slide decks below. The video will follow shortly. While 5G technologies – defined by 3GPP – can provide IP-based unicast and broadcast connectivity to any device, DVB can bring its core competence when it comes to the… Read More
Embracing Native IP media distribution as a new generation broadcast solution
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Update: the webinar presenters have provided written answers to all questions asked during the webinar. Download here. Thursday 27 May, 15:00–16:00 CEST Can the best of broadcast and OTT streaming converge to create a future-proof, new generation broadcast solution? By embracing a native IP media distribution format,… Read More
Webinar: When USB meets pay-TV – an update on CI Plus
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Thursday 20 May, 15:00–16:00 CEST The DVB Common Interface (CI) specifications are a key enabler for pay-TV services around the world. DVB-CI allows a removable Conditional Access Module (CAM), given the appropriate rights, to unscramble protected content and route it back to the host over the same interface. Extensions to… Read More
Webinar: Using Targeted Advertising on Broadcast Television (Part 2)
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Download slides Nicolas Guyot – ENENSYS Technologies & Dror Mangel – Viaccess-OrcaAngelo Pettazzi – Mediaset GroupJoe Winograd – VerancePascal Jezequel – HarmonicRufael Mekuria – Unified Streaming Targeted Advertising in linear television services allows broadcasters and ad agencies to offer attractive new opportunities to advertisers, who… Read More
Webinar: Using Targeted Advertising on Broadcast Television (Part 1)
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Slides Sebastian Busse – smartclipArturo Larrainzar – AtresmediaSilvia Broggi – Publitalia ’80 Targeted Advertising in linear television services allows broadcasters and ad agencies to offer attractive new opportunities to advertisers, who can now use connected TVs as an additional digital touchpoint alongside apps and websites on smartphones,… Read More
Webinar: DVB and HbbTV Technologies in TV Systems
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The webinar, jointly hosted by the DVB Project and the HbbTV Association, focuses on the coexistence of DVB and HbbTV technologies in TV systems, both now and in future developments. It includes information on DVB-I and Targeted Advertising. For more information and to download the slides in… Read More
Webinar: Making a case for DVB-MABR (July 2020)
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In February 2020, the DVB Steering Board approved a new specification for adaptive bit-rate streaming over multicast, DVB-MABR. The solution enables the efficient mass distribution of linear and non-linear media across multicast-enabled IP networks. With the DVB-MABR specification set to be published as an ETSI standard in due course, the… Read More
Webinar: Introduction to DVB's Targeted Advertising specifications (June 2020)
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Both DVB and HbbTV have this year published their complementary technical specifications for targeted advertising. These specifications are now available to anyone within the industry wishing to implement the DVB-TA framework. This opens the door for broadcasters and the advertising industry to create opportunities in a space that… Read More
Webinar: UHD – commercial success or work in progress? (May 2020)
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The webinar was moderated by Ian Nock, who chairs the Interoperability Working Group of the Ultra HD Forum. For the discussion that followed the presentations, the speakers were joined by Virginie Drugeon (Panasonic), Chair of the DVB Technical Module AVC Working Group. Slides Click the presentation title to download the… Read More
Webinar: Building a reference client for DVB-I (April 2020)
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The DVB-I specification was published in November 2019. Prior to its publication, DVB issued a Request for Proposals to develop a reference client application for DVB-I, with goal of accelerating deployment of the specification. Selected on the basis of the RfP issued by DVB, Sofia Digital has undertaken the development… Read More
Webinar: DVB-I Service Lists & Programme Information (April 2020)
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Q&A – most were dealt with live, but some answers were typed also. The DVB-I specification, published in November 2019, defines DVB-I Service Lists, a means for internet-connected devices to find curated sets of linear television services that may… Read More
Webinar: DASH: from on-demand to large scale live for premium services (March 2020)
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Originally planned as a full conference session for DVB World 2020 (which was cancelled in light of the COVID-19 situation), this webinar looks at the latest developments with DASH, covering several aspects: low latency, ad insertion, bandwidth prediction,… Read More
Webinar: Beam hopping in DVB-S2X (March 2020)
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In 2019, the DVB-S2X specification was updated to add support for beam hopping. In multi-beam satellite systems, beam hopping enables efficient and flexible use of satellite resources for applications such as VoIP, cellular backhaul, Internet of Things, maritime and in-flight connectivity and government. This webinar explains how beam hopping fits… Read More
Webinar: Encoding and packaging for DVB-I services (March 2020)
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Some of the questions posted during the webinar were answered via the Q&A interface by Paul Higgs and Jon Piesing. You can read the answers here. The DVB-I specification offers an internet-centric solution for linear television services. While DVB-I service lists can reference services delivered via broadband and/or broadcast,… Read More
Webinar: Codecs, standards and UHD formats – where is the industry headed? (March 2020)
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Originally planned as a full conference session for DVB World 2020 (which was cancelled in light of the COVID-19 situation), this webinar provided an overview of the technologies and standards that have got UHD to where it is… Read More
Webinar: Multicast ABR opens the door to a new DVB era (March 2020)
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Richard Bradbury answered many questions via the Q&A interface. A transcription of his answers is provided here (with a few of the questions missing, unfortunately). Originally scheduled as a presentation at DVB World 2020 (cancelled owing to… Read More
Webinar: HDR Dynamic Mapping (February 2020)
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During 2019, DVB revised its specification for the use of video and audio coding in broadcast and broadband applications (TS 101 154) to include optional solutions for HDR dynamic mapping. The solutions allow a receiver, such as a TV set, to adapt a High Dynamic Range video signal to… Read More
Introduction to the DVB-I specification (December 2019)
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This webinar provides an overview of the new specification for Service Discovery and Programme Metadata for DVB-I Services. The DVB-I specification was recently approved by the DVB Steering Board and is available as DVB BlueBook A177. DVB-I aims to ensure that linear television delivered over the internet is as user-friendly and… Read More
Next Generation Audio in DVB (March 2019)
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The Audio Video Coding (AVC) experts of DVB have been working to introduce Next Generation Audio (NGA) to the DVB specifications over a number of years. This webinar marked the publication of the latest version of TS 101 154, DVB’s guidelines for the use of video and audio coding in… Read More
DVB-DASH (June 2018)
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DVB-DASH, for the delivery of TV content via HTTP adaptive streaming, provides a profile of features defined in the MPEG DASH specification. The latest revision of DVB-DASH, published by ETSI in March 2018, adds features related to UHD. Agenda The webinar has three sections: General introduction to DVB-DASH (… Read More
DVB-SIS (July 2018)
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DVB-SIS (Single Illumination System) enables the combination of DVB-T/T2 contribution and DVB-S/S2/S2X distribution in a single satellite beam. Agenda What is SIS and why has this specification been created?Concept behind DVB-SISElements of DVB-SISPractical example applications Presenters Frank Herrmann, Project Leader, Panasonic LabsJean-Pierre Mosset, Software Architect, Harmonic Inc. Read More
Subtitling Systems (January 2018)
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The DVB specification for TTML-based subtitling systems, approved in July 2017, has now been complemented by a revision of the existing specification for bitmap subtitles, creating a comprehensive suite of subtitling specifications from DVB. This webinar provides an overview of both specifications. Agenda IntroductionBitmap subtitle specification (EN 300 743)… Read More
Smart TV Security (May 2017)
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In response to the risk of smart televisions being manipulated via the broadband interface – via so-called man-in-the-middle attacks – TS 102 809 enables broadcasters to add authentication information to the signalling of their interactive services. The television receiver learns the legitimate transmission on each channel and will then identify and… Read More
UHD in TS 101 154 (January 2017)
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DVB updated its audio-visual coding specification, TS 101 154, adding support for High Dynamic Range (HDR), High Frame Rates (HFR) and Next Generation Audio (NGA). … Read More
