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Last week’s meeting of the DVB Steering Board approved the publication of an update to DVB’s Targeted Advertising specifications as well as commercial requirements for the addition of a new CDN-related functionality to DVB-I and DVB-DASH. Both documents are available from the DVB specification library as BlueBooks. DVB-TA… Read More

The DVB Project, the international industry-led consortium that designs open technical specifications for digital media delivery, has a new chair. Remo Vogel, responsible for the strategic development of distribution technology for Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg (rbb) – part of the ARD network of public service media organizations in Germany –… Read More

The DVB Steering Board has approved the membership of SEI Robotics. Established in 2009 in Shenzhen, China, SEI Robotics is a smart hardware company developing and manufacturing Android TV, audiovisual and IoT devices. The company is a certified Tier 1 Android TV ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) partner and… Read More

The 11th Media Web Symposium brought 230 participants together at the Fraunhofer FOKUS institute in Berlin last week to discuss internet-based media delivery. Given the topic, it was natural that DVB-I, the specification for internet-based service discovery, cropped up in various ways throughout the event. A demonstration from… Read More

With DVB standards dominant for digital television delivery through much of the Asia-Pacific region, last week’s BroadcastAsia gathering in Singapore provided an opportunity for the DVB community to meet with key stakeholders and discuss the latest developments. Emily Dubs, Head of Technology for the DVB Project, was there to… Read More

DVB World 2025 will take place in Munich, Germany on 18 and 19 March. The event returns to the smartvillage Bogenhausen, a venue that is perfectly adapted to the combination of conference, unconference and exhibition. The 2024 edition, also in Munich, attracted 200 registrations, making it the… Read More

The Deutsche TV-Plattform has published a report describing relevant DVB-I use cases for the German market. Developed by the association’s DVB-I Taskforce, the report is aimed at decision-makers along the television value chain, highlighting the potential of the DVB-I specification and its advantages for the market participants identified, including… Read More

Martin Gold, YouView, explains how DVB's Targeted Advertising specifications – known as DVB-TA – have been deployed on linear broadcast channels in the UK. The article is complemented by a recording of his presentation on the broader topic of DVB-TA at DVB World 2024. Read More

DVB initiated a study mission to look at what was now termed Volumetric Video, and to further understand the potential use cases alongside existing industry activity and technology developments. Read More

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Peruvian government realized that it had no effective means of communicating critical public health news to the entire population, nor could it ensure the provision of distance learning to the approximately 30% of the Peruvian population without connectivity. Read More

The DVB Project’s Head of Technology, Emily Dubs, spoke at the 2024 NAB Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology (BEIT) conference in Las Vegas on Monday. She presented her paper, titled How IP-based broadcast meets 5G for resilient and sustainable media distribution, that describes how technologies from DVB and… Read More

NGSO satellites are taking an increasing role providing ubiquitous, low-latency broadband services, with new constellations planned and launched. The key to market growth and global acceptance of any telecommunication system is standardization. Read More