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A DVB study mission on energy-aware service delivery and consumption has delivered its final report, published today as DVB BlueBook S100. Its central recommendation is to create a dedicated working group that will help to ensure energy efficiency is taken into account in the future development of DVB… Read More

Last week’s General Assembly of the DVB Project elected a new Steering Board, to serve for the coming two years. It includes representatives of 43 companies across DVB’s four member constituencies. The companies represented on the DVB Steering Board 2023–2025 are as follows: Manufacturers / software suppliers: ATEME, Dolby, ENENSYS, Ericsson, Fraunhofer… Read More

A new set of test streams has been added to DVB’s V&V (Verification & Validation) resources. The streams allow implementers of DVB Targeted Advertising (DVB-TA) to test the use of watermarking as a means of signalling the presence of advertising breaks or other content replacement opportunities. DVB-TA enables… Read More

The big television media story at present is FAST, free ad-supported streaming television. Perhaps what is surprising is how like normal television services it is: linear channels with added on-demand layers. Such channels are bundled as services from (among many others) Pluto TV and Rakuten. Smart TV platform owners such as Samsung, LG Electronics and Roku have now all launched their own services, joining the incumbents of Google, Amazon and Apple who have owned both content and platforms for a while. Read More

With the chairs of both the Steering Board and Commercial Module stepping down in the coming months, the DVB Project is actively seeking candidates to fill these two pivotal leadership roles. Those interested in applying for these non-remunerated positions must already be working for a DVB Member company… Read More

The DVB Steering Board has approved the membership of AnixeNet, a Greece-based company specializing in hybrid television solutions. While the main focus of AnixeNet has up to now been on interactive television based on HbbTV technologies, it is increasingly involved in projects related to DVB-I and 5G… Read More

DVB World 2024 will take place in Munich, at the smartvillage Bogenhausen, on 19 and 20 March. While the unconference format, highly popular with attendees in 2022 and 2023, will be retained for the second day of the event, a more traditional programme of keynotes, presentations and panels… Read More

Visitors to the DVB booth at IBC2023 were able to navigate through the DVB-I service list for a market trial that’s taking shape in Italy. There is more information on the demonstration and the elements of the trial in the handout that was distributed during IBC. Earlier in… Read More

A busy and buzzing IBC2023 for the DVB Project showed that the organization’s relevance and influence remain as strong as ever after 30 years of existence. From start to finish, even on the traditionally quieter final day of the exhibition, the DVB booth welcomed a steady stream of visitors… Read More

For 30 years, the DVB Project has been developing technical specifications for digital television. In addition to being commercially driven, interoperability is a fundamental goal of DVB’s work, with the maximum possible commonalities across the different solutions. While DVB was initially oriented towards Europe, its standards are now… Read More

Peter MacAvock has been at the heart of the DVB Project since just after its creation, having been hired to run the DVB Project Office in January 1994. The September 2023 issue of DVB Scene magazine featured this interview with him on the state of DVB on its 30th anniversary. Read More

The latest issue of DVB Scene, now available for download (PDF), marks 30 years of the DVB Project. In a wide-ranging interview, DVB chair Peter MacAvock discusses the organization’s role in the wider industry, its continued relevance and his own plans for the future. Also looking ahead, Head… Read More