DVB prepares for another unconferencing adventure in Brussels
The future of media delivery is on the agenda for DVB World 2023 in Brussels on Thursday 22 June. In fact, strictly speaking,… Read More
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DVB-I capabilities tested in proof of concept at Ireland’s RTÉ
In developing a future strategy for its popular DTT (digital terrestrial television) platform, Saorview, Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ decided to test the capabilities of… Read More
German DVB-I partners recommend second phase for pilot
The German DVB-I Pilot, which ran from September 2022 to March 2023, aimed to develop a common view on the technical features of the… Read More
Growing interest and activity in China around DVB specifications
The DVB Project had a strong presence at the recent 2023 World Ultra HD Video Industry Development Conference, which took place in Guangzhou, China,… Read More
Test in Spain shows integration of DVB-I with terrestrial services
The latest example of a long-running collaboration between the Spanish public broadcaster RTVE and the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) has seen the first… Read More
Telesat joins the DVB Project
The DVB Steering Board has approved the membership of Telesat, a satellite operator based in Canada. Telesat is one of the largest and… Read More
DVB publishes commercial requirements for forthcoming video codec work
With the latest update of the DVB-AVC specification soon to be published by ETSI, the DVB Project has published two new documents setting… Read More
DVB approves the specification for next-generation video codecs to deliver 4K and 8K broadcast and streaming television
A new revision of the DVB-AVC specification adding two new video codecs – VVC and AVS3 – has been approved by the DVB Steering… Read More
Using DVB-TTML to unify subtitle generation for broadcast and broadband
Available in 198 countries and in 421 million households, TV5MONDE is one of the world’s largest television networks. Since April 2021, TV5MONDE has been using DVB-TTML as a pivot subtitling format between playout and packaging. Read More
Seeking consensus on convergence
The media industry is undergoing its biggest revolution since the invention of television. We thought migrating from analogue to digital TV was hard – it was much easier that what’s going on now. As we have seen in the cable TV sector, the march of IP is all conquering. What was once a transport stream delivered using 64-QAM and DVB-C is now largely based on DOCSIS with the latest versions being IP-only. Read More
