DVB Scene 65: DVB-I pilot in Spain, DVB compliance and testing, codec developments
The March 2025 issue of DVB Scene magazine highlights the new DVB-I pilot taking shape in Spain. The cover story, by 3Cat’s Jordi Mata, is just one of several articles focused on DVB’s solution for internet-centric service discovery: there’s also a look at a pair of university theses on the topic, deployments for a PoC in Ireland and on a pan-European satellite platform, synergies with 5G broadcast, and the benefits of taking an API-based approach to DVB-I development. DVB’s new accessibility guidelines – another DVB-I related story – are also introduced.
See below for direct links to all of these DVB-I related stories.
There’s a lot more alongside this feast of DVB-I, including a provocative piece from DVB’s chair Remo Vogel on the potential for AI to completely upend media distribution as we know it today:
“AI is ushering in the next stage of digital transformation – the post-internet era. The long-term impact of this AI revolution remains uncertain but let’s try to think beyond the status quo,” he writes.
He goes on to set out three predictions for the future. See whether you agree with what he writes on pages 6–7.
Full contents
- Editorial: Cinq ans déjà ! – Emily Dubs (DVB
- A word from the PCM chair – Elfed Howells (Huawei)
- A tale of two theses – putting DVB-I under the microscope – Moritz Wunsch and Riccardo Principe
- Three predictions for the future of media distribution in the age of AI – Remo Vogel (rbb/ARD)
- National and regional broadcasters collaborate on DVB-I pilot in Spain – Jordi Mata (3Cat)
- Different goals, same technology – how DVB-I delivered for two projects – Gordon Maynard (OnScreen Publishing)
- Lost in the lab? Navigating the world of DVB compliance – Bob Campbell (Resillion) and Ranjeet Kaur (DTG Testing)
- TV makers to SDOs and regulators: we cannot rush changes – John Moulding
- Codecs and DVB – setting standards, not adoption – Jan Outters (Ateme) and Anand Meher Kotra (Qualcomm)
- Broadcasting reimagined: the dynamic duo of DVB-I and 5G Broadcast – Thomas Stockhammer (Qualcomm)
- Give a boost to accessibility with DVB-I – Andreas Tai (SWR/ARD)
- An API for DVB-I – William Cooper (Service List Registry)
- Common Access Token: a new option in the streamers’ toolkit – Laurent Piron (NAGRA)
- UWA: a new association reflecting the ambition of China’s media industry – Wengang Zhang (UWA)
- Streaming growth slows as linear TV continues gradual decline – Ophélie Boucaud (Dataxis)
Download DVB Scene 65 (PDF)
