NEWS

The new issue of DVB Scene magazine is now available for download. The striking photograph on the cover of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka marks the launch in the island nation of Asia’s first satellite television service based on DVB-S2X. Issue 61 also features a photo story on the recent world-first... Read more

An update to the HbbTV specification for hybrid broadcast broadband television adds support for DVB-I, the DVB standard for service discovery and programme metadata. It also improves integration with voice assistants and accessibility features. The HbbTV and DVB-I specifications both address the delivery of audiovisual services over broadcast and broadband... Read more

The update includes integration with the new DVB-I standard, enabling HbbTV ‘red button’ applications to be used with live/linear TV services received as a DVB-I stream via broadband networks The post HbbTV Association updates core specification appeared first on TVBEurope.... Read more

DVB has hosted workshops as part of the ABU’s Digital Broadcasting Symposium* for many years, providing a valuable opportunity to connect with stakeholders in the region, and especially in Southeast Asia. Following a pandemic-enforced break since 2019, we are returning to Kuala Lumpur this year to present a workshop that... Read more

There has never been a global standard for television but the move to internet protocols may offer opportunities for convergence. The ATSC, which has successfully promoted its 3.0 standard for NextGen TV, has published a white paper advocating a broadcast core network that is agnostic to the digital terrestrial television... Read more

The DVB Project, with support from several of its Members, will present a live demonstration of Native IP broadcasting at next week’s BES India 2023 exhibition in New Delhi. Visitors to the DVB booth (#60) will see a live terrestrial feed received on a DVB Native IP gateway, serving live... Read more

Mediaset has confirmed it will test the new DVB-I standard in a trial starting next April. The Italian commercial broadcaster demonstrated its DVB-I implementation during the annual Ultra HD Forum […]... Read more

DVB’s Head of Technology, Emily Dubs, was honoured with an invitation to address the Technical Committee of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union at its annual gathering last weekend. Her presentation on DVB’s new solution for native IP broadcasting (DVB-NIP) generated considerable interest among attendees. The technical meeting took place as part... Read more

Major industry players are taking action to ensure the deployment of HbbTV specifications for Targeted Advertising, according to the HbbTV Association. The rollout of HbbTV-TA was a major talking point […]... Read more

German industry association Deutsche TV-Plattform has published a white paper on ADB2. The specification enables the addressing of up to 12 million TV households in Germany via watermarking technology, which […]... Read more

Stakeholders representing broadcasters, device manufacturers, software providers and research companies have recently launched the German DVB-I Pilot. With the move, the consortium – which includes ARD, bmt, Dolby, DVB, EBU, […]... Read more

The DVB Project has launched the DVB-I Forum, an online community open to anybody involved with or interested in DVB-I implementation. Using a Discord server, the idea is to create a space for asking questions, sharing best practices and providing feedback on the specifications. With the kick-off of DVB-I pilot... Read more

A webinar on Thursday 3 November at 14:00 CET will run through the sessions hosted last May during the DVB World 2022 unconference and ask what happened next in each case. The date and venue for DVB World 2023 will also be announced. Click here to register for the webinar.... Read more

The DTG has launched a new test suite after testing 95% of the receiver market to evaluate the status of HbbTV implementations currently deployed in the UK. In April 2021, […]... Read more

The DVB Project has published a set of Commercial Requirements for the extension and revision of some core DVB specifications to support better signalling of accessibility services. The work relates […]... Read more