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The Head of Technology for the DVB Project, Emily Dubs, spoke at the 2024 NAB Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology (BEIT) conference in Las Vegas yesterday. She presented her paper, titled How IP-based broadcast meets 5G for resilient and sustainable media distribution, that describes how technologies from DVB and 3GPP... Read more

DVB World 2024 was billed as a place to have “conversations that matter on the future of media delivery”. For the almost 200 people who gathered in Munich on Tuesday and Wednesday, it delivered on that promise. The event opened with a dense but dynamic conference programme on Tuesday afternoon,... Read more

DVB-I was the hot topic once again at DVB World 2024 in Munich. Among other topics of discussion was ultra-high-definition services on digital terrestrial television. With spectrum secured for at least another decade in Europe, two major markets are launching 4K UHD services on their terrestrial networks, ready for the... Read more

The emergence of DVB-I has prompted discussions regarding its compatibility with HbbTV. The latter is often regarded as DVB’s interactive layer, in that it facilitates an app-like user experience combining DVB services with personalized broadband-delivered data on a connected TV. The post It comes down to DVB-I versus HbbTV OpApp,... Read more

The new issue of DVB Scene magazine, now available for download, is packed with articles on the latest developments across several key DVB solutions. The cover celebrates the launch of UHD services on terrestrial networks in France and Spain, and inside you can find articles on new deployments of DVB... Read more

The DVB’s Technical and Commercial Modules have have given their approval to the publication of updates to two DVB BlueBooks related to DVB-I. BlueBook A177r6 is the latest version of […]... Read more

The new specification includes support for signalling of 5G services as well as signalling of accessibility services and of HbbTV applications for accessibility The post DVB Group publishes new specifications for IP delivery appeared first on TVBEurope.... Read more

This year’s DVB World, taking place in Munich on 19 and 20 March, will include an exhibition area with live demonstrations of a range of cutting-edge media technologies. Here we provide a brief overview of what you will find on each booth. German DVB-I Pilot (and ADB2) The partners in... Read more

The most recent meeting cycle of DVB’s Technical and Commercial Modules led to the approval for publication of updates to two DVB BlueBooks related to DVB-I, the internet-centric mechanism to signal and discover television services, whether they are delivered over IP networks or broadcast networks. BlueBook A177r6 is the latest... Read more

The full line-up of keynote speakers for DVB World 2024 was confirmed this week. The event, which takes place in Munich on 19 and 20 March, will open with talks from Bayerischer Rundfunk’s Senior Head of Distribution Sophie Lersch, Silicon Valley veteran Thierry Fautier, Zattoo’s Engineering Director Stefan Kaiser, and... Read more

The first televisions with native DVB-I compatibility are on sale in Italy, in support of pilot trials by major Italian broadcasters. The latest release of the Italian UHD Book is a significant step towards the deployment of DVB-I in Italy, with the intention to make DVB-I compatibility mandatory for televisions... Read more

Plans for a full deployment of DVB-I in Italy are taking shape following the publication of a new edition of the Italian UHD Book. The Book indicates that most of […]... Read more

The publication, in December, of release 2.1 of the Italian UHD Book marked a significant step towards the full deployment of DVB-I in that market. Most of the preconditions for the creation of a labelling regime for compliant TV sets – known in Italy as a bollino – have now... Read more

Findings come from the HbbTV's Symposium, which took place in Naples at the end of November The post HbbTV Association: DVB-I and Targeted Advertising driving new HbbTV services appeared first on TVBEurope.... Read more

The DVB-I standard for service discovery emerged as a key theme at the HbbTV Symposium in Naples, the eleventh annual meeting of the hybrid broadcast broadband television association. There was general recognition that the two standards are highly complementary. The German DVB-I Pilot service was among the winners of the... Read more