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The DVB Steering Board has approved a significant package of specification updates centred on DVB-I, the DVB standard that provides a common way to describe and discover television services across broadcast, broadband and hybrid delivery environments. The documents have been published as DVB BlueBooks and will be sent to ETSI...Read more

The DVB Steering Board has approved a significant package of specification updates centred on DVB-I, the DVB standard that provides a common way to describe and discover television services across broadcast, broadband and hybrid delivery environments. The documents have been published as DVB BlueBooks and will be sent to ETSI...Read more

As DVB-I deployments mature, the industry faces a challenge: the lack of consistently available, high-quality reference live streams for testing and validation. Implementers need reliable test content spanning multiple codecs and configurations to verify their solutions against DVB-DASH – the DVB profile of MPEG-DASH for IPTV and streaming services –...Read more

Digital TV Group (DTG) Programme Director Ranjeet Kaur has been elected to the Steering Group of the HbbTV Association, the organisation’s principal executive body responsible for guiding the strategic direction […]Read more

Digital TV Group (DTG) Programme Director Ranjeet Kaur has been elected to the Steering Group of the HbbTV Association, the organisation's principal executive body responsible for guiding the strategic direction of one of the television industry's most influential standards organisations. The post DTG’s Ranjeet Kaur elected to HbbTV Association executive...Read more

The DVB-I Round Table in Germany has approved the “DVB-I Book Germany”, establishing the technical, regulatory and organizational framework for the commercial deployment of DVB-I in the German market. The milestone publication was announced yesterday by the Bavarian Regulatory Authority for New Media (BLM). The DVB-I Book Germany sets out...Read more

The introduction of DVB-I in Germany has achieved a key milestone. The DVB-I Round Table has approved the DVB-I Book Germany, which defines the key principles for the implementation of DVB-I in the German market. The Round Table includes broadcasters, broadcasters’ associations, TV set manufacturers and the regulatory authority. “DVB-I...Read more

Countries are now competing to be the first to launch a national television platform based on the DVB-I specification for service discovery. The Bavarian regulator has published its framework for the commercial deployment of DVB-I in the German market, expected to be launched at the IFA trade show in September....Read more

Germany has taken a major step towards the introduction of DVB‑I, after the national round‑table group adopted the DVB‑I Book Germany, a document defining the key parameters for how the […]Read more

The HbbTV Association has launched the HbbTV Application Showcase, a new online hub designed to highlight real-world deployments of HbbTV services from broadcasters, platform operators and technology providers. The showcase […]Read more

The announcement by Freeview New Zealand on its Freeview NextGen DVB-I service launch in Q3 2026 marks a significant milestone for the global television industry, with New Zealand becoming the first market to publicly confirm a nationwide DVB-I rollout. DTG Testing has played an important role... The post DTG Testing...Read more

Freeview New Zealand is to launch Freeview NextGen, a new broadband-delivered free-to-air TV service built on the DVB-I standard. The platform is expected to debut in Q3 2026 with launch […]Read more

Freeview New Zealand has announced the launch of Freeview NextGen, a new service that is set to be the world’s first nationwide free-to-air TV platform built on DVB-I, the open standard for internet-based TV service discovery and programme information. Scheduled to start operation in Q3 2026, the service marks a...Read more

Freeview New Zealand is to launch Freeview NextGen, which is on track to be the first nationwide free-to-air television platform built on the global DVB-I standard. Freeview NextGen will deliver services over the internet while maintaining the familiar experience of television channels. The Freeview NextGen service is expected to launch...Read more