DVB-I TIMELINE
This timeline, running backwards in time, shows significant milestones in the development of DVB-I, both the specification itself and the services that use it.
Specification milestones
Deployment milestones
BlueBook A177r8, adding enhanced security (as per BlueBook C108); will serve as basis of TS 103 770 v1.3.1
BlueBook A177r7 with new features, including signalling of new application types (as per BlueBook C108) and CMCD support (as per BlueBook C109)
First commercial service launch using DVB-I: Sat.tv Connect
Launch of next phase of DVB-I proof of concept in Ireland by RTÉ and Saorview
ETSI publishes TS 103 770 1.2.1
First demonstration of 5G Broadcast integrated in a DVB-I service list at DVB World 2024, Munich
BlueBook A177r6 including signalling of accessibility services (and HbbTV apps for accessibility) and signalling of 5G services
DVB-I Market Trial launched in Italy
BlueBook A177r5 published with service prominence as per European Union AVMSD, direct satellite tuning and a new interoperability point (IP2) based on “common profile” input from German and Italian trials
First publication of DVB-I Implementation Guidelines, as BlueBook A184
Demonstrations of DVB-I at World Ultra HD Video Industry Development Conference in Guangzhou, China
Public test of DVB-I in Spain, by RTVE and the Polytechnic University of Madrid
RTÉ conducts its first DVB-I proof of concept in Ireland
Bluebook A177r4 with addition of server-side generation of DVB-I service lists and use of a CI Plus conditional access module (CAM) for provision of service lists
Launch of German DVB-I Pilot
Standard published by ETSI: TS 103 770 V1.1.1, Service Discovery and Programme Metadata for DVB-I
Mediaset launches its first DVB-I proof of concept in Italy
First release of DVB-I reference client
First DVB-I pilot, by IRIB in Iran, runs from March to October 2020
First publication of DVB-I specification as DVB BlueBook A177
World’s first demonstrations of DVB-I services at IBC 2019, Amsterdam
Commercial Requirements for DVB-I approved by DVB Steering Board
DVB Commercial Module creates first working group for DVB-I