DVB - Digital Video Broadcast

DVB, or Digital Video Broadcast, refers to a suite of internationally accepted standards for digital television, created by the DVB Project, an industry consortium that claims over 300 members. The standards are published by a Joint Technical Committee made up of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization and the European Broadcasting Union. These standards usually refer to MPEG formats and include everything from audio, video, data, subtitles to scrambling and Java-based content standards. Digital TV adoption is growing in the U.S., so DVBT news is often at the forefront of DVB reports. The DVB over IP solution is also gaining buzz as high-quality content delivery is anticipated. DVB standards currently agreed upon for: * DVB-S and DVB-S2 – satellite * DVB-C – cable * DVB-T – terrestrial TV * DVB-H – terrestrial TV for handhelds The FierceIPTV weekly monitors the latest: * DVB-IP news for IPTV: According to the consortium's website, a coalition for the establishment of an IPTV standard began in 2003. The standard for IPTV is called DVB-IPI and standards for upstream interactive transmissions on the return channels are called DVB-RC. The DVB/IP satellite platform has also made news for providing carriers and ISPs with fast, cost-effective, scaleable Internet connectivity across the globe. * DVB-H updates : European mobile users are likely to adopt DVB-H mobile TV for streaming entertainment with a number of trials successful in 2005. * Digital TV adoption : DTV costs, DVBT receiver advances, portable media players and opinions on the future of digital video broadcast.