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DVB Standards and BlueBooks - An Overview
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The table below contains the DVB Standards, Guidelines, Policy Statements
and BlueBooks. Clicking on the reference number will take you to the relevant
publication
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Standard
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Title
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ETSI/CENELEC Reference
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BlueBook
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DVB-Cook
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A guideline for the use of DVB specifications and standards
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TR
101 200
(V1.1.1: 09/97)
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A020
(2/97)
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TRANSMISSION
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| DVB-S
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Digital broadcasting systems for television, sound and data
services; Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for 11/12 GHz
satellite services
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EN
300 421
(V1.1.2: 08/97)
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A040
(2/99)
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Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Implementation of Binary
Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation in DVB satellite transmission systems
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TR
101 198
(V1.1.1 : 09/97 )
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A036
(3/98)
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User Requirements for Cable and Satellite delivery of DVB
Services, including Comparison with Technical Specification
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-
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A003
Rev 1 (5/95)
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| DVB-C
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Digital broadcasting systems for television, sound and data
services; Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for cable system
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EN
300 429
(V1.2.1: 04/98)
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A035
(3/98)
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DVB-CS
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Digital broadcasting systems for television, sound and data
services; Satellite Master Antenna Television (SMATV) distribution systems
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EN
300 473
(V1.1.2: 08/97)
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A042
(6/99)
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DVB-MS
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Digital broadcasting systems for television, sound and data
services; Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for Multipoint Video
Distribution Systems at 10 GHz and above
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EN
300 748
(V1.1.2: 08/97)
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A013
(5/96)
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DVB-MC
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Digital broadcasting systems for television, sound and data
services; Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for Multipoint Video
Distribution Systems below 10 GHz
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EN
301 749
(V1.1.2: 08/97)
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A015
(2/97)
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DVB-MT
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Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); OFDM modulation for
microwave digital terrestrial television
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-
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A052
(6/99)
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DVB-T
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Digital broadcasting systems for television, sound and data
services; Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for digital
terrestrial television
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ETS
300 744
(V1.1.2: 08/98)
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A012
(7/97)
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| Digital broadcasting systems for television, sound and data
services; Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for digital
terrestrial television
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EN
300 744
(V1.2.1: 07/99)
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A012 Rev. 1 (6/99)
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| Implementation guidelines for DVB terrestrial services;
Transmission aspects
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TR
101 190
(V1.1.1: 12/97)
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A037
(3/98)
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User Requirements for Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting
Services
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-
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A004
(03/96)
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DVB-SFN
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Specification of a Mega-frame for SFN Synchronisation
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TS
101 191
(V1.1.1: 4/97)
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A024
(02/97)
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DVB-DSNG
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Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for Digital
Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) and other contribution applications by
satellite
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EN
301 210
(V1.1.1: 03/99)
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A049 (6/99)
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Co-ordination channels associated with Digital Satellite
News Gathering (DSNG)
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EN
301 222
(V1.1.1: 07/99)
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A050
(6/99)
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User guidelines for Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG)
and other contribution applications by satellite
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TR
101 221
(V1.1.1: 03/99)
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A051
(6/99)
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D-SNG Commercial Users' Requirements
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A033
(3/99)
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MPEG
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DVB-MPEG
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Digital broadcasting systems for television; Implementation
guidelines for the use of MPEG-2 systems; Video and audio in satellite and
cable broadcasting applications
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ETR
154
(V3: 10/97)
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A001
Rev. 4 (7/97)
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Digital broadcasting systems for television; Implementation
guidelines for the use of MPEG-2 systems; Video and audio in satellite and
cable broadcasting application
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dTR 102 154
(V1.4.1: 07/99)
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A001
Rev. 5 (6/99)
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MULTIPLEXING
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DVB-SI
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Digital broadcasting systems for television, sound and data
services; Specification for Service Information (SI) in Digital Video
Broadcasting (DVB) systems
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ETS
300 468
(V1.3.1: 02/98)
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A038
(03/98)
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Guidelines on implementation and usage of service
information
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ETR
211
(V.2: 08/97)
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A005
Rev. 1 (03/98)
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DVB-MPEG
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Digital broadcasting systems for television, sound and data
services; Allocation of Service Information (SI) codes for Digital Video
Broadcasting (DVB) systems
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Draft
ETR 162
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DVB-TXT
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Digital broadcasting systems for television, sound and data
services; Specification for conveying ITU-R System B Teletext in Digital Video
Broadcasting (DVB) bitstreams
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EN
300 472
(V1.2.2: 08/97)
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A041
(06/99)
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DVB-DATA
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Specification for the transmission of data services in DVB
bitstreams
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EN
101 192
(V1.1.1: 02/99)
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A027
(05/97)
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Specification for the transmission of data services in DVB
bitstreams
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EN
101 192
(V1.2.1: 06/99)
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A027
Rev. 1 (06/99)
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Implementation guidelines for Data
Broadcasting
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TR
101 202
(V1.1.1: 02/99)
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A047
(06/99)
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SUBTITLING
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DVB-SUB
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Digital broadcasting systems for television, sound and data
services; Subtitling systems
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ETS
300 743
(V.1: 09/97)
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A009
(11/95)
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CONDITIONAL ACCESS
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DVB-CSA
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The Common Scrambling system description
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ETR
289
(V1: 10/96)
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A007
(02/97)
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| DVB Common Scrambling Algorithm - Distribution Agreements
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-
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A011
Rev. 1 (06/96)
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DVB-SIM
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Technical specification of SimulCrypt in DVB systems
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TS
101 197-1
(V1.1.1: 06/97)
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A028
(05/97)
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Head-End Implementation of DVB SimulCrypt
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dTS 103 197
(V1.1.1: Q3/1999)
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A045
(06/99)
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INTERFACING
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DVB-CI
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Common Interface Specification for Conditional Access and
other Digital Video Broadcasting Decoder Applications
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EN
50221
(V1: 02/97)
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A017
(5/96)
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Guidelines for Implementation and Use of the Common
Interface for DVB Decoder Applications
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R
206 001
(V1: 1998)
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A025
(5/97)
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Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Extensions to the Common
Interface Specification (EN 50221)
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-
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A053
(5/97)
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DVB-PI
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Interfaces for CATV/SMATV Headends and similar Professional
Equipment
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EN
50083-9
(V1: 03/97)
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A010
Rev. 1 (5/97)
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DVB-IRDI
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Interface for DVB-IRDs
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EN 50201
(V1: 08/98)
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A016
Rev. 1 (02/97)
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Interface for DVB Integrated Receiver Decoder (DVB-IRD)
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TS
102 101
(V1.1.1: 02/99)
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A016
Rev. 2 (06/99)
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DVB-PDH
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DVB interfaces to PDH networks
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ETS
300 813
(V1: 12/97)
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A018
(02/97)
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DVB-SDH
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DVB interfaces to SDH networks
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ETS
300 814
(V1: 03/98)
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A019
(2/97)
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DVB-ATM
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DVB interfaces to ATM networks
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TR
300 815
(V1.1.1: 02/99)
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A044
(06/99)
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HOME NETWORKS
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DVB-HAN
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Home Access Network (HAN) with an Active Telco Network
Termination
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TS
101 224
(V1.1.1: 07/98)
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A039
(8/98)
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DVB-IHDN
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User and Market Requirements for In-Home Digital Networks
(IHDN)
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A029
(5/97)
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INTERACTIVITY
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DVB-NIP
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Network Independent Protocols for DVB Interactive Services
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ETS
300 802
(V1: 11/97)
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A021
(02/97)
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Guidelines for the use of the Network Independent Protocols
for DVB Interactive Services
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TR
101 194 (V1.1.1: 06/97)
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A026
(05/97)
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DVB-RCC
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DVB interaction channel for Cable TV distribution system
(CATV)
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ETS
300 800 (V1: 07/98)
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A023
(02/97)
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DVB interaction channel for Cable TV distribution system
(CATV)
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dEN 300 800 (V1.2.1: Q3/1999)
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A023
Rev. 1 (06/99)
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Guidelines for the implementation and usages of the
specification for DVB intaction channel for Cable TV distribution systems
(CATV)
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TR
101 196 (V1.1.1: 12/97)
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A031
(03/98)
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DVB-RCP
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DVB interaction channel through the Public Switched
Telecommunications System (PSTN) / Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
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ETS
300 801
(V1: 08/97)
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A022
(02/97)
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DVB-RCD
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DVB interaction channel through Digital Enhanced Cordless
Teleommunications (DECT)
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EN
301 193
(V1.1.1: 07/98)
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A030
(03/98)
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DVB-RCL
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DVB interaction channel for LMDS distribution systems
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EN
301 199
(V1.1.1: 11/98)
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A032
(03/98)
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DVB interaction channel for LMDS distribution systems
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EN
301 199
(V1.2.1: 06/99
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A032
Rev. 1 (6/99)
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DVB-RCG
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Interaction channel through the Global System for Mobile
communications (GSM)
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EN
301 195
(V1.1.1 : 02/99)
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A043
(06/99)
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DVB-RCCS
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DVB Interaction Channel for Satellite Master Antenna
Television (SMATV) system; Guidelines for version based on satellite and
coaxial sections
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TR
101 201
(V1.1.1: 10/97)
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A034
(03/98)
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Commercial requirements for Asymmetric Interactive Services
supporting broadcast to the home with narrowband return channels
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A008
(10/95)
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MEASUREMENT
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DVB-M
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Measurement guidelines for DVB systems
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ETR
290
(V1: 05/97)
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A014
Rev. 1 (02/98)
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Usage of the DVB test and measurement signalling channel
(PID 0x001D) embedded in an MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS)
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TR
101 291
(V1.1.1: 06/98)
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A046
(06/99)
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POLICY STATEMENTS
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DVB response to the Commission Green Paper on the
convergence of the Telecommunications, Media and Information Technology sectors
and the implication for regulation
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A048
(04/98)
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A Fundamental Review of the Policy of European Technical
Regulations Applied to the Emerging Digital Broadcasting Technology
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A002
(11/94)
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Recommendations of the European Project Digital Video
Broadcasting - Anti-piracy legislation for Digital Video Broadcasting
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A006 Rev.
1 (10/95)
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DVB Facts and
Figures
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This CD-ROM contains a variety of facts and
figures on the DVB Project. Just click on the publication title to view the
Adobe Acrobat document.
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For an up-to-date version of the DVB Directory, please consult the DVB WWW
site: http://www.dvb.org
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| HTML
and PDF (Acrobat 3.0) versions of topical articles on many different aspects of
DVB. |
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Facts about
DVB-T
- by Martin Jacklin (DVB), Peter MacAvock (DVB) and Andrew Oliphant (BBC
R&D) (December 1998) |
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This
document started as an internal briefing on misinformation about DVB-T. It was
called PCM110. Every module of the DVB Project has a large base of documents
which are available only to DVB Members across the web on the DVB FTP service.
This document was produced in the Promotions and Communications Module (PCM)
recently and bears that reference. In the DVB Technical Module for example,
documents number more than 2500!
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The IPR Policy of the DVB
Project
- by Carter Eltzroth, (Squire, Sanders and Dempsey), Chairman of the DVB
Intellectual Property Rights Module (IPRM). |
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A summary of the
IPR policy of the DVB Project and suggested further avenues, including:
registering essential IPR, contacting the DVB Patent Pool Coordinator and
obtaining the Common Scrambling Algorithm. For members wishing to obtain
internal documents on IPRM matters, please go to the
MEMBERS ONLY FTP section and look
in the IPRM directory on the DVB FTP server..
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The DVB Multimedia Home
Platform
- by Georg Luetteke, Philips Consumer Electronics, chairman of the DVB
Commercial Module MHP Group. |
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In 1997 the DVB
Project expanded its scope to cover the Multimedia Home Platform (MHP)
comprising the home terminal (set top box, TV, PC), its peripherals and the
in-home digital network. The intention is to develop standards and/or
guidelines to create a basis for an unfragmented horizontal market in Europe
with full competition in the various layers of the business (value) chain. A
crucial role will be played by the Application Programming Interface API. A
comprehensive set of user and market based commercial requirements have been
approved and are now used to produce specifications.
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Results Summary
for Australian 7 MHz Laboratory tests of DVB-T and ATSC DTTB modulation
systems
- Australian Government Communications Laboratory
Report 98/04, June 1998 - Compiled by Neil Pickford |
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| Through June 1996 to
June 1997, the Australian Government Communications Laboratory carried out
exhaustive comparative tests of the Digital Terrestrial DVB-T and US ATSC DTV
systems. Their conclusions were reported in a 15 kg document pack (!), of which
this is the somewhat more bite-sized summary. |
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DVB-T and DMB in
Mobile Environments
- by R. Burow (T-Berkom), K. Fazel
(DLR), P. Hoeher (DLR), O. Klank (DTB), H. Kussmann
(Bosch), P. Pogrzeba (T-Berkom), P. Robertson (DLR), and M. J.
Ruf (Bosch) |
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| This is a report of
the MINT Project (Multimedia communications on Integrated Networks and
Terminals), a research project funded by the German Ministry of Education,
Science, Research, and Technology (BMBF). Mobile multimedia services (digital
TV, sound, data, etc.) may become an important feature of terrestrial networks
for a variety of applications. One possible scenario might be based on the use
of the DVB-T specifications that may allow a higher data rate (up to 12 Mbit/s)
using an 8-MHz UHF-channel. |
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Receiver
Opportunities of World DTTB Standards - A Receiver Manufacturer's
view
- by Cornelis (Koen) M. Huizer and Jan
van der Meer (Philips Digital Video Systems) |
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| The introduction of
Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcast in the USA and the UK is imminent.
This paper analyses the emerging opportunities for DTTB receivers. First we
consider why DTTB services are attractive and how to get a successful receiver
business. Secondly, a number of different segments in the receiver market will
be distinguished. Each of these segments pose different requirements with
respect to scope and nature of the standards governing the product
specifications. This is followed by two case studies to indicate which products
are prime candidates for the DTTB launch in the USA and the UK. |
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DVB-T
Mobile Reception trials in Cologne
- DTTV-SA Report from Cologne Trials of
Mobile DVB-T reception |
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| In 1997, the DTTV-SA
project completed exhaustive trials of mobile DVB-T reception in the German
city of Cologne, as reported in DVB NEWS 3.3 and 3.1. This document up to now
only available to members of the DVB Project details the technical findings of
these trials. |
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Report on
Multidimensional DVB-T Interoperability Tests
- ACTS Validate Project Rennes, 8-12 June
1998 |
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| VALIDATE partners
carried out multidimensional interoperability tests in June 1998. Test signals
were broadcast from a transmitter at St-Pern and received at CCETT in Rennes. A
wide range of DVB-T equipment from different manufacturers was tested. The
successful results of all of these tests prove the interoperability of DVB-T
equipment from different manufacturers. |
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DVB
Audio
- Leon van de Kerkhof (Philips)
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| DVB uses the MPEG-2
Layer II audio system (sometimes known as "MUSICAM"). This system,
developed by the international partners of the MPEG group, has clear advantages
over the ATSC's proprietary Dolby AC-3 audio system, i.e. it is an open
standard, it is backwards compatible to MPEG-1 and it is very easy to code for
both (6 channel) surround sound and stereo sound in the same transport
stream. |
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The
DVB Cookbook
- Ulrich Reimers |
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| (Chairman of the DVB
Technical Module). This document, formally titled DVB Blue Book A20, is also
known informally as the "DVB Cookbook". It provides a simple overview
of the DVB standards. |
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The Multimedia Home
Platform
- Jean-Pierre Evain (EBU) |
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| DVB specifications for
the API and the Multimedia Home Platform will be produced in Summer 1998 by the
DVB Technical Module. This highly technical article details the reference model
for such a receiver and is published with the kind permission of
"Diffusion", the EBU technical newsletter. |
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DVB
- The Future of Television
- Ulrich Reimers |
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| This article by the
chairman of the DVB Technical Module was published originally in the April
issue of Physics World journal and is published here with their kind
permission. |
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The History of
Television
- Jean-Jacques Peters (EBU) |
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| The only article on
this site which doesn't discuss some aspect of DVB! Produced in 1985 for the
50th Anniversary of Television, this is an exhaustive and fascinating look at
the history of television, from the discovery of the Photoelectric effect to
the first Digital experiments in the 1980s. Plenty of colourful illustrations
and obscure facts, and well worth reading. |
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The
Digital Miracle
- Martin Jacklin |
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| A snapshot of the
status of the DVB Project at the start of 1998, from the "state of
play" on the satellite, terrestrial and cable markets, to the current
issues being addressed by the Technical Module, to the emergence of
"rival" standards from the US and Japan. |
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DVB-T - On the market, on the air
- Martin Jacklin |
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| Recently, a DVB-T
equipment seminar was held at the offices of the DVB Project in Geneva. This
article reports back from the DVB Equipment Seminar, and shows some of the
market-ready DVB-T equipment that was on display. |
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The Definition of Digital TV
- Martin Jacklin |
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| A short summary of the
basic similarities and differences in Digital Television approaches, from
Europe, the US and Japan. |
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Digital TV - Beyond Sound and Vision
- Martin Jacklin |
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| There is much more to
Digital TV than MPEG-2 video and audio compression and RF modulation. There are
many other operational issues to take care of, from Service Information to
Conditional Access. Having great pictures and surround sound is only the tip of
the iceberg. |
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DTTB - Why choose DVB-T
- Martin Jacklin |
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| Around the world,
markets and regulatory bodies are considering the adoption of one of three
emerging Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting (DTTB) standards. Here are the
main issues the regulator will take into account. They are also the reasons why
we think the choice will be DVB-T. |
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DVB-T:
The Magic of COFDM
- John Stott (BBC) |
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| John Stott of
the BBC Research and Development unit, is an expert on digital terrestrial
modulation. Here he discusses the advantages of the DVB-T COFDM modulation over
the US ATSC 8-VSB modulation system. Reprinted with the kind permission of the
BBC and the Australian magazine, Broadcast Engineering News. |
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DVB and
HDTV
- Ken McCann and Charlie Sandbank
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| A digest of a technical paper on how
DVB delivers HDTV presented at IBC 97. Not only for the technically minded.
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Multimedia
Home Platform - What is it?
- Martin Jacklin |
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| In September 1997
commercial requirements for the digital service receiver of the future were
being defined by the DVB Commercial Module. This report on the progress in DVB
thinking on this vital subject is reprinted with the kind permission of the IBC
Daily, where it first appeared. |
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DVB Data Broadcasting
- Martin Jacklin & Peter
MacAvock |
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| In 1997, DVB delivered
its Data Broadcasting specification to ETSI. Already Data Broadcast Networks
(DBNs) making use of DVB return channels and DVB-S satellite delivery are up
and running in Europe. |
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Development of
a Digital Terrestrial Front End
- J D Mitchell (BBC) & P. Sadot (LSI
Logic) |
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| BBC Research and
Development and LSI Logic are jointly developing a front end for digital
terrestrial television transmitted according to the DVB-T specification.
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