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the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) consortium
(Last updated: Jun. 13, 2001)

DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) is a consortium of around 300 companies in the fields of Broadcasting, Manufacturing, Network Operation and Regulatory matters that have come together to establish common international standards for the move from analogue to digital broadcasting. This common market-led initiative has resulted in DVB becoming a prominent and leading international standard and the sole choice for technologies that enable an efficient, cost effective, easy/rapid transition, higher quality and interoperable digital broadcasting. We have established the DVB logo as an instant and recognizable representation of the DVB brand and its values.

Open Systems

DVB systems are developed through consensus in the working groups of the Technical Module. Members of the groups are drawn from the general assembly of the project. Once standards have been published, through ETSI, they are available at a nominal cost for anyone, world-wide. Open standards free manufacturers to implement innovative and value added services. It doesn't matter where DVB technology is developed. It is available world-wide.

Interoperable

Because the standards are open, all the manufacturers making compliant systems are able to guarantee that their DVB equipment will work with other manufacturers' DVB equipment. Not only this, but because the standards are designed with a maximum amount of commonality, and based on the common MPEG-2 coding system, they may be effortlessly carried from one medium to another, which is frequently needed in today's complex signal distribution environment. DVB signals move easily and inexpensively from satellite to cable, from cable to terrestrial.

Flexible

Owing to the use of MPEG-2 packets as "data containers", and the critical DVB Service Information surrounding and identifying those packets, DVB can deliver to the home almost anything that can be digitised, whether this is High Definition TV, multiple channel Standard definition TV (PAL / NTSC or SECAM) or even exciting new broadband multimedia data and interactive services.

Market-led

In contrast to earlier initiatives in Europe and the United States, the DVB Project works to strict commercial requirements established by organisations who work every day to meet its needs. It is not a regulator- or government-driven (top-down) initiative. Working to tight timescales and strict market requirements means achieving a considerable economy of scale, which ensures that, in the transformation of the industry to digital, broadcasters, manufacturers and, finally, the viewing public will benefit.


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