Broadcast Standards
Who is involved in Broadcast standardization work?
ETSI provides standards that allow Broadcast services to be delivered to the Next Genera on of ICT devices. ETSI
involves the different contributors to the ecosystem: consumer electronics manufacturers, content providers,
network operators & ISPs; and produces standards through various Technical Commi ees.
Service
Delivery
Technology
ETSI Technical
Committee
Mobile TV
3G Radio Network
MBMS, DVB-T2
3GPP
Mobile Broadcast Service
DVB-H, DVB-SH
DVB-T (T2), DMB
Forward Link Only
JTC Broadcast
NGN Fixed line service
IPTV
DAB adaptation
TISPAN
JTC Broadcast
Cable
DVB-C (C2)
JTC Broadcast
DVB-T (T2)
DVB-S (S2)
DVB-RCS (RCS2)
DAB (DAB+)
DMB, DRM (DRM+)
JTC Broadcast
DVB-MHP, DVB-GEM
MHEG-5
Broadcast profile
Hybrid Broadband
Broadcast TV
JTC Broadcast
Fixed line TV
Terrestrial and Satellite
TV and Radio
Interactive TV
Mobile TV
• The 3rd Genera on Partnership Project (3GPP-www.3gpp.org) defines the MBMS (Mul media Broadcast
Mul cast Service) solu on over UMTS networks. The 3rd Genera on mobile standard includes many broadcastrelated features and is compa ble with broadcast specifica ons from partner organiza ons, including the DVB
specifica ons for hand-held devices (DVB-S, DVB-SH).
• The Broadcast Joint Technical Commi ee (JTC Broadcast) brings ETSI together with the European Broadcas ng
Union (EBU) and CENELEC. The commi ee is responsible for broadcast systems (emission-recep on combina on)
for television, radio, data and other services via satellite, cable and terrestrial transmi ers. ETSI JTC Broadcast has
input from ETSI Members who may be also members of a forum e.g. WorldDMB Forum, DRM Forum, FLO Forum,
and, by specific agreement, from the DVB Project. For Mobile TV, ETSI (via JTC Broadcast) has published:
• DVB (Digital Video Broadcas ng) system specifica ons such as DVB-H (Digital Terrestrial mobile TV), DVB-SH
(Mobile TV over advanced Hybrid Satellite/Terrestrial Networks), DVB-T and DVB–T2 (Terrestrial);
•
Forward Link Only air interface specifica on;
•
DMB (Digital Mul media Broadcas ng) standard which includes the DMB Video service.
Fixed Line TV
• IPTV services over fixed telecommunica ons networks are defined by E2NA/NTECH.
• DVB IPTV is defined by JTC Broadcast along with DVB IPDC (IP Datacast) specifica ons. The goal of the DVB IPTV
deliverables is to specify technologies on the interface between a managed IP network and retail receivers.
• DAB (Digital Audio Broadcas ng) adapta on of IPTV: JTC Broadcast has defined a specifica on on DAB IPDC (IP
Datacast) services transport .
• Cable delivery: DVB-C and DVB-C2 standards have been issued by JTC Broadcast while TC CABLE delivered a
Mul part standard for Third Genera on Transmission Systems for Interac ve Cable Television Services based on
Euro DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifica on) 3.0.
Interactive TV
JTC Broadcast delivers standards on:
• DVB-MHP (Mul media Home Pla orm) & DVB-GEM (Globally Executable MHP);
• MHEG-5 Broadcast profile;
• Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV.
Digital radio
The inten on is to provide a simpler and broader set of applica ons which will cover DAB, DAB+, DMB, DRM and
the internet. JTC Broadcast defines:
• DAB and DAB+ (Digital Audio Broadcas ng): ETSI has published the basic DAB standard and also specifica ons on
MPEG-2 Transport Streaming and Transport of Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) audio;
• DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) System Specifica on and DRM+ (DRM extension to higher frequencies);
• DMB: based on work ini ated in Korea, ETSI develops standards for DMB, which includes the DMB Video Service.
Other Broadcast developments in ETSI
• JTC Broadcast standards and specifica ons also cover:
• Digital Satellite TV: DVB-S and DVB-S2; DVB-RCS and DVB-RCS2
• DVB CPCM: Content Protec on Content Management;
• TV Any me.
• E2NA is working on mul -screen and a possible solu on for interoperable CA/DRM.
• ETSI is custodian of a range of algorithms, codes and test suites, including the DVB Common Scrambling Algorithm
(CSA3) and the MHP tests suites.
• Broadcast equipment: TC ERM TG17 is producing standards for broadcast and ancillary communica ons
equipment (tuners, domes c aerials and amplifiers). The purpose of TG17 is the prepara on of ETSI Harmonized
Standards covering the regulatory requirements for broadcast transmi ers, sound and vision, using analogue
and digital modula on.
• DVB plano-stereoscopic 3DTV series defined for “frame compa ble” and for HDTV service compa ble.
For further details on ETSI TC Broadcast please visit:
www.etsi.org/BROADCAST
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ETSI
produces globally-applicable standards for Informa on and Communica ons Technologies (ICT), including
fixed, mobile, radio, converged, aeronau cal, broadcast and internet technologies and is officially recognized by the
European Union as a European Standards Organiza on. ETSI is an independent, not-for-profit associa on whose
more than 700 member companies and organiza ons, drawn from 63 countries across five con nents worldwide,
determine its work programme and par cipate directly in its work.
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