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Issue No. 51 DVBSCENE March 2018 Delivering the Digital Standard www.dvb.org Promotions & Communication Module broadband Television Satellite Beam Hopping tion DVB World Hybrid casting a - t Emergency Warning System -based e T n L embers Targeted Advertising t il n F Second Generation M o TM Commercial Module I T 8k Broadcast VC DVB-C2 A - impleme Augmented Reality CI-Plus Bit-Rate M e elopme C r Steering Board w 25 Years v a a V VC ABR Multicast e implementation t>IP w A t s L f D T ’ a Technical Module e Satellite k e echnology ta so r c r S 4k T s Meetings ebinars a o y IP oo HbbTV OTT a V bitmap w D M W ansponders e HEVC t r t c T e Displ Terrestrial erien N TM-AVC vi in AR p Seminars r e S DVB IP DVB-T2 ome UHD onsensus Liaisons V C H k oding T r - ts C y of tion tion Transmission internet y 2018 n o a a t a QoS SMG Subtitling A os m p T w r - c y Systems eme ideo o M able t QoE t es f r C el V c ast ualtiy of Ex sics e in C T uali FTA llumin y c vi I Q h e N equi Q metadata VR HD R P ds echnology r Low latency IP oks T DVB-S2 IP cial o r Single Specication UHD Phase 2 eaming r B CS t tual Reali S Patent Pools tanda Multi DVB DASH Low latency DASH R r i S ilecasting onsumer D omme V F Consumer Electronics C STBs C Wideband SI T E Ultra High Deﬁnition Transport Stream Blue Study Mission Groups DVB-I Service Portal 05 Wideband Re-use 1 Future Forward DVB Internet TV Services CES Attention Grabbers DVB-I Client 08 Targeted Advertising DVB-I Client 10 NGA The open internet 12 Report from CM-VR including CDNs, Cable, Fiber, xDSL, DVB-I Client mobile access networks, 13 Other Realities WiFi, etc. DVB-I Client 14 End of the Road for CSA1? 04 06 15 SINGLE ILLUMINATION SOLUTION DO YOU NEED TWO? Use a Single satellite feed for DTH delivery and DTT distribution OneBeam is the unique deployed Single Illumination solution OneBeam optimizes the delivery network by the use of an existing DTH distribution to ensure DTT primary or backup distribution. DTH + DTT www.enensys.com Marking 25 Years A Word From DVB 2018 is a special year for DVB as it marks features they will eventually see their way its 25th anniversary. Over the 25 years into the consumer marketplace. DVB has revolutionized how we watch This is a significant milestone to look television. In Europe, but also in many back on, but what will the future bring? other parts of the world, analog TV has DVB’s Chairman, Peter MacAvock, has been successfully replaced by DVB clearly stated where this journey will take technologies. In almost every country at us: “to strengthen broadcasting and specify least one DVB standard is used. In 1993, the transition to seamless hybrid DVB started on the necessary broadcast-broadband services and specifications for satellite, cable and delivery”. In line with this statement there Peter Siebert terrestrial transmission with a clear focus is a wide range of DVB activities in the Executive Director on standard definition TV programs. Ten area of hybrid delivery and services. After years later DVB provided the technology having introduced UHD resolution and for high definition with its second advanced features to the DVB MPEG important new activity is DVB-I. The generation transmission standards. DASH specification the Technical Module initial focus of this work item will be to Recently UHD resolution, in combination is now working on ABR (adaptive bit-rate) provide a user perception of a linear TV with the advanced HDR feature set, wider Multicast which will bring improved channel that can be discovered and color gamut, HFR and Next Generation scalability to OTT delivery of live consumed over the open internet and by Audio (NGA) were added to the list of broadcast services. Furthermore, the regular TV equipment and user interfaces. DVB specifications. This was a major Commercial Module has started work on There is great interest in this new work as milestone for broadcast technology, in that two new interesting activities. One is the it will add internet as another delivery the end-user Quality of Experience (QoE) new commercial group for Targeted scheme alongside satellite, cable and now comes close to the capabilities of the Advertising (TA) which will provide the terrestrial. human eye. Even if initially the first necessary framework to fully enable TA. These are exciting new developments implementations of the technologies do This work will be done in close which show the relevance of DVB in a SINGLE not utilize the full range of these new cooperation with HbbTV. Another changing media technology. ILLUMINATION SOLUTION New Members ITV plc is an integrated producer broadcaster, which creates, owns and distributes high-quality content on multiple platforms. www.itvplc.com Kratos is a global provider of enterprise-grade ground segment solutions. It’s range of capabilities include delivering turnkey ground stations to RF systems to a complete suite of satellite fleet, RF and network management products to support our customers.www.kratoscomms.com PROGIRA is an independent solution and software provider with expertise in Network Coverage, Infrastructure Investment Optimization, Digital Dividend Possibilities, Frequency Planning and Digital Cartography. www.progira.com Qarva is a global provider of innovative and dynamic software solutions for end-to-end IPTV, OTT offerings for their partners and customers worldwide. www.qarva.com DO YOU NEED TWO? New Standards Use a Single satellite TS 103 205 Ver. 1.3.1: Extensions to the CI Plus Specification (CI Plus 1.4) (Dec - ‘17) feed for DTH delivery and DTT distribution Expanding the OneBeam is the unique deployed Digital Opportunity Single Illumination solution 12–14 March, Warsaw For updates on DVB World visit: www.dvbworld.org OneBeam optimizes the delivery network by the use of an existing DTH distribution Published by the DVB Project Office, All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be DVB and the DVB logo marks are registered trademarks c/o European Broadcasting Union, reproduced without prior consent of the publisher. of the DVB Project. Certain other product names, brand to ensure DTT primary or backup distribution. 17a Ancienne Route, All content correct at time of printing. © DVB SCENE 2018. names and company names may be trademarks or CH-1218 Grand Saconnex, Switzerland. designations of their respective owners. The views expressed in this newsletter are those Editors: William Daly, Harold Bergin of the individual DVB Members or guests and are not Printed by New Goff n.v. Editorial & Advertising enquiries to: WHD PR necessarily the views of the DVB Project Office Email: [email protected] or Steering Board. DTH + DTT Telephone: +44 (0)20 7799 3100 www.dvb.org . www.dvbworld.org . www.dvbservices.com To subscribe to DVB SCENE and DVB SCENE eNews free of charge visit: www.dvb.org /subscribe www.enensys.com DVB SCENE | March 2018 3 Future Forward Meeting the Demands of Today’s Media Landscape Peter MacAvock, Chairman, DVB 2017 was a good year wasn’t it? In DVB, we We have seen the successful transition of finalized the specification for UHD-HDR, BBC three online, where there are claims and indeed have just published the final that the move has more than doubled the Peter MacAvock is Chairman of DVB. He building blocks for UHD services: the brand’s reach1. We see similar trends in was DVB Executive Director for 14 years important area of bitmapped subtitles. But other markets, where broadcasters are before taking his current position of Head of we continue to struggle in finalizing increasingly attracted by the flexibility Distribution, Platforms and Services at EBU specifications quickly, and DVB reflects a afforded by online only distribution. But the Technology & Innovation. One of his first tasks number of the problems facing the industry BBC’s experience has taught us that a simple as Chairman was to undertake a review to at the moment. transition is not viable; you must have a determine how DVB will adapt to meet the new But the key question everyone is asking fundamentally different user experience challenges the TV industry is currently facing. is whether the global OTT players will expected of an online experience. ultimately replace linear broadcast TV. A Whether one subscribes to a view of the interactive television proposition. Not by more delicate question is what impact their near future where linear and on-demand is chance, there is much in common between success will have on the TV industry combined into a single experience or not, DVB and HbbTV: same companies stakeholders active in DVB. As a involved, same procedures, same legal representative from the broadcaster structures. community, I can point to the relatively ...to apply the DVB rigors to There are other organizations upon stable consumption figures for linear TV ensure that we maximize which DVB will need to draw. The key will despite rising OTT viewing. The be to apply the DVB rigors to ensure that we explanation? People are watching more interoperability and facilitate maximize interoperability and facilitate content on more devices for longer. But efficient deployment of OTT as a de-facto beware; there is no room for complacency. efficient deployment... element in the broadcaster portfolio. So far, The broadcast industry has an opportunity it’s clear that linear TV provides the revenue to leverage its linear popularity in the OTT that allows broadcasters to play the OTT space, but that window will close quickly.

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