Around 1996 and 1997 many operators started using the successful DVB-S (EN 300 421) standard for the delivery of occasional D-SNG (Digital Satellite News Gathering) services over satellites.

While not specifically designed for such operations, the DVB-S standard performed quite well. This practical implementation led to DVB adding extensions to DVB-S, DVB-SI (EN 300 468) and MPEG (TR 101 154) to provide support for these services.

The DVB-DSNG group was formed and produced the following DVB standards:

Three application areas by satellite are considered:

• EN 301 210 V1.1.1 (02/99) Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) and other contribution applications by satellite
  
• TR 101 221 V1.1.1 (03/99) User guideline for Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) and other contribution applications by satellite
  
• EN 301 222 V1.1.1 (07/99) Co-ordination channels associated with Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG)

The DVB-DSNG activities have largely been superseded by the DVB-S2 activity.