Where is DVB? Services using DVB standards are available on every continent with more than 600 million DVB receivers deployed. The DVB Worldwide section offers country-by-country news stories and an overview of where DVB technology has been deployed.

DVB News

DVB World 2012 - Register Now (January 25th)

The DVB World 2012 programme is complete and you can now register for the event. Hot topics for 2012 include the spectrum efficiency and energy-efficiency of broadcasting systems and products, which will be covered in depth in dedicated sessions and by a keynote by Dan Reed, VP Technology Policy at Microsoft. Register now to benefit from the early bird discount (ends January 31st)!

DVB Receives Emmy Award (January 16th)

Last week at the 63rd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards ceremony at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, DVB received a coveted 2011 Technical/Engineering Emmy Award. Dr Peter Siebert, DVB's executive director, accepted the award on behalf of DVB and all its members for DVB's work on the Active Format Description (AFD) technology.

Indonesia Considering DVB-T2 (January 9th)

Following a public consultation in December 2011, the Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is expected to publish a request for tender for new digital television broadcasting equipment in the first quarter of 2012. Indonesia originally decided to roll out a DVB-T network, but is now expected to select the second generation standard, DVB- T2.

Colombia Adopts DVB-T2 (January 4th)

Following Colombia's National Television Commission (CNTV) recommendation to migrate from the DVB-T standard for digital terrestrial television delivery to the more advanced DVB-T2 standard, the Colombian government has officially adopted DVB-T2 on December 20th 2011.

DVB Work on CI Plus V1.4 to Start (November 2011)

Following the Steering Board approval of the Commercial Requirements for CI Plus v1.4 and an agreement with the CI Plus LLP, DVB will now start its technical work on the updated specification. These Commercial Requirements build on top of the current CI Plus v1.3 specification with two main features: support for dual-stream operation with a single module, intended for a dual-tuner PVR host, and support for DRM protected IP- delivered content. Other features include CI Plus browser extensions, additional URI (Uniform Resource Identifiers) signalling, and extensions and clarifications for module applications running on host middleware.

FOBTV Summit (November 2011)

At 11:11 AM Shanghai time on 11/11/11, more than 200 delegates to the Future of Broadcast Television Summit officially expressed unified support for a joint declaration signed by technical executives from DVB and 12 other broadcast organizations from around the world that calls for global cooperation to define new requirements, unify various standards, and promote sharing of technologies to benefit developed and under-developed countries and conserve resources.

GOtv - DVB-T2 Goes Africa (October 2011)

Multichoice Africa is rolling-out a full Pan-African DVB-T2 network with a total bouquet of more than 50 different channels in various languages over 15 countries. The GOtv Africa DVB-T2 pay-TV service is already on the air in Zambia, Kenya, and Uganda and more countries such as Nigeria are expected to follow soon. UPDATE - Nigeria has now also adopted DVB-T2 and goTV services are already on air.

DVB Scene eNews (October 2011)

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DVB SB Approves Work on 3DTV and RCS2 (October 2011)

Today, the DVB Steering Board (SB) approved two important documents for the ongoing and future work on DVB's standards. The SB approved the Commercial Requirements for a Phase 2 Service Compatible 3DTV delivery system and the third and final part of the DVB- RCS2 suite. More details and full press releases are available after the jump.

Ghana Adopts DVB-T2 (September 2011)

The Ghanaian government has accepted the recommendations of the Digital Broadcasting Migration Committee to adopt DVB-T2 as the standard for digital terrestrial TV in the country, the Ghana News Agency reported. The terrestrial stations GTV, TV3, TV Africa, Crystal TV, Metro TV, Viasat1, Net-2 TV, e-TV Ghana, Coastal TV, GhOne, Top TV and all other stations with similar licences will migrate from analogue to digital. All vendors and equipment suppliers have been directed to cease importing non DVB- T2/MPEG 4 DTT decoders immediately.

Russia Adopts DVB-T2 (September 2011)

A Russian governmental commission has approved the use of the DVB-T2 standard for the development of digital terrestrial TV in Russia, as proposed by the Ministry of Communications. All new DTT networks will start using DVB-T2 and all existing DVB-T networks will gradually be upgraded as well. Stay tuned for more news over the coming weeks on this potentially massive DVB-T2 deployment.

More T2 News (September 2011)

On top of the very positive DVB-T2 developments in Africa, things are moving in other countries as well. Regulators in France and Croatia are both recommending the adoption of DVB-T2 in the very near future and the adoption of T2 by Malaysia is also expected in the coming weeks/months.

New DVB Scene: Issue 38 (August 2011)

DVB SCENE Issue 38 (September 2011) has just been released. This "Keen to be Green" issue has an extra focus on the ecological aspects of the broadcast industry, including transmitters, receivers, and even the development of the DVB standards themselves. Talking about efficiency, there are also many DVB-T2 stories that underline this highly efficient and flexible DTT standard. Finally, we have updated the DVB Scene webpage and have launched a new browsable magazine format.