Standards

Find out more about the organisations, technologies and standards shaping mobile and digital TV development

  • Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) is an industry-led consortium of around 250 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, software developers, regulatory bodies and others in over 35 countries committed to designing open technical standards for the global delivery of digital television and data services. The site contains a wealth of information on digital television deployment around the world.

  • DVB-H is the specification for bringing digital video broadcast services to battery-powered handheld receivers. The DVB Project is an industry-led consortium of over 280 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, software developers, regulatory bodies and others in over 35 countries committed to designing open interoperable standards for the global delivery of digital media services. Services using DVB standards are available on every continent with more than 220 million DVB receivers deployed.

  • The GSM Association represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries and territories, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA is focused on innovating, incubating and creating new opportunities for its membership, all with the end goal of driving the growth of the mobile communications industry. The Association's members represent more than three billion GSM and 3GSM connections.

    The GSMA also produces the premier industry events including Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong.

  • The Digital Broadcasting Experts Group (DiBEG) was founded in September 1997 to promote ISDB-T, the Japanese Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting System accross the world and to offer technical assistance to countries where ISDB-T and its variations have been adopted.

  • The International Television Expert Group is a global television business information and networking platform. It is a supra-organizational platform for a professional exchange of TV executives in the television, broadcasting and audiovisual industry across the world.

  • The Mobile Content Venture is a joint venture formed by 12 major US broadcast groups in April 2010 to develop a new national mobile video service. Utilizing existing broadcast spectrum and the ATSC-MH mobile video broadcast standard, the service allows member companies to provide content to portable devices, including live and on-demand video, such as sports and entertainment programming, as well as local and national news.

  • The Mobile500 Alliance is a voluntary alliance of leading US television broadcasters seeking to develop strong partnerships to accelerate the nationwide availability of a commercial mobile digital television service.

  • The Open Mobile Video Coalition is an alliance of commercial and public broadcasters formed to accelerate the development and rollout of mobile DTV products and services accross the U.S. With members that own and operate more than 900 commercial and public television stations nationwide the OMVC is committed to maximizing and developing the full potential of the digital television spectrum.

  • Members of the WorldDMB Forum are collectively responsible for defining the standards of the Eureka-147 family which includes DAB and DAB+ for digital radio and DMB for radio and mobile TV.