Digital TV Group
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The Digital TV Group http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk/global/jargon.html is the industry association for Digital Television
in the United Kingdom
http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk/: The Group was formed in 1995 to set technical standards for the implementation of digital terrestrial television in the UK http://www.digitaluk.co.uk (known as the D-book) and now encompasses all digital TV platforms and convergence issues. The DTG’s members are companies and organisations involved in digital television.
The Group operates a test centre (DTG Testing) which ensures manufacturer’s products conformance to D-Book specification - allowing them to use the Freeview, Freeview Plus and Digital Tick logos. The centre also offers access to the UK’s over-air download channel.
The Group published the sixth edition of the D-book
in March 2009. D-Book 6 includes the detailed specification for high definition television services on the UK Freeview platform.
In March 2011 the Group published D-Book 7: the detailed interoperability specification for digital terrestrial television with extended Connected TV functionality. D-Book 7 provides the baseline specification that YouView, Sky, Virgin Media and others can build on for trademark requirements to support their services.
Following the publication of D-Book 7, the DTG is now focused on developing the test and conformance regime for UK Connected TV products and services.
The Group is also committed to profiling the UK standard for 3DTV products and services once there is a clear commercial requirement.
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk/: The Group was formed in 1995 to set technical standards for the implementation of digital terrestrial television in the UK http://www.digitaluk.co.uk (known as the D-book) and now encompasses all digital TV platforms and convergence issues. The DTG’s members are companies and organisations involved in digital television.
The Group operates a test centre (DTG Testing) which ensures manufacturer’s products conformance to D-Book specification - allowing them to use the Freeview, Freeview Plus and Digital Tick logos. The centre also offers access to the UK’s over-air download channel.
The Group published the sixth edition of the D-book
D-book
The D-Book is the UK technical specification for Digital terrestrial television .The Digital TV Group has published and maintained the D-Book for over a decade and the specification is updated annually to keep up with the pace of development in UK DTT...
in March 2009. D-Book 6 includes the detailed specification for high definition television services on the UK Freeview platform.
In March 2011 the Group published D-Book 7: the detailed interoperability specification for digital terrestrial television with extended Connected TV functionality. D-Book 7 provides the baseline specification that YouView, Sky, Virgin Media and others can build on for trademark requirements to support their services.
Following the publication of D-Book 7, the DTG is now focused on developing the test and conformance regime for UK Connected TV products and services.
The Group is also committed to profiling the UK standard for 3DTV products and services once there is a clear commercial requirement.
External links
- http://www.dtg.org.uk
- http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk
- http://www.digitaluk.co.uk
- http://www.freeview.co.uk