DVB
(1) Short for Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB), DVB is an industry-led consortium of more than 260 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, and regulatory bodies and others in over 35 countries committed to designing global standards for the global delivery of digital television and data services.
(2) Short for Digital Video Broadcasting, is the name used to describe the various European systems for television, radio and data broadcasting in all areas of the world outside of North America.
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- DVB-H
Short for Digital Video Broadcasting – Handhelds, the DVB-H specification for bringing broadcast services to battery-powered handheld receivers that allows the receiving device to move freely while receiving the transmission. DVB-H was formally adopted as an ETSI standard in November 2004.
- DVB-HTML
An optional application type specified in the Multimedia Home Platform (MHP 1.1) standard for digital video broadcasting. DVB-HTML complies with the W3C’s XHTML requirement, and supports XHTML, CSS and the DOM. DVB-Java is also specified in the MHP.
- DVB-Java
An application programming interface (API) for digital video broadcasting. Applications are written in Java using the MHP (Multimedia Home Platform) API. DVB-Java applications are called Xlets. DVB-Java is also also called DVB-J. DVB-HTML is also specified in the MHP.
- DVB-MHP
Short for Digital Video Broadcasting Multimedia Home Platform, DVB-MHP is an open middleware system for interactive digital television. Also called MHP (Multimedia Home Platform), MHP is the standard that specifies an application execution environment for digital interactive TV. MHP is independent of vendor-specific hardware and software. The standard also defines the form in which applications […]
- DVB-SH
Short for Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite services to Handhelds. DVB-SH is a system used to deliver IP based media content and data to handheld terminals, like mobile phones or PDAs, via satellite. The DVB-SH system was designed for frequencies below 3 GHz, typically in the S-band. DVB-SH includes features such as turbo coding for […]