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The Internet, mobile communications and broadcasting Programme
are converging. But the standardisation of these
different areas has traditionally followed different paths,
so they do not interoperate across the same platforms.
We are addressing the urgent need to align the diverse
specifications for content delivery in a converged Online
environment supporting Internet Protocol Television Work
(IPTV), Mobile TV and broadcast TV – for the benefit of Programme
both the industry and the consumer.

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Broadcasting a revised version of its Technical Specification (TS) on DTS
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Our standardisation of broadcast systems, programme coherent acoustics; core and extensions with additional
transmission and receiving equipment is dealt with in a profiles. Other new work introduced in 2017 includes a
Joint Technical Committee which brings us together with revision of the specification on backwards-compatible object
the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the European audio carriage using Enhanced AC-3 and the multipart TS on
Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC) Digital Audio Compression (AC-4).
– JTC Broadcast. More than 95% of inputs to JTC Broadcast Online
are standardised by ETSI, with CENELEC responsible for the To complement the latest version of its popular DVB Work
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standardisation of the functional requirements of radio and Audio and Video coding specification, which describes the
television receivers. necessary audio and video coding schemes to be used within
DVB broadcast, in 2017 the JTC will prepare a new version
Over the years, the JTC has produced standards and of the DVB Subtitle Specification and will update the DVB
specifications for interactive TV, terrestrial TV, radio Service Specification accordingly. In addition, the new Ultra
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(including hybrid radio), satellite TV, fixed line TV, mobile TV High Definition-1 (UHD-1) Phase 2 features will be added
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and audio technologies. Traditionally, broadcasting standards to the DVB Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH)
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have often been developed on a national or regional basis. specification for OTT delivery of broadcast content.
Nevertheless, JTC Broadcast’s outputs have become the de
facto standards in most parts of the world. For example, The JTC will continue to meet the demands of developing
Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) and Digital Video UHDTV, by extending its existing TS which standardised a
Broadcasting (DVB) are being deployed globally and 70% of high-performance single layer High Dynamic Range (HDR)
all digital broadcast TV receivers worldwide follow the DVB system with direct backwards compatibility for use in
specification for satellite, cable or terrestrial delivery. This consumer electronics devices. This TS will be replaced by a
includes China, where DVB-C is deployed for cable systems, new three-part specification, due for publication in 2017,
and North America which relies heavily on DVB satellite which will include a number of fixes and enhancements
standards. including a default mode that works only with static
metadata and an improved BT.709 to BT.2020 gamut mapper.
Television is a rapidly developing technology and TV
standards are expected to undergo significant changes in Maintenance of the TV Anytime specifications will continue
the near future. In 2017 JTC Broadcast will focus on virtual on an ongoing basis.
reality, multicast for over-the-top (OTT) and new terrestrial
network architecture (WiB), and will continue to address
Ultra High Definition TV (UHDTV) and digital audio.

In the radio area, the JTC will continue to maintain the digital
radio standards for Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) and
Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM). Digital radio continues to
grow, extending its coverage in Europe and the rest of the
world, and moving towards analogue switch-off in some
countries. In 2017 the JTC expects to deal with updates
associated with these developments, including enhanced
standards for features concerning radio in vehicles, and the
publication of minimum requirements and test methods for
domestic and in-vehicle digital receivers.

The JTC expects to publish an enhanced version of its Digital
Audio Compression (AC-3, Enhanced AC-3) standard and

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