(Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. Administered by the DVB Project within the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), DVB uses MPEG-2 for video compression and MPEG-2 and Dolby Digital for audio.
DVB is transmitted in a 6 to 8 MHz channel via traditional terrestrial broadcast (DVB-T), via satellite (DVB-S) and cable (DVB-C). A version for handhelds (DVB-H) is also provided (see mobile TV), and a Java-based platform is part of the DVB Project (see DVB-MHP). For more information, visit www.dvb.org. See ATSC.
DVB is transmitted in a 6 to 8 MHz channel via traditional terrestrial broadcast (DVB-T), via satellite (DVB-S) and cable (DVB-C). A version for handhelds (DVB-H) is also provided (see mobile TV), and a Java-based platform is part of the DVB Project (see DVB-MHP). For more information, visit www.dvb.org. See ATSC.
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