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DVB

DVB

Open standard for digital television broadcasting DVBDigital Video BroadcastingDVB Project logo, often used to signify complianceOrganization ETSI CENELEC EBU Websitedvb.org Countries that use DVB shown in blue. Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is a set of international open standards for digital television. DVB standards are maintained by the DVB Project, an international industry consortium, and are published by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Transmission DVB systems distribute data using a variety of approaches, including: Satellite: DVB-S, DVB-DSNG, DVB-S2, DVB-S2X and DVB-SH DVB-SMATV for distribution via SMATV Cable: DVB-C, DVB-C2 Terrestrial television: DVB-T, DVB-T2 Digital terrestrial television for handhelds: DVB-H, DVB-SH Microwave: using DTT (DVB-MT), the MMDS (DVB-MC), and/or MVDS standards (DVB-MS) These standards define the physical layer and data link layer of the distribution system. Devices interact with the physical layer via a synchronous parallel interface (SPI), synchronous serial interface (