ATIS and the Digital Video Broadcasting Project Establish Liaison for IPTV Standards Development

July 11, 2006, Washington – ATIS and the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Project have signed a letter of agreement formally establishing a liaison between the two groups and to assist in the joint collaboration on standards activity in support of IPTV architecture; digital rights management (DRM); content protection and copy management; and quality of service metrics.

This agreement enables the two groups to share documents for comment and evaluation and to have representatives attend the other’s meetings to ensure work products are complementary and avoid conflicts.

The ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) develops ATIS standards and related technical activities that enable the interoperability, interconnection and implementation of IPTV systems and services, including video on demand and interactive TV services. It recently published requirements documents for IPTV architecture and DRM.

The DVB is an industry-led consortium of over 270 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, software developers, regulatory bodies and others in over 35 countries committed to designing global standards for the global delivery of digital television and data services. Services using DVB standards are available on every continent with more than 120 million DVB receivers deployed.

About ATIS

ATIS is a technical planning and standards development organization that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, flexible and open approach. Participants from more than 350 communications companies are active in ATIS’ 23 industry committees and Incubator Solutions Program. www.atis.org

The DVB Project

The Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) is an industry-led consortium of over 250 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, software developers, regulatory bodies and others in over 35 countries committed to designing global standards for the delivery of digital television and data services. The DVB standards cover all aspects of digital television from transmission through interfacing, conditional access and interactivity for digital video, audio and data. The consortium came together in 1993 to create unity in the march towards global standardisation, interoperability and future proofing.

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