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ETSI’s HbbTV 2.0.1 Standard

Implemented in the UK and Italy

Over 20 Countries Worldwide Benefit from HbbTV Services

The newly published ETSI specification HbbTV allows broadcasters to
TS 102 796 V1.4.1 on hybrid broadcast include advanced interactive services HbbTV is now a global
broadband TV (HbbTV) will allow the and Internet applications such as success with over 20
United Kingdom and Italy to implement information services, catch-up countries using hybrid
the latest technologies in their services, video-on-demand, electronic broadcast broadband
receivers. programme guide, and interactive TV services
advertising. Users can access these
With the large installed base of services through connected TVs, set-top Products and services using the HbbTV
receivers in the UK and Italy, there boxes, and through the connection standard can operate over different
will be a transitional period where with a companion screen, on smart DVB broadcasting technologies, such as
broadcasters will provide apps and phones, computers and tablets. satellite, cable, or terrestrial networks.
services in both the old (respectively
MHEG and MHP) and new formats,
before manufacturers gradually
upgrade their equipment to provide full HbbTV Deployment Map
HbbTV support in 2017.

“Having the UK and Italy switch to
HbbTV is a big step for the broadcasting
sector. It shows how the whole industry
can move forward and benefit from
the economies of scale with a single
standard", said Simon Fell, chairman
of ETSI joint Technical Committee
Broadcast. "We hope more and more
countries will implement HbbTV
specifications.”

Having started in France and Germany,
HbbTV is now a global success with
over 20 countries using hybrid 300s services in regular operation
broadcast broadband TV services, 25 deployed countries announced / trials
250 apps deployed and 300 million 43M devices (TV or STB) under consideration
powered devices.

ETSI Workshop Considers Evolution

of Rail Mobile Communications

Developing the Next Generation Radio for Rail
ETSI’s first workshop on the next ETSI invited all stakeholders interested spectrum needs and opportunities, to
generation radio for rail took place on in the development of GSM-R and evaluate the attractiveness of future
2-3 November at ETSI headquarters, its evolution to participate in this technologies and to consider synergies
Sophia Antipolis. As European rail event. This was the opportunity to with other sectors. These themes were
operators are finalizing the roll-out of exchange information on the current addressed in four different tracks, each
GSM-R, the railway telecommunications status of work, on both short term followed by a Q&A session.
system standardized by ETSI, the and long term developments, to better
mobile industry has started working understand the challenges, benefits, To know more about the event, go to:
on the standards for a 5G mobile www.etsi.org/ws-rail-mobile
communication system. It is therefore
time to consider the evolution of
railway telecommunications beyond
GSM-R.

ETSI is the home of the GSM-R standard,
developed in our Technical Committee
for Railway Telecommunications (TC
RT). In parallel, 3GPP, of which ETSI
is a founding partner, has launched a
study item on future railway mobile
communication system.

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