NorDig, the organisation that specifies a common digital TV platform for Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Ireland, has released updates to its IRD Specification and Unified Test Plan.
The main updates to the NorDig IRD Specification ver. 3.2,1 are Reference list, TTML subtitling, support of BMP/UTF-8 and Sami languages.
NorDig Unified Test Plan ver. 3.2.1 features support of simultaneous TTML and HbbTV, and support for the selected UTF character sets in TTML and PSI/SI.
NorDig Unified Requirements covers specifications for IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoders which includes STBs, PVRs and relevant parts of integrated digital TV-sets), NorDig IRD specifications are established with the aim to ensure that IRDs in the Nordic and Irish market satisfy a common set of minimum requirements, independent of operator/service provider and transmission media.
The NorDig Test Plan is the specification for how to verify implementation in NorDig Integrated Receiver Decoders. Common test specifications are established to ensure that decoders comply with the common minimum requirements.
An updated version of the NorDig Rules of Operation will be released later.
