Plans for a full deployment of DVB-I in Italy are taking shape following the publication of a new edition of the Italian UHD Book.
The Book indicates that most of the pre-conditions needed to create a labelling regime for compliant TV sets, known locally as a bollino, have now been fulfilled.
It follows the ongoing market trial of DVB-I that came after the proof of concept led by leading commercial broadcaster Mediaset.
The DVB-I specification has also been ratified by ETSI as International Standard.
DVB-I PoC/trials completed by major Italian broadcasters, have shown the interoperability of an end-to-end system between TV services, network services and receivers.
The DVB says the remaining condition concerns the publication by the Italian regulator, AGCOM, of a ruling on some guidelines for assignment and usage of LCNs (logical channel numbers) for broadcasters, television companies or operators in relation to broadband TV channel distribution (eg DVB-I or HbbTV streaming). AGCOM is expected to soon organize ‘technical tables’ with the participation of television sector representatives: broadcasters, operators, associations and institutions, that will cover questions specifically related to DVB-I and HbbTV technologies.
Its now anticipated that the result of the technical tables process will be completed in the summer of 2024.
