DVB—the abbreviation stands for digital video broadcasting
and readers may be tempted to think that the
technologies developed by the International DVB Project
are broadcast related. This is right and wrong at the same
time. Whereas in phase 1 of its existence DVB concentrated
on the development of technical specifications relevant
for the more traditional broadcasting of audio and video
services over satellite, in cable networks and via terrestrial
transmitters, in the later phases DVB addressed areas which
lie outside of the classical broadcast world [1].