Television Standards
Television is changing, with a push of new services, delivered over new platforms, set to transform the way television is watched.
Use the links below to navigate to:
- European television standards
- National television standards in Europe (alphabetical by country)
- Other National television standards (alphabetical by country)
European Standards
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
650 Route des Lucioles, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France.
Tel: +33 4 92 94 42 00; Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16
Email: helpdesk@etsi.org; Web: www.etsi.org
Committees and Working Groups:
STF 286
- ETSI EN 300 707 V1.2.1 (2003) Electronic Programme Guide (EPG): Protocol for a TV Guide using electronic data transmission
- ETSI EN 300 708 V1.2.1 (2003) Television systems: Data transmission within Teletext
- ETSI EN 300 744 V1.5.1 (2004) Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB): Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for digital terrestrial television
- ETSI ES 200 800 V1.3.1 (2001) Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB): DVB interaction channel for Cable TV distribution systems (CATV)
- ETSI ES 202 432 Human Factors (HF); Access symbols for use with video content and ICT devices
- ETSI TR 102 520 Human Factors (HF); Access symbols for use with video content and ICT devices; Development and evaluation
National Standards in Europe
Spain
Asociacion Espanola de Normalizacion y Certificacion
Génova 6, 28004 Madrid, Spain.
Tel: +34 914 326 000;
Fax: +34 913 103 172
Email: info@aenor.es;
Web: www.aenor.es
Committees and Working Groups:
AEN/CTN 153/SC 5 - Aids for Communication
- UNE 153010 (2003) Subtitling for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Subtitling by teletext
- UNE 153020 (2005) Audio description for visually impaired people. Guidelines for audio description procedures and for the preparation of audio guides
Other National Standards
United States of America
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC
20554, USA.
Tel: +1 888 225 5322; Fax: +1 866 418 0232
Email: fccinfo@fcc.gov; Web: www.fcc.gov
- 47 CFR Part 7 Access to voicemail and interactive menu services and equipment by persons with disabilities
- 47 CFR Section 79.1 (2004) Closed captioning of video programming
- 47 CFR Section 79.2 Access to emergency information on television
- 47 CFR 79.3 Video description of video programming
United States Access Board - Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Office of Technical and Information Services, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington,
DC 20004-1111, USA.
Tel: +1 202 272 0016; Fax: +1 202 272 0082
Email: info@access-board.gov; Web: www.access-board.gov
- 47 CFR Part 7 Access to voicemail and interactive menu services and equipment by persons with disabilities
- 47 CFR Section 79.1 (2004) Closed captioning of video programming
- 47 CFR Section 79.2 Access to emergency information on television