Glossary

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DAB

Short for Digital Audio Broadcasting

Decoder

The tuner in a digital receiver

Digital Tick

A logo produced to signify that a product or service is capable of receiving digital TV signals

DLNA

"Digital Living Network Alliance". Device interoperability standard

DRM

"Digital Rights Management". A technology which provides access control for digital media

DTG

"Digital Television Group", formed to establish digital television standards for the UK

DTH

"Direct To Home". A generic term used to describe the overall system of signal transmissions from an earth station to a satellite and then to a home satellite dish

DTR

Digital Television Receiver or Recorder

DTT

Digital terrestrial television

DTV

Digital television

DVB

"Digital Video Broadcasting". A European standard for DTV technology

DVB-C

DVB for Cable transmissions

DVB-H

DVB for Handheld or mobile transmissions

DVB-S

DVB for Satellite transmissions

DVB-T

DVB for Terrestrial transmissions

DVB-T2

Second Generation Terrestrial, an extension of the DVB-T standard

DVR

"Digital Video Recorder". Allows television programmes to be recorded to hard drive

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