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:

TCHF / STF 286 - Access symbols for use with video content and ICT devices

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

Korea

Telecommunications Technology Association

267-2 Seohyeon-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-City, Gyonggi-do, Korea.
Tel: + 82 31 724 0114
Web: www.tta.or.kr/English/new/main/index.htm

TTAS.KO-07.0050 - Standard for DTV Closed Caption System (2007)

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