A French technology company that has established itself as a digital television testing and video decoder compliance product provider is cheering the availability of the industry’s first test suite for what will become Brazil’s ‘TV 3.0’ digital terrestrial television broadcast system.
The test suite from Allegro DVT, dubbed “Streamwise-TV3.0,” is designed to play a key role across the TV3.0 “value chain,” in a manner that can ensure the availability of high-quality and fully compliant TV3.0 capable receivers. This gives uniformity to the user as broadcasters ready the first TV3.0 channels in 2025.
The new TV3.0 standard, developed by Brazil’s SBTVD Forum, introduces innovations to the TV experience in a slightly unique manner to what ATSC 3.0 and NEXTGEN TV are bringing to the U.S.
Yes, there is high quality video, immersive audio, and interactive services. TV3.0 builds on next-generation video codec such as VVC/H.266 and MPEG-5 LCEVC to enable 8K, HDR, AR/VR to be supported and delivered over broadcast, or hybrid broadband/broadcast networks, based on IP-centric protocols.
Allegro DVT, as a member of the SBTVD forum, is supporting the transition to this next-generation digital broadcast system by making available the Streamwise-TV3.0 test suite to help TV and STB Manufacturers verify the compliance and interoperability of their TV3.0 receivers.
“We expect the complexity of the TV3.0 standard to pose numerous implementation challenges”, Allegro DVT CEO Nouar Hamze said. “Ensuring a successful launch of TV3.0 and its rapid adoption by consumers require the availability of high-quality Receivers that are thoroughly tested against all the new features introduced by this new standard. Our Streawise-TV3.0 test suite will be a major value-add to ensure interoperability and compliance, maintain quality standards, and ultimately achieve market acceptance by enhancing consumers’ satisfaction with their products and services.”
The test suite will be regularly updated to track the evolution of TV3.0 standards.
Allegro DVT is headquartered in Grenoble, France and has a U.S. operations base in San Diego.
