Institut_für_Rundfunktechnik

Institut für Rundfunktechnik

Institut für Rundfunktechnik

Research centre of broadcasters

The Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH (IRT) (Institute for Broadcasting Technology Ltd.) was a research centre of German broadcasters (ARD / ZDF / DLR), Austria's broadcaster (ORF) and the Swiss public broadcaster (SRG / SSR). It was responsible for research on broadcasting technology. It was founded in 1956[1] and was located in Munich, Germany.

They invented or were influential in the research, development and field-testing of important standards such as ARI, RDS, VPS, DSR, DAB and DVB-T.

Institut für Rundfunktechnik was a founding member of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) consortium of broadcasting and Internet industry companies that established an open European standard (called HbbTV) for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface.

In 2020, ZDF and then other supporters indicated that they planned to withdraw from the organization, so the IRT was closed by the end of 2020.[1][2]

Former members

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Thomson, Stuart (2020-08-03). "Germany's Institut für Rundfunktechnik to shut down". Digital TV Europe. Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. [2]
    Weise, Detlef (2020-04-12). "IRT to Close by End of 2020". Radio World. Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  3. [3]
    Schröder, Ernst F. (2009) [2007]. "The Story of HIGH COM". Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-16.

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