Abstract
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital rather than conventional analog methods. The DVB system already defines a family of standards to enable interoperable digital video broadcasting systems based on MPEG-2 standards for various transmission media including satellite, cable, terrestrial and microwave. A standard was needed that allows applications to be developed on top of the DVB system, independent of vendor, author and broadcaster. The Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) defines a standard for the user terminal to enable the reception and presentation of applications across user terminal vendor, authors of applications and service provider (broadcaster).

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