SIST EN 300 468 V1.9.1:2009

• Abstract:

  The present document specifies the Service Information (SI) data which forms a part of DVB bitstreams, in order that the user can be provided with information to assist in selection of services and/or events within the bitstream, and so that the Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) can automatically configure itself for the selected service. SI data for automatic configuration is mostly specified within ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18] as Program Specific Information (PSI). The present document specifies additional data which complements the PSI by providing data to aid automatic tuning of IRDs, and additional information intended for display to the user. The manner of presentation of the information is not specified in the present document, and IRD manufacturers have freedom to choose appropriate presentation methods. It is expected that Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) will be a feature of Digital TV transmissions. The definition of an EPG is outside the scope of the present document (i.e. the SI specification), but the data contained within the SI specified in the present document may be used as the basis for an EPG. Rules of operation for the implementation of the present document are specified in TR 101 211 [i.2].

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 03-May-2009
• ICS: 33.170 - Television and radio broadcasting
• Technical Committee: MOC - Mobile Communications
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 06-Apr-2009
• Due Date: 11-Jun-2009
• Completion Date: 04-May-2009
• Mandate: M/331
• Ref Project: ETSI EN 300 468 V1.9.1 (2009-03) - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for Service Information (SI) in DVB systems

SIST EN 300 468 V1.9.1:2009 is the Slovenian adoption of ETSI EN 300 468 Version 1.9.1 for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Service Information (SI) in DVB systems. It specifies the SI data carried in DVB bitstreams so a receiver can help users select services and events and can configure itself automatically for the selected service. Broadcasters, receiver makers and network engineers use it to signal service names, tuning data, event listings, time, subtitles and related metadata.

What does SIST EN 300 468 V1.9.1:2009 specify?

SIST EN 300 468 V1.9.1:2009 specifies the Service Information (SI) data that complements the Program Specific Information (PSI) already defined in ISO/IEC 13818-1. The SI supports automatic tuning and adds user-oriented information, while the way that information is presented on screen is left to the IRD manufacturer.

The standard also notes that an Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) may use SI data as its basis, but the definition of an EPG itself is outside the scope of the document. Rules of operation for implementation are given in TR 101 211.

The document is organized into clauses for the SI description, SI tables, descriptors, and Storage Media Interoperability (SMI) measures, followed by annexes that define text coding, CRC handling, time conversion, and several audio and content-related descriptor families.

Annex	What it covers
Annex A	Coding of text characters, including control codes and character table selection
Annex B	CRC decoder model used for SI sections
Annex C	Conversion between Modified Julian Date (MJD), UTC and local time
Annex D	AC-3 and Enhanced AC-3 descriptor syntax and semantics
Annex E	Usage of the scrambling_descriptor
Annex G	DTS Audio descriptor syntax and semantics
Annex H	Service information implementation of HE-AAC coded audio in DVB systems
Annex I	Assignment of service_type values

What are the key requirements of SIST EN 300 468 V1.9.1:2009?

The main requirement of SIST EN 300 468 V1.9.1:2009 is that DVB SI shall be carried as structured tables and descriptors inside DVB transport streams so receivers can identify services, events, delivery parameters and presentation metadata. In practice, this means the broadcaster or platform operator must populate the right tables and descriptors, and the receiver must be able to decode them consistently.

SI tables and what they are for

Clause 5 defines the SI table mechanism and the table set. The tables are transmitted in sections using the private section syntax from ISO/IEC 13818-1, so implementers have to handle section packing, PID use, repetition and random access correctly.

The core tables provide different kinds of operational information:

• NIT identifies the delivery network and the transport streams in it.
• BAT describes bouquets and the services grouped in them.
• SDT identifies services and carries service-level signalling such as running status, free_CA_mode, and EIT presence flags.
• EIT carries event names, start times, durations, running status and related descriptors.
• TDT and TOT carry current UTC time, with TOT also supporting local time offset information.
• RST signals running status changes for events.
• ST, DIT and SIT support stuffing, discontinuity handling and selection in special cases.

For a reader, this means the standard is not only about “what a channel is called” but also about how a receiver finds it, knows whether it is running, and can show now-and-next or schedule information.

Section syntax and timing rules

Clause 5.1 defines the section mechanism, and the individual table clauses set limits on section size and field meaning. Some tables use the shorter section_length limit of 1 021 bytes, while others allow up to 4 093 bytes, so encoders and multiplexers must size their data accordingly.

TDT and TOT use UTC time coded with MJD and BCD, and Annex C explains how to convert between UTC and local time. That matters for local scheduling, electronic programme guides and any receiver feature that needs the local clock to be correct.

Delivery, service and event descriptors

Clause 6 defines the descriptors used inside the SI tables. These descriptors carry the practical information that makes tuning and display possible: delivery system parameters, multilingual names, content classification, ratings, subtitles, teletext, access control and service movement.

Important descriptor groups include:

• Delivery system descriptors for cable, satellite, S2 satellite and terrestrial systems, plus the frequency list descriptor. These tell a receiver how to tune.
• Name and language descriptors such as network name, service name, bouquet name, multilingual variants and component descriptions. These make service listings readable in the right language.
• Content and event descriptors such as short event, extended event, content, parental rating, time shifted event and time shifted service. These support programme guides and parental control.
• Access and signalling descriptors such as scrambling descriptor, CA identifier descriptor, linkage descriptor, service move descriptor and FTA content management descriptor. These tell a receiver or platform how the service is protected, related or redistributed.
• Subtitle, teletext and VBI descriptors for text and auxiliary services.

For implementation, this means the standard is the signalling layer that links transport-stream packets to user-visible service lists and to receiver behaviour.

Storage Media Interoperability

Clause 7 adds Storage Media Interoperability (SMI) measures for incomplete or discontinuous transport streams, which is important for stored or time-shifted content. It defines the Discontinuity Information Table (DIT), the Selection Information Table (SIT) and the Partial Transport Stream descriptor.

In practice, these tools help a device understand that the stream may have gaps, transitions or a subset of the original transmission, so playback and trick modes can be handled more safely.

Character coding and CRC handling

Annex A defines how text is coded, including the default Latin alphabet table and the other selectable character tables. Annex B defines the CRC decoder model used to protect SI sections. Together, they tell implementers how to encode readable text and how to verify section integrity.

What terms does SIST EN 300 468 V1.9.1:2009 define?

• Service Information (SI) - The DVB signalling that helps a receiver identify services and events, tune correctly and present useful service data.
• Program Specific Information (PSI) - The MPEG-2 Transport Stream service information defined in ISO/IEC 13818-1 that SI complements.
• Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) - The receiver that can automatically configure itself for the selected service.
• Transport Stream (TS) - A stream of digital data carrying one or more services within a single physical channel.
• Event Information Table (EIT) - The table that carries event schedule and present/following information such as time, duration and running status.
• Service Description Table (SDT) - The table that identifies services in a transport stream and carries service-level signalling.
• Storage Media Interoperability (SMI) - The part of the standard that addresses partial or discontinuous transport streams from storage media.
• Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) - A programme listing system that can use SI data as a basis, while its own definition is outside this document.

Who uses SIST EN 300 468 V1.9.1:2009?

Broadcasters and multiplex operators use SIST EN 300 468 V1.9.1:2009 to signal which services are present, how they are named, what time they start and what delivery parameters apply. That is the data a platform needs to build service lists, channel guides and regional variants.

IRD, set-top box, TV and middleware manufacturers use it to decode SI, build channel lists, display programme metadata and tune to the correct delivery system. It also matters to implementers of subtitles, teletext, parental control, access control and service relocation.

Quality managers, buyers and test engineers use it to check DVB compatibility, service discovery behaviour, and the correctness of service, event and time signalling across broadcast and storage-based use cases.

Which standards are used with SIST EN 300 468 V1.9.1:2009?

• ISO/IEC 13818-1 - Provides the PSI structure, private section syntax and transport-stream section mechanisms that SI builds on.
• TR 101 211 - Gives implementation rules for SI, including operational guidance such as repetition behaviour.
• TR 101 162 - Provides value allocations for identifiers such as network_id, bouquet_id, CA system and private data values.
• EN 301 192 - Defines Time Slicing and MPE-FEC, which are referenced by the terrestrial delivery signalling.
• EN 301 775 - Defines the carriage of Vertical Blanking Information (VBI) data, used by the VBI descriptors.
• EN 301 790 - Defines the interaction channel for satellite distribution systems, referenced by service types and descriptors.
• EN 302 307 - Defines DVB-S2 framing, channel coding and modulation, used by the S2 satellite delivery system descriptor.
• TS 101 154 - Defines video and audio coding usage in MPEG-2 Transport Streams and is referenced by several audio, ancillary and broadcasting descriptors.
• ISO 3166, ISO 639-2 and ISO/IEC 8859-1 - Provide the country, language and character coding used in many descriptors.
• EN 300 231, EN 300 401, EN 301 210, EN 201 812, TS/TR 102 825 and EN 300 172 - Support the PDC, DAB ancillary data, DSNG, image icon, content protection and related descriptor families.

What does the SIST EN 300 468 V1.9.1:2009 document contain?

The document contains syntax tables, field definitions and semantics for SI tables and descriptors, so implementers can encode and decode DVB metadata consistently. It includes table layouts for network, bouquet, service, event, time, running status, stuffing and storage-media signalling, together with the allowed field values and their operational meaning.

It also contains descriptor syntax for delivery systems, language and name signalling, content classification, parental rating, subtitles, teletext, access control, linkage and time-shifted services. Annexes add the text character tables, CRC model, UTC and local-time conversion rules, and the specialized audio and content descriptors for AC-3, Enhanced AC-3, DTS and HE-AAC.

For testing and certification, the most useful parts are the section syntax, descriptor mappings, service_type assignments, delivery-system parameters and the rules for time and text coding. For system design, the same parts show how to carry service metadata from the multiplex into receiver menus, guides and control logic.

Final draft ETSI EN 300 468 V1.9.1 (2008-11)
European Standard (Telecommunications series)

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB);
Specification for Service Information (SI) in DVB systems

European Broadcasting Union Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision
EBU·UER
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.6
Foreword.6
1 Scope.7
2 References.7
2.1 Normative references.7
2.2 Informative references.10
3 Definitions and abbreviations.10
3.1 Definitions.10
3.2 Abbreviations.13
4 Service Information (SI) description.14
5 Service Information (SI) tables .16
5.1 SI table mechanism .16
5.1.1 Explanation.17
5.1.2 Mapping of sections into Transport Stream (TS) packets.17
5.1.3 Coding of PID and table_id fields .18
5.1.4 Repetition rates and random access .19
5.1.5 Scrambling.19
5.2 Table definitions.19
5.2.1 Network Information Table (NIT).19
5.2.2 Bouquet Association Table (BAT) .21
5.2.3 Service Description Table (SDT).22
5.2.4 Event Information Table (EIT) .24
5.2.5 Time and Date Table (TDT) .26
5.2.6 Time Offset Table (TOT) .27
5.2.7 Running Status Table (RST).27
5.2.8 Stuffing Table (ST).28
5.2.9 Discontinuity Information Table (DIT) .29
5.2.10 Selection Information Table (SIT).29
6 Descriptors .29
6.1 Descriptor identification and location .29
6.2 Descriptor coding.31
6.2.1 Adaptation field data descriptor.31
6.2.2 Ancillary data descriptor.31
6.2.3 Announcement support descriptor .32
6.2.4 Bouquet name descriptor .34
6.2.5 CA identifier descriptor .34
6.2.6 Cell frequency link descriptor.34
6.2.7 Cell list descriptor.35
6.2.8 Component descriptor.37
6.2.9 Content descriptor.39
6.2.10 Country availability descriptor .41
6.2.11 Data broadcast descriptor.42
6.2.12 Data broadcast id descriptor.43
6.2.13 Delivery system descriptors.43
6.2.13.1 Cable delivery system descriptor .43
6.2.13.2 Satellite delivery system descriptor.45
6.2.13.3 S2 satellite delivery system descriptor .46
6.2.13.4 Terrestrial delivery system descriptor .47
6.2.14 DSNG descriptor.49
6.2.15 Extended event descriptor.49
6.2.16 Extension descriptor.51
6.2.17 Frequency list descriptor.51
6.2.18 FTA content management descriptor.52
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6.2.18.1 Scope of FTA content management descriptor .54
6.2.19 Linkage descriptor.54
6.2.20 Local time offset descriptor .57
6.2.21 Mosaic descriptor.58
6.2.22 Multilingual bouquet name descriptor .60
6.2.23 Multilingual component descriptor.61
6.2.24 Multilingual network name descriptor.62
6.2.25 Multilingual service name descriptor.62
6.2.26 Near Video On Demand (NVOD) reference descriptor.63
6.2.27 Network name descriptor.64
6.2.28 Parental rating descriptor .64
6.2.29 Partial Transport Stream (TS) descriptor.64
6.2.30 PDC descriptor.65
6.2.31 Private data specifier descriptor.65
6.2.32 Scrambling descriptor.65
6.2.33 Service descriptor .66
6.2.34 Service availability descriptor.67
6.2.35 Service list descriptor.68
6.2.36 Service move descriptor.68
6.2.37 Short event descriptor .69
6.2.38 Short smoothing buffer descriptor .69
6.2.39 Stream identifier descriptor.71
6.2.40 Stuffing descriptor .71
6.2.41 Subtitling descriptor.72
6.2.42 Telephone descriptor.72
6.2.43 Teletext descriptor.74
6.2.44 Time shifted event descriptor.75
6.2.45 Time shifted service descriptor.75
6.2.46 Transport stream descriptor .75
6.2.47 VBI data descriptor.76
6.2.48 VBI teletext descriptor.77
6.3 Extended descriptor identification and location .77
6.4 Extended descriptor coding .78
6.4.1 CP descriptor.78
6.4.2 CP identifier descriptor.78
6.4.3 Image Icon descriptor .79
7 Storage Media Interoperability (SMI) measures .81
7.1 SMI tables.81
7.1.1 Discontinuity Information Table (DIT) .82
7.1.2 Selection Information Table (SIT).83
7.2 SMI descriptors.84
7.2.1 Partial Transport Stream (TS) descriptor.84
Annex A (normative): Coding of text characters .85
A.1 Control codes.85
A.2 Selection of character table .85
Annex B (normative): CRC decoder model.98
Annex C (informative): Conversion between time and date conventions .99
Annex D (informative): Service information implementation of AC-3 and Enhanced AC-3
audio in DVB systems.101
D.1 AC-3 component types.101
D.2 AC-3 Descriptor.102
D.3 AC-3 Descriptor Syntax .102
D.3.1 Semantics for the AC-3 descriptor .102
D.4 Enhanced_AC-3 Descriptor.103
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D.5 Enhanced_AC-3 Descriptor Syntax .103
D.5.1 Semantics for the Enhanced AC-3 descriptor.104
Annex E (normative): Usage of the Scrambling_descriptor .106
Annex F (informative): ISO 639 Language Descriptor for "original audio" Soundtrack .107
Annex G (informative): Service information implementation of DTS coded audio in DVB
systems .108
G.1 DTS Audio descriptor .108
G.2 DTS Descriptor Syntax .108
G.2.1 Semantics for the DTS descriptor.108
Annex H (informative): Service information implementation of HE-AAC coded audio in DVB
systems .111
H.1 AAC Audio descriptor.111
H.2 AAC_Descriptor Syntax.111
H.2.1 Semantics for the AAC descriptor.111
Annex I (normative): Assignment and interpretation of the service_type field.113
I.1 Background.113
I.2 Assignment of service_type.113
I.2.1 service_type "digital television service" (0x01) .113
I.2.2 service_type "advanced codec" (various) .114
Annex J (informative): Bibliography.115
History .116

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Foreword
This European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by Joint Technical Committee (JTC)
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organizations whose work includes the co-ordination of its members' activities in the technical, legal,
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the Service Information (SI) data which forms a part of DVB bitstreams, in order that
the user can be provided with information to assist in selection of services and/or events within the bitstream, and so
that the Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) can automatically configure itself for the selected service. SI data for
automatic configuration is mostly specified within ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18] as Program Specific Information (PSI).
The present document specifies additional data which complements the PSI by providing data to aid automatic tuning of
IRDs, and additional information intended for display to the user. The manner of presentation of the information is not
specified in the present document, and IRD manufacturers have freedom to choose appropriate presentation methods.
It is expected that Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) will be a feature of Digital TV transmissions.
The definition of an EPG is outside the scope of the present document (i.e. the SI specification), but the data contained
within the SI specified in the present document may be used as the basis for an EPG.
Rules of operation for the implementation of the present document are specified in TR 101 211 [i.2].
2 References
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• Non-specific reference may be made only to a complete document or a part thereof and only in the following
cases:
- if it is accepted that it will be possible to use all future changes of the referenced document for the
purposes of the referring document;
- for informative references.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
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the primary source of the referenced document should be cited, in order to ensure traceability. Furthermore, the
reference should, as far as possible, remain valid for the expected life of the document. The reference shall include the
method of access to the referenced document and the full network address, with the same punctuation and use of upper
case and lower case letters.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
2.1 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of the present document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For non-specific references, the latest edition of the referenced document
(including any amendments) applies.
[1] ETSI EN 300 231: "Television systems; Specification of the domestic video Programme Delivery
Control system (PDC)".
[2] ETSI EN 300 401: "Radio Broadcasting Systems; Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) to mobile,
portable and fixed receivers".
[3] ETSI EN 300 706: "Enhanced Teletext specification".
[4] ETSI EN 301 192: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); DVB specification for data broadcasting".
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[5] ETSI EN 301 210: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing structure, channel coding and
modulation for Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) and other contribution applications by
satellite".
[6] ETSI EN 301 775: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for the carriage of Vertical
Blanking Information (VBI) data in DVB bitstreams".
[7] ETSI EN 301 790: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Interaction channel for satellite
distribution systems".
[8] ETSI EN 302 307: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Second generation framing structure,
channel coding and modulation systems for Broadcasting, Interactive Services, News Gathering
and other broadband satellite applications".
[9] ETSI TS 101 154: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for the use of Video and
Audio Coding in Broadcasting Applications based on the MPEG-2 Transport Stream".
[10] ETSI TS 102 005: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for the use of Video and
Audio Coding in DVB services delivered directly over IP protocols".
[11] ETSI TS 102 006: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for System Software Update
in DVB Systems".
[12] ETSI TS 102 114: "DTS Coherent Acoustics; Core and Extensions".
[13] ETSI TS 102 323: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Carriage and signalling of TV-Anytime
information in DVB transport streams".
[14] ETSI TS 102 366: "Digital Audio Compression (AC-3, Enhanced AC-3) Standard".
[15] ETSI TS 102 812: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Multimedia Home Platform (MHP)
Specification 1.1.1".
[16] ISO/IEC 10646 (2003): "Information technology - Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set
(UCS)".
[17] ISO/IEC 11172-3: "Information technology - Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for
digital storage media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s - Part 3: Audio".
[18] ISO/IEC 13818-1: "Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated
audio information: Systems".
[19] ISO/IEC 13818-2: "Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated
audio information: Video".
[20] ISO/IEC 13818-3: "Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated
audio information - Part 3: Audio".
[21] ISO/IEC 14496-3 (2005): "Information technology - Coding of audio- visual objects -
Part 3: Audio".
[22] ISO/IEC 6937: "Information technology - Coded graphic character set for text communication -
Latin alphabet".
[23] ISO/IEC 8859-1: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1".
[24] ISO/IEC 8859-2: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 2: Latin alphabet No. 2".
[25] ISO/IEC 8859-3: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 3: Latin alphabet No. 3".
[26] ISO/IEC 8859-4: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 4: Latin alphabet No. 4".
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[27] ISO/IEC 8859-5: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 5: Latin/Cyrillic alphabet".
[28] ISO/IEC 8859-6: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 6: Latin/Arabic alphabet".
[29] ISO/IEC 8859-7: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 7: Latin/Greek alphabet".
[30] ISO/IEC 8859-8: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet".
[31] ISO/IEC 8859-9: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 9: Latin alphabet No. 5".
[32] ISO/IEC 8859-10: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 10: Latin alphabet No. 6".
[33] ISO/IEC 8859-11: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 11: Latin/Thai alphabet".
[34] ISO/IEC 8859-13: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 13: Latin alphabet No. 7".
[35] ISO/IEC 8859-14: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 14: Latin alphabet No. 8 (Celtic)".
[36] ISO/IEC 8859-15: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 15: Latin alphabet No. 9".
[37] CENELEC EN 50221: "Common interface specification for conditional access and other digital
video broadcasting decoder applications".
[38] IEC 61883 (parts 1 and 4): "Consumer audio/video equipment - Digital interface".
[39] IEEE 1394.1: "IEEE Standard for High Performance Serial Bus Bridges".
[40] ISO 8601: "Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange - Representation of
dates and times".
[41] ISO 3166 (all parts): "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions".
[42] ISO 639-2: "Codes for the representation of names of languages - Part 2: Alpha-3 code".
[43] ITU-R Recommendation BS.1196-1 (annex 2): "Audio coding for digital terrestrial television
broadcasting".
NOTE: Annex 2 contains additional information on the AC-3 audio encoding algorithm and decoding
requirements, relevant to the present document. Appendix 1 to annex 2 of this Recommendation should
be disregarded as it is not applicable to the present document.
[44] KSX1001: "Code for Information Interchange (Hangeul and Hanja)", Korean Agency for
Technology and Standards, Ref. No. KSX 1001-2004.
NOTE: Available at http://unicode.org/Public//MAPPINGS/OBSOLETE/EASTASIA/KSC/KSX1001.TXT.
[45] ETSI ES 201 812: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Multimedia Home Platform (MHP)
Specification 1.0.3".
[46] ETSI TS 102 825 (parts 1 to 5, 7, 9 and 10): "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Content
Protection and Copy Management (DVB-CPCM)".
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2.2 Informative references
The following referenced documents are not essential to the use of the present document but they assist the user with
regard to a particular subject area. For non-specific references, the latest version of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.
[i.1] ETSI TR 101 162: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Allocation of Service Information (SI)
codes for DVB systems".
[i.2] ETSI TR 101 211: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Guidelines on implementation and usage
of Service Information (SI)".
[i.3] ETSI TS 102 590: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Mulimedia Home Platform 1.2".
[i.4] ETSI TR 102 825 (parts 6, 8, 11 to 13): "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Content Protection
and Copy Management (DVB-CPCM)".
[i.5] ISO/IEC 8859-12 (possible future).
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
AC-3: refers to the coding of audio using the Dolby AC-3 method
NOTE: The Service Information requirements for AC-3 streams carried in DVB systems are described in
annex D. The carriage of AC-3 elementary streams as private data within MPEG systems is described in
annex C of TS 101 154 [9].
bouquet: collection of services marketed as a single entity
broadcaster (SERVICE Provider): organization which assembles a sequence of events or programmes to be delivered
to the viewer based upon a schedule
cell: geographical area that is covered with DVB-T signals delivering one or more particular transport streams
throughout the area by means of one or more transmitters
NOTE: The cell may in addition contain repeaters. Two neighbouring cells may be intersecting or fully
overlapping. The cell_id that is used to uniquely identify a cell is unique within each original_network_id.
For hand-over purposes it is more convenient if the transport streams associated with the cell cover
exactly the same area, or only one transport stream per cell is used.
component (ELEMENTARY Stream): one or more entities which together make up an event
EXAMPLE: Video, audio, teletext.
Conditional Access (CA) system: system to control subscriber access to services, programmes and events
EXAMPLE: Videoguard, Eurocrypt.
delivery system: physical medium by which one or more multiplexes are transmitted
EXAMPLE: Satellite system, wide-band coaxial cable, fibre optics, terrestrial channel of one emitting point.
Entitlement Management Messages (EMM): private Conditional Access information which specify the authorization
levels or the services of specific decoders
NOTE: They may be addressed to individual decoder or groups of decoders.
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event: grouping of elementary broadcast data streams with a defined start and end time belonging to a common service
EXAMPLE: First half of a football match, News Flash, first part of an entertainment show.
forbidden: when used in the clauses defining the coded bit stream, indicates that the value shall never be used
MPEG-2: See ISO/IEC 13818.
NOTE: Systems coding is defined in part 1 [18]. Video coding is defined in part 2 [19]. Audio coding is defined
in part 3 [20].
multiplex: stream of all the digital data carrying one or more services within a single physical channel
network: collection of MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS) multiplexes transmitted on a single delivery system
EXAMPLE: All digital channels on a specific cable system.
n PSK: n-valued Phase Shift Keying (other than quaternary)
original_network_id: unique identifier of a network
programme: concatenation of one or more events under the control of a broadcaster e.g. news show, entertainment
show
repeater: equipment which receives and re-transmits a DVB-T signal
NOTE: It can not change the TPS bits and thus the cell_id.
reserved: when used in the clause defining the coded bit stream, indicates that the value may be used in the future for
ISO defined extensions
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified within the present document all "reserved" bits is set to "1".
reserved_future_use: when used in the clause defining the coded bit stream, indicates that the value may be used in the
future for ETSI defined extensions
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified within the present document all "reserved_future_use" bits is set to "1".
section: syntactic structure used for mapping all service information defined in EN 300 468 into ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18]
TS packets
service: sequence of programmes under the control of a broadcaster which can be broadcast as part of a schedule
service_id: unique identifier of a service within a TS
Service Information (SI): digital data describing the delivery system, content and scheduling/timing of broadcast data
streams, etc.
NOTE: It includes MPEG-2 PSI together with independently defined extensions.
subcell: geographical area that is part of the cells coverage area and that is covered with DVB-T signals by means of a
transposer
NOTE: In conjunction with the cell_id the cell_id_extension is used to uniquely identify a subcell.
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sub_table: collection of sections with the same value of table_id and:
for a NIT: the same table_id_extension (network_id) and version_number;
for a BAT: the same table_id_extension (bouquet_id) and version_number;
for a SDT: the same table_id_extension (transport_stream_id), the same original_network_id and
version_number;
for a EIT: the same table_id_extension (service_id), the same transport_stream_id, the same original_network_id
and version_number.
NOTE: The table_id_extension field is equivalent to the fourth and fifth byte of a section when the
section_syntax_indicator is set to a value of "1".
table: comprised of a number of sub_tables with the same value of table_id
transmitter: equipment, that allows to modulate a baseband transport stream and to broadcast it on one frequency
Transport Stream (TS): data structure defined in ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18]
NOTE: It is the basis of the DVB standards.
transport_stream_id: unique identifier of a TS within an original network
Transposer: type of repeater which receives a DVB-T signal and re-transmits it on a different frequency
The relationships of some of these definitions are illustrated in the service delivery model in figure 1.

Sa t el l it e    Te r r e s t ri a l
Ne t w o r k s Cable
Tr a ns po n d er Tr a n sp on de r Tr a n sp on de r Tr a ns po n de r C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l
Mu l t ip l e x e s
Bo u q u e t
S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e rv i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e rv i c e
S e r v i c e
Se rv i c e s
Co m p o n en t s
V i d e o A u d i o 1 A u d i o 2 D a t a

Figure 1: Digital broadcasting, service delivery model
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3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AAC Advanced Audio Coding (see TS 101 154 [9])
AC-3 Dolby AC-3 audio coding (ITU-R Recommendation BS.1196-1 [43])
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BAT Bouquet Association Table
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
bslbf bit string, left bit first
CA Conditional Access
CAT Conditional Access Table
CLUT Colour Look-Up Table
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CSA Common Scrambling Algorithm
DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
DIT Discontinuity Information Table
DSNG Digital Satellite News Gathering
DTS Digital Theater Systems (see TS 102 114 [12])
DVB Digital Video Broadcasting
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
EBU European Broadcasting Union
ECM Entitlement Control Message
EIT Event Information Table
EMM Entitlement Management Message
EPG Electronic Programme Guide
ES Elementary Stream
FEC Forward Error Correction
HD High Definition (Video)
HE-AAC High Efficiency AAC
HP High Priority
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
INT IP Notification Table (see EN 301 192 [4])
IP Internet Protocol
IRD Integrated Receiver Decoder
ISO International Organization for Standardization
LP Low Priority
LSB Least Significant Bit
MJD Modified Julian Date
MPE Multiprotocol Encapsulation
MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group
MSB Most Significant Bit
NBC-BS Non Backwards Compatible Broadcast Services (DVB-S2)
NDA Non Disclosure Agreement
NIT Network Information Table
NVOD Near Video On Demand
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex
PAT Program Association Table
PCM Pulse-code modulation
PDC Programme Delivery Control
PID Packet IDentifier
PIL Programme Identification Label
PMT Program Map Table
PSI Program Specific Information
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QPSK Quaternary Phase Shift Keying
RAR Resolution Authority Record
rpchof remainder polynomial coefficients, highest order first
RDS Radio Data System
RNT RAR Notification Table
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RS Reed-Solomon
RST Running Status Table
ScF Scale Factor
SD Standard Definition (Video)
SDT Service Description Table
SI Service Information
SIT Selection Information Table
SMATV Satellite Master Antenna Television
SMI Storage Media Interoperability
SRM System Renewability Message
ST Stuffing Table
TDT Time and Date Table
TOT Time Offset Table
TPS Transmission Parameter Signalling
TS Transport Stream
TSDT Transport Stream Description Table
TVA TV-Anytime (http://www.tv-anytime.org)
UECP Universal Encoder Communication Protocol (RDS)
uimsbf unsigned integer most significant bit first
UTC Universal Time, Co-ordinated
VBI Vertical Blanking Interval
VPS Video Programme System
WSS Wide Screen Signalling
4 Service Information (SI) description
ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18] specifies SI which is referred to as PSI. The PSI data provides information to enable automatic
configuration of the receiver to demultiplex and decode the various streams of programs within the multiplex.
The PSI data is structured as four types of table. The tables are transmitted in sections.
1) Program Association Table (PAT):
- for each service in the multiplex, the PAT indicates the location (the Packet Identifier (PID) values of the
Transport Stream (TS)
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European Standard (Telecommunications series)

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB);
Specification for Service Information (SI) in DVB systems

European Broadcasting Union Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision
EBU·UER
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Reference
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.6
Foreword.6
1 Scope.7
2 References.7
2.1 Normative references.7
2.2 Informative references.10
3 Definitions and abbreviations.10
3.1 Definitions.10
3.2 Abbreviations.13
4 Service Information (SI) description.14
5 Service Information (SI) tables .16
5.1 SI table mechanism .16
5.1.1 Explanation.17
5.1.2 Mapping of sections into Transport Stream (TS) packets.17
5.1.3 Coding of PID and table_id fields .18
5.1.4 Repetition rates and random access .19
5.1.5 Scrambling.19
5.2 Table definitions.19
5.2.1 Network Information Table (NIT).19
5.2.2 Bouquet Association Table (BAT) .21
5.2.3 Service Description Table (SDT).22
5.2.4 Event Information Table (EIT) .24
5.2.5 Time and Date Table (TDT) .26
5.2.6 Time Offset Table (TOT) .27
5.2.7 Running Status Table (RST).27
5.2.8 Stuffing Table (ST).28
5.2.9 Discontinuity Information Table (DIT) .29
5.2.10 Selection Information Table (SIT).29
6 Descriptors .29
6.1 Descriptor identification and location .29
6.2 Descriptor coding.31
6.2.1 Adaptation field data descriptor.31
6.2.2 Ancillary data descriptor.31
6.2.3 Announcement support descriptor .32
6.2.4 Bouquet name descriptor .34
6.2.5 CA identifier descriptor .34
6.2.6 Cell frequency link descriptor.34
6.2.7 Cell list descriptor.35
6.2.8 Component descriptor.37
6.2.9 Content descriptor.39
6.2.10 Country availability descriptor .42
6.2.11 Data broadcast descriptor.42
6.2.12 Data broadcast id descriptor.43
6.2.13 Delivery system descriptors.43
6.2.13.1 Cable delivery system descriptor .44
6.2.13.2 Satellite delivery system descriptor.45
6.2.13.3 S2 satellite delivery system descriptor .46
6.2.13.4 Terrestrial delivery system descriptor .47
6.2.14 DSNG descriptor.49
6.2.15 Extended event descriptor.50
6.2.16 Extension descriptor.51
6.2.17 Frequency list descriptor.51
6.2.18 FTA content management descriptor.52
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6.2.18.1 Scope of FTA content management descriptor .54
6.2.19 Linkage descriptor.55
6.2.20 Local time offset descriptor .57
6.2.21 Mosaic descriptor.58
6.2.22 Multilingual bouquet name descriptor .60
6.2.23 Multilingual component descriptor.61
6.2.24 Multilingual network name descriptor.62
6.2.25 Multilingual service name descriptor.62
6.2.26 Near Video On Demand (NVOD) reference descriptor.63
6.2.27 Network name descriptor.64
6.2.28 Parental rating descriptor .64
6.2.29 Partial Transport Stream (TS) descriptor.64
6.2.30 PDC descriptor.65
6.2.31 Private data specifier descriptor.65
6.2.32 Scrambling descriptor.65
6.2.33 Service descriptor .66
6.2.34 Service availability descriptor.67
6.2.35 Service list descriptor.68
6.2.36 Service move descriptor.68
6.2.37 Short event descriptor .69
6.2.38 Short smoothing buffer descriptor .69
6.2.39 Stream identifier descriptor.71
6.2.40 Stuffing descriptor .71
6.2.41 Subtitling descriptor.72
6.2.42 Telephone descriptor.72
6.2.43 Teletext descriptor.74
6.2.44 Time shifted event descriptor.75
6.2.45 Time shifted service descriptor.75
6.2.46 Transport stream descriptor .75
6.2.47 VBI data descriptor.76
6.2.48 VBI teletext descriptor.77
6.3 Extended descriptor identification and location .77
6.4 Extended descriptor coding .78
6.4.1 CP descriptor.78
6.4.2 CP identifier descriptor.78
6.4.3 Image Icon descriptor .79
7 Storage Media Interoperability (SMI) measures .81
7.1 SMI tables.81
7.1.1 Discontinuity Information Table (DIT) .82
7.1.2 Selection Information Table (SIT).83
7.2 SMI descriptors.84
7.2.1 Partial Transport Stream (TS) descriptor.84
Annex A (normative): Coding of text characters .85
A.1 Control codes.85
A.2 Selection of character table .85
Annex B (normative): CRC decoder model.98
Annex C (informative): Conversion between time and date conventions .99
Annex D (informative): Service information implementation of AC-3 and Enhanced AC-3
audio in DVB systems.101
D.1 AC-3 component types.101
D.2 AC-3 Descriptor.102
D.3 AC-3 Descriptor Syntax .102
D.3.1 Semantics for the AC-3 descriptor .102
D.4 Enhanced_AC-3 Descriptor.103
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D.5 Enhanced_AC-3 Descriptor Syntax .103
D.5.1 Semantics for the Enhanced AC-3 descriptor.104
Annex E (normative): Usage of the Scrambling_descriptor .106
Annex F (informative): ISO 639 Language Descriptor for "original audio" Soundtrack .107
Annex G (informative): Service information implementation of DTS coded audio in DVB
systems .108
G.1 DTS Audio descriptor .108
G.2 DTS Descriptor Syntax .108
G.2.1 Semantics for the DTS descriptor.108
Annex H (informative): Service information implementation of HE-AAC coded audio in DVB
systems .111
H.1 AAC Audio descriptor.111
H.2 AAC_Descriptor Syntax.111
H.2.1 Semantics for the AAC descriptor.111
Annex I (normative): Assignment and interpretation of the service_type field.113
I.1 Background.113
I.2 Assignment of service_type .113
I.2.1 service_type "digital television service" (0x01).113
I.2.2 service_type "advanced codec" (various).114
Annex J (informative): Bibliography.115
History .116

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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by Joint Technical Committee (JTC)
Broadcast of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Comité Européen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique
(CENELEC) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
NOTE: The EBU/ETSI JTC Broadcast was established in 1990 to co-ordinate the drafting of standards in the
specific field of broadcasting and related fields. Since 1995 the JTC Broadcast became a tripartite body
by including in the Memorandum of Understanding also CENELEC, which is responsible for the
standardization of radio and television receivers. The EBU is a professional association of broadcasting
organizations whose work includes the co-ordination of its members' activities in the technical, legal,
programme-making and programme-exchange domains. The EBU has active members in about
60 countries in the European broadcasting area; its headquarters is in Geneva.
European Broadcasting Union
CH-1218 GRAND SACONNEX (Geneva)
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Founded in September 1993, the DVB Project is a market-led consortium of public and private sector organizations in
the television industry. Its aim is to establish the framework for the introduction of MPEG-2 based digital television
services. Now comprising over 200 organizations from more than 25 countries around the world, DVB fosters
market-led systems, which meet the real needs, and economic circumstances, of the consumer electronics and the
broadcast industry.
National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 5 March 2009
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 30 June 2009
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 December 2009
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 December 2009

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1 Scope
The present document specifies the Service Information (SI) data which forms a part of DVB bitstreams, in order that
the user can be provided with information to assist in selection of services and/or events within the bitstream, and so
that the Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) can automatically configure itself for the selected service. SI data for
automatic configuration is mostly specified within ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18] as Program Specific Information (PSI).
The present document specifies additional data which complements the PSI by providing data to aid automatic tuning of
IRDs, and additional information intended for display to the user. The manner of presentation of the information is not
specified in the present document, and IRD manufacturers have freedom to choose appropriate presentation methods.
It is expected that Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) will be a feature of Digital TV transmissions.
The definition of an EPG is outside the scope of the present document (i.e. the SI specification), but the data contained
within the SI specified in the present document may be used as the basis for an EPG.
Rules of operation for the implementation of the present document are specified in TR 101 211 [i.2].
2 References
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• Non-specific reference may be made only to a complete document or a part thereof and only in the following
cases:
- if it is accepted that it will be possible to use all future changes of the referenced document for the
purposes of the referring document;
- for informative references.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
2.1 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of the present document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For non-specific references, the latest edition of the referenced document
(including any amendments) applies.
[1] ETSI EN 300 231: "Television systems; Specification of the domestic video Programme Delivery
Control system (PDC)".
[2] ETSI EN 300 401: "Radio Broadcasting Systems; Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) to mobile,
portable and fixed receivers".
[3] ETSI EN 300 706: "Enhanced Teletext specification".
[4] ETSI EN 301 192: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); DVB specification for data broadcasting".
[5] ETSI EN 301 210: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing structure, channel coding and
modulation for Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) and other contribution applications by
satellite".
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[6] ETSI EN 301 775: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for the carriage of Vertical
Blanking Information (VBI) data in DVB bitstreams".
[7] ETSI EN 301 790: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Interaction channel for satellite
distribution systems".
[8] ETSI EN 302 307: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Second generation framing structure,
channel coding and modulation systems for Broadcasting, Interactive Services, News Gathering
and other broadband satellite applications".
[9] ETSI TS 101 154: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for the use of Video and
Audio Coding in Broadcasting Applications based on the MPEG-2 Transport Stream".
[10] ETSI TS 102 005: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for the use of Video and
Audio Coding in DVB services delivered directly over IP protocols".
[11] ETSI TS 102 006: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for System Software Update
in DVB Systems".
[12] ETSI TS 102 114: "DTS Coherent Acoustics; Core and Extensions".
[13] ETSI TS 102 323: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Carriage and signalling of TV-Anytime
information in DVB transport streams".
[14] ETSI TS 102 366: "Digital Audio Compression (AC-3, Enhanced AC-3) Standard".
[15] ETSI TS 102 812: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Multimedia Home Platform (MHP)
Specification 1.1.1".
[16] ISO/IEC 10646 (2003): "Information technology - Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set
(UCS)".
[17] ISO/IEC 11172-3: "Information technology - Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for
digital storage media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s - Part 3: Audio".
[18] ISO/IEC 13818-1: "Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated
audio information: Systems".
[19] ISO/IEC 13818-2: "Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated
audio information: Video".
[20] ISO/IEC 13818-3: "Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated
audio information - Part 3: Audio".
[21] ISO/IEC 14496-3 (2005): "Information technology - Coding of audio- visual objects -
Part 3: Audio".
[22] ISO/IEC 6937: "Information technology - Coded graphic character set for text communication -
Latin alphabet".
[23] ISO/IEC 8859-1: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1".
[24] ISO/IEC 8859-2: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 2: Latin alphabet No. 2".
[25] ISO/IEC 8859-3: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 3: Latin alphabet No. 3".
[26] ISO/IEC 8859-4: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 4: Latin alphabet No. 4".
[27] ISO/IEC 8859-5: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 5: Latin/Cyrillic alphabet".
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[28] ISO/IEC 8859-6: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 6: Latin/Arabic alphabet".
[29] ISO/IEC 8859-7: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 7: Latin/Greek alphabet".
[30] ISO/IEC 8859-8: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet".
[31] ISO/IEC 8859-9: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 9: Latin alphabet No. 5".
[32] ISO/IEC 8859-10: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 10: Latin alphabet No. 6".
[33] ISO/IEC 8859-11: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 11: Latin/Thai alphabet".
[34] ISO/IEC 8859-13: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 13: Latin alphabet No. 7".
[35] ISO/IEC 8859-14: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 14: Latin alphabet No. 8 (Celtic)".
[36] ISO/IEC 8859-15: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 15: Latin alphabet No. 9".
[37] CENELEC EN 50221: "Common interface specification for conditional access and other digital
video broadcasting decoder applications".
[38] IEC 61883 (parts 1 and 4): "Consumer audio/video equipment - Digital interface".
[39] IEEE 1394.1: "IEEE Standard for High Performance Serial Bus Bridges".
[40] ISO 8601: "Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange - Representation of
dates and times".
[41] ISO 3166 (all parts): "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions".
[42] ISO 639-2: "Codes for the representation of names of languages - Part 2: Alpha-3 code".
[43] ITU-R Recommendation BS.1196-1 (annex 2): "Audio coding for digital terrestrial television
broadcasting".
NOTE: Annex 2 contains additional information on the AC-3 audio encoding algorithm and decoding
requirements, relevant to the present document. Appendix 1 to annex 2 of this Recommendation should
be disregarded as it is not applicable to the present document.
[44] KSX1001: "Code for Information Interchange (Hangeul and Hanja)", Korean Agency for
Technology and Standards, Ref. No. KSX 1001-2004.
NOTE: Available at http://unicode.org/Public//MAPPINGS/OBSOLETE/EASTASIA/KSC/KSX1001.TXT.
[45] ETSI ES 201 812: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Multimedia Home Platform (MHP)
Specification 1.0.3".
[46] ETSI TS 102 825 (parts 1 to 5, 7, 9 and 10): "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Content
Protection and Copy Management (DVB-CPCM)".
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2.2 Informative references
The following referenced documents are not essential to the use of the present document but they assist the user with
regard to a particular subject area. For non-specific references, the latest version of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.
[i.1] ETSI TR 101 162: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Allocation of Service Information (SI)
codes for DVB systems".
[i.2] ETSI TR 101 211: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Guidelines on implementation and usage
of Service Information (SI)".
[i.3] ETSI TS 102 590: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Mulimedia Home Platform 1.2".
[i.4] ETSI TR 102 825 (parts 6, 8, 11 to 13): "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Content Protection
and Copy Management (DVB-CPCM)".
[i.5] ISO/IEC 8859-12 (possible future).
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
AC-3: refers to the coding of audio using the Dolby AC-3 method
NOTE: The Service Information requirements for AC-3 streams carried in DVB systems are described in
annex D. The carriage of AC-3 elementary streams as private data within MPEG systems is described in
annex C of TS 101 154 [9].
bouquet: collection of services marketed as a single entity
broadcaster (SERVICE Provider): organization which assembles a sequence of events or programmes to be delivered
to the viewer based upon a schedule
cell: geographical area that is covered with DVB-T signals delivering one or more particular transport streams
throughout the area by means of one or more transmitters
NOTE: The cell may in addition contain repeaters. Two neighbouring cells may be intersecting or fully
overlapping. The cell_id that is used to uniquely identify a cell is unique within each original_network_id.
For hand-over purposes it is more convenient if the transport streams associated with the cell cover
exactly the same area, or only one transport stream per cell is used.
component (ELEMENTARY Stream): one or more entities which together make up an event
EXAMPLE: Video, audio, teletext.
Conditional Access (CA) system: system to control subscriber access to services, programmes and events
EXAMPLE: Videoguard, Eurocrypt.
delivery system: physical medium by which one or more multiplexes are transmitted
EXAMPLE: Satellite system, wide-band coaxial cable, fibre optics, terrestrial channel of one emitting point.
Entitlement Management Messages (EMM): private Conditional Access information which specify the authorization
levels or the services of specific decoders
NOTE: They may be addressed to individual decoder or groups of decoders.
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event: grouping of elementary broadcast data streams with a defined start and end time belonging to a common service
EXAMPLE: First half of a football match, News Flash, first part of an entertainment show.
forbidden: when used in the clauses defining the coded bit stream, indicates that the value shall never be used
MPEG-2: See ISO/IEC 13818.
NOTE: Systems coding is defined in part 1 [18]. Video coding is defined in part 2 [19]. Audio coding is defined
in part 3 [20].
multiplex: stream of all the digital data carrying one or more services within a single physical channel
network: collection of MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS) multiplexes transmitted on a single delivery system
EXAMPLE: All digital channels on a specific cable system.
n PSK: n-valued Phase Shift Keying (other than quaternary)
original_network_id: unique identifier of a network
programme: concatenation of one or more events under the control of a broadcaster e.g. news show, entertainment
show
repeater: equipment which receives and re-transmits a DVB-T signal
NOTE: It can not change the TPS bits and thus the cell_id.
reserved: when used in the clause defining the coded bit stream, indicates that the value may be used in the future for
ISO defined extensions
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified within the present document all "reserved" bits is set to "1".
reserved_future_use: when used in the clause defining the coded bit stream, indicates that the value may be used in the
future for ETSI defined extensions
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified within the present document all "reserved_future_use" bits is set to "1".
section: syntactic structure used for mapping all service information defined in EN 300 468 into ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18]
TS packets
service: sequence of programmes under the control of a broadcaster which can be broadcast as part of a schedule
service_id: unique identifier of a service within a TS
Service Information (SI): digital data describing the delivery system, content and scheduling/timing of broadcast data
streams, etc.
NOTE: It includes MPEG-2 PSI together with independently defined extensions.
subcell: geographical area that is part of the cells coverage area and that is covered with DVB-T signals by means of a
transposer
NOTE: In conjunction with the cell_id the cell_id_extension is used to uniquely identify a subcell.
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sub_table: collection of sections with the same value of table_id and:
for a NIT: the same table_id_extension (network_id) and version_number;
for a BAT: the same table_id_extension (bouquet_id) and version_number;
for a SDT: the same table_id_extension (transport_stream_id), the same original_network_id and
version_number;
for a EIT: the same table_id_extension (service_id), the same transport_stream_id, the same original_network_id
and version_number.
NOTE: The table_id_extension field is equivalent to the fourth and fifth byte of a section when the
section_syntax_indicator is set to a value of "1".
table: comprised of a number of sub_tables with the same value of table_id
transmitter: equipment, that allows to modulate a baseband transport stream and to broadcast it on one frequency
Transport Stream (TS): data structure defined in ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18]
NOTE: It is the basis of the DVB standards.
transport_stream_id: unique identifier of a TS within an original network
Transposer: type of repeater which receives a DVB-T signal and re-transmits it on a different frequency
The relationships of some of these definitions are illustrated in the service delivery model in figure 1.

Sa t el l it e    Te r r e s t ri a l
Ne t w o r k s Cable
Tr a ns po n d er Tr a n sp on de r Tr a n sp on de r Tr a ns po n de r C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l
Mu l t ip l e x e s
Bo u q u e t
S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e rv i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e rv i c e
S e r v i c e
Se rv i c e s
Co m p o n en t s
V i d e o A u d i o 1 A u d i o 2 D a t a

Figure 1: Digital broadcasting, service delivery model
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3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AAC Advanced Audio Coding (see TS 101 154 [9])
AC-3 Dolby AC-3 audio coding (ITU-R Recommendation BS.1196-1 [43])
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BAT Bouquet Association Table
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
bslbf bit string, left bit first
CA Conditional Access
CAT Conditional Access Table
CLUT Colour Look-Up Table
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CSA Common Scrambling Algorithm
DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
DIT Discontinuity Information Table
DSNG Digital Satellite News Gathering
DTS Digital Theater Systems (see TS 102 114 [12])
DVB Digital Video Broadcasting
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
EBU European Broadcasting Union
ECM Entitlement Control Message
EIT Event Information Table
EMM Entitlement Management Message
EPG Electronic Programme Guide
ES Elementary Stream
FEC Forward Error Correction
HD High Definition (Video)
HE-AAC High Efficiency AAC
HP High Priority
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
INT IP Notification Table (see EN 301 192 [4])
IP Internet Protocol
IRD Integrated Receiver Decoder
ISO International Organization for Standardization
LP Low Priority
LSB Least Significant Bit
MJD Modified Julian Date
MPE Multiprotocol Encapsulation
MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group
MSB Most Significant Bit
NBC-BS Non Backwards Compatible Broadcast Services (DVB-S2)
NDA Non Disclosure Agreement
NIT Network Information Table
NVOD Near Video On Demand
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex
PAT Program Association Table
PCM Pulse-code modulation
PDC Programme Delivery Control
PID Packet IDentifier
PIL Programme Identification Label
PMT Program Map Table
PSI Program Specific Information
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QPSK Quaternary Phase Shift Keying
RAR Resolution Authority Record
RDS Radio Data System
RNT RAR Notification Table
rpchof remainder polynomial coefficients, highest order first
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RS Reed-Solomon
RST Running Status Table
ScF Scale Factor
SD Standard Definition (Video)
SDT Service Description Table
SI Service Information
SIT Selection Information Table
SMATV Satellite Master Antenna Television
SMI Storage Media Interoperability
SRM System Renewability Message
ST Stuffing Table
TDT Time and Date Table
TOT Time Offset Table
TPS Transmission Parameter Signalling
TS Transport Stream
TSDT Transport Stream Description Table
TVA TV-Anytime (http://www.tv-anytime.org)
UECP Universal Encoder Communication Protocol (RDS)
uimsbf unsigned integer most significant bit first
URL Uniform Resource Locator
UTC Universal Time, Co-ordinated
VBI Vertical Blanking Interval
VPS Video Programme System
WSS Wide Screen Signalling
4 Service Information (SI) description
ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18] specifies SI which is referred to as PSI. The PSI data provides information to enable automatic
configuration of the receiver to demultiplex and decode the various streams of programs within the multiplex.
The PSI data is structured as four types of table. The tables are transmitted in sections.
1) Program Association Table (PAT):
- for each service in the multiplex, the PAT indicates the location (the Packet Identifier (PID) values of the
Transport Stream (TS) packets) of the corresponding Program Map Table (PMT). It also gives the
location of the Network Information Table (NIT).
2) Conditional Access Table (CAT):
- the CAT provides information on the CA systems used in the multiplex; the information is private (not
defined within the present document) and dependent on the CA system, but includes the location of the
EMM stream, when applicable.
3) Program Map Table (PMT):
- the PMT identifies and indicates the locations of the streams that make up ea
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2009
Digitalna videoradiodifuzija (DVB) - Specifikacija za servisne informacije (SI) v
sistemih DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) - Specification for Service Information (SI) in DVB
systems
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 300 468 Version 1.9.1
ICS:
33.170 Televizijska in radijska Television and radio
difuzija broadcasting
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

European Standard (Telecommunications series)

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB);
Specification for Service Information (SI) in DVB systems

European Broadcasting Union Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision
EBU·UER
2 ETSI EN 300 468 V1.9.1 (2009-03)

Reference
REN/JTC-DVB-225
Keywords
broadcasting, digital, DVB, MPEG, service, TV,
video
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.6
Foreword.6
1 Scope.7
2 References.7
2.1 Normative references.7
2.2 Informative references.10
3 Definitions and abbreviations.10
3.1 Definitions.10
3.2 Abbreviations.13
4 Service Information (SI) description.14
5 Service Information (SI) tables .16
5.1 SI table mechanism .16
5.1.1 Explanation.17
5.1.2 Mapping of sections into Transport Stream (TS) packets.17
5.1.3 Coding of PID and table_id fields .18
5.1.4 Repetition rates and random access .19
5.1.5 Scrambling.19
5.2 Table definitions.19
5.2.1 Network Information Table (NIT).19
5.2.2 Bouquet Association Table (BAT) .21
5.2.3 Service Description Table (SDT).22
5.2.4 Event Information Table (EIT) .24
5.2.5 Time and Date Table (TDT) .26
5.2.6 Time Offset Table (TOT) .27
5.2.7 Running Status Table (RST).27
5.2.8 Stuffing Table (ST).28
5.2.9 Discontinuity Information Table (DIT) .29
5.2.10 Selection Information Table (SIT).29
6 Descriptors .29
6.1 Descriptor identification and location .29
6.2 Descriptor coding.31
6.2.1 Adaptation field data descriptor.31
6.2.2 Ancillary data descriptor.31
6.2.3 Announcement support descriptor .32
6.2.4 Bouquet name descriptor .34
6.2.5 CA identifier descriptor .34
6.2.6 Cell frequency link descriptor.34
6.2.7 Cell list descriptor.35
6.2.8 Component descriptor.37
6.2.9 Content descriptor.39
6.2.10 Country availability descriptor .42
6.2.11 Data broadcast descriptor.42
6.2.12 Data broadcast id descriptor.43
6.2.13 Delivery system descriptors.43
6.2.13.1 Cable delivery system descriptor .44
6.2.13.2 Satellite delivery system descriptor.45
6.2.13.3 S2 satellite delivery system descriptor .46
6.2.13.4 Terrestrial delivery system descriptor .47
6.2.14 DSNG descriptor.49
6.2.15 Extended event descriptor.50
6.2.16 Extension descriptor.51
6.2.17 Frequency list descriptor.51
6.2.18 FTA content management descriptor.52
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6.2.18.1 Scope of FTA content management descriptor .54
6.2.19 Linkage descriptor.55
6.2.20 Local time offset descriptor .57
6.2.21 Mosaic descriptor.58
6.2.22 Multilingual bouquet name descriptor .60
6.2.23 Multilingual component descriptor.61
6.2.24 Multilingual network name descriptor.62
6.2.25 Multilingual service name descriptor.62
6.2.26 Near Video On Demand (NVOD) reference descriptor.63
6.2.27 Network name descriptor.64
6.2.28 Parental rating descriptor .64
6.2.29 Partial Transport Stream (TS) descriptor.64
6.2.30 PDC descriptor.65
6.2.31 Private data specifier descriptor.65
6.2.32 Scrambling descriptor.65
6.2.33 Service descriptor .66
6.2.34 Service availability descriptor.67
6.2.35 Service list descriptor.68
6.2.36 Service move descriptor.68
6.2.37 Short event descriptor .69
6.2.38 Short smoothing buffer descriptor .69
6.2.39 Stream identifier descriptor.71
6.2.40 Stuffing descriptor .71
6.2.41 Subtitling descriptor.72
6.2.42 Telephone descriptor.72
6.2.43 Teletext descriptor.74
6.2.44 Time shifted event descriptor.75
6.2.45 Time shifted service descriptor.75
6.2.46 Transport stream descriptor .75
6.2.47 VBI data descriptor.76
6.2.48 VBI teletext descriptor.77
6.3 Extended descriptor identification and location .77
6.4 Extended descriptor coding .78
6.4.1 CP descriptor.78
6.4.2 CP identifier descriptor.78
6.4.3 Image Icon descriptor .79
7 Storage Media Interoperability (SMI) measures .81
7.1 SMI tables.81
7.1.1 Discontinuity Information Table (DIT) .82
7.1.2 Selection Information Table (SIT).83
7.2 SMI descriptors.84
7.2.1 Partial Transport Stream (TS) descriptor.84
Annex A (normative): Coding of text characters .85
A.1 Control codes.85
A.2 Selection of character table .85
Annex B (normative): CRC decoder model.98
Annex C (informative): Conversion between time and date conventions .99
Annex D (informative): Service information implementation of AC-3 and Enhanced AC-3
audio in DVB systems.101
D.1 AC-3 component types.101
D.2 AC-3 Descriptor.102
D.3 AC-3 Descriptor Syntax .102
D.3.1 Semantics for the AC-3 descriptor .102
D.4 Enhanced_AC-3 Descriptor.103
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D.5 Enhanced_AC-3 Descriptor Syntax .103
D.5.1 Semantics for the Enhanced AC-3 descriptor.104
Annex E (normative): Usage of the Scrambling_descriptor .106
Annex F (informative): ISO 639 Language Descriptor for "original audio" Soundtrack .107
Annex G (informative): Service information implementation of DTS coded audio in DVB
systems .108
G.1 DTS Audio descriptor .108
G.2 DTS Descriptor Syntax .108
G.2.1 Semantics for the DTS descriptor.108
Annex H (informative): Service information implementation of HE-AAC coded audio in DVB
systems .111
H.1 AAC Audio descriptor.111
H.2 AAC_Descriptor Syntax.111
H.2.1 Semantics for the AAC descriptor.111
Annex I (normative): Assignment and interpretation of the service_type field.113
I.1 Background.113
I.2 Assignment of service_type .113
I.2.1 service_type "digital television service" (0x01).113
I.2.2 service_type "advanced codec" (various).114
Annex J (informative): Bibliography.115
History .116

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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by Joint Technical Committee (JTC)
Broadcast of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Comité Européen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique
(CENELEC) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
NOTE: The EBU/ETSI JTC Broadcast was established in 1990 to co-ordinate the drafting of standards in the
specific field of broadcasting and related fields. Since 1995 the JTC Broadcast became a tripartite body
by including in the Memorandum of Understanding also CENELEC, which is responsible for the
standardization of radio and television receivers. The EBU is a professional association of broadcasting
organizations whose work includes the co-ordination of its members' activities in the technical, legal,
programme-making and programme-exchange domains. The EBU has active members in about
60 countries in the European broadcasting area; its headquarters is in Geneva.
European Broadcasting Union
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Founded in September 1993, the DVB Project is a market-led consortium of public and private sector organizations in
the television industry. Its aim is to establish the framework for the introduction of MPEG-2 based digital television
services. Now comprising over 200 organizations from more than 25 countries around the world, DVB fosters
market-led systems, which meet the real needs, and economic circumstances, of the consumer electronics and the
broadcast industry.
National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 5 March 2009
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 30 June 2009
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 December 2009
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 December 2009

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1 Scope
The present document specifies the Service Information (SI) data which forms a part of DVB bitstreams, in order that
the user can be provided with information to assist in selection of services and/or events within the bitstream, and so
that the Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) can automatically configure itself for the selected service. SI data for
automatic configuration is mostly specified within ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18] as Program Specific Information (PSI).
The present document specifies additional data which complements the PSI by providing data to aid automatic tuning of
IRDs, and additional information intended for display to the user. The manner of presentation of the information is not
specified in the present document, and IRD manufacturers have freedom to choose appropriate presentation methods.
It is expected that Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) will be a feature of Digital TV transmissions.
The definition of an EPG is outside the scope of the present document (i.e. the SI specification), but the data contained
within the SI specified in the present document may be used as the basis for an EPG.
Rules of operation for the implementation of the present document are specified in TR 101 211 [i.2].
2 References
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• Non-specific reference may be made only to a complete document or a part thereof and only in the following
cases:
- if it is accepted that it will be possible to use all future changes of the referenced document for the
purposes of the referring document;
- for informative references.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
2.1 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of the present document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For non-specific references, the latest edition of the referenced document
(including any amendments) applies.
[1] ETSI EN 300 231: "Television systems; Specification of the domestic video Programme Delivery
Control system (PDC)".
[2] ETSI EN 300 401: "Radio Broadcasting Systems; Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) to mobile,
portable and fixed receivers".
[3] ETSI EN 300 706: "Enhanced Teletext specification".
[4] ETSI EN 301 192: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); DVB specification for data broadcasting".
[5] ETSI EN 301 210: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing structure, channel coding and
modulation for Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) and other contribution applications by
satellite".
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[6] ETSI EN 301 775: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for the carriage of Vertical
Blanking Information (VBI) data in DVB bitstreams".
[7] ETSI EN 301 790: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Interaction channel for satellite
distribution systems".
[8] ETSI EN 302 307: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Second generation framing structure,
channel coding and modulation systems for Broadcasting, Interactive Services, News Gathering
and other broadband satellite applications".
[9] ETSI TS 101 154: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for the use of Video and
Audio Coding in Broadcasting Applications based on the MPEG-2 Transport Stream".
[10] ETSI TS 102 005: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for the use of Video and
Audio Coding in DVB services delivered directly over IP protocols".
[11] ETSI TS 102 006: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for System Software Update
in DVB Systems".
[12] ETSI TS 102 114: "DTS Coherent Acoustics; Core and Extensions".
[13] ETSI TS 102 323: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Carriage and signalling of TV-Anytime
information in DVB transport streams".
[14] ETSI TS 102 366: "Digital Audio Compression (AC-3, Enhanced AC-3) Standard".
[15] ETSI TS 102 812: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Multimedia Home Platform (MHP)
Specification 1.1.1".
[16] ISO/IEC 10646 (2003): "Information technology - Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set
(UCS)".
[17] ISO/IEC 11172-3: "Information technology - Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for
digital storage media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s - Part 3: Audio".
[18] ISO/IEC 13818-1: "Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated
audio information: Systems".
[19] ISO/IEC 13818-2: "Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated
audio information: Video".
[20] ISO/IEC 13818-3: "Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated
audio information - Part 3: Audio".
[21] ISO/IEC 14496-3 (2005): "Information technology - Coding of audio- visual objects -
Part 3: Audio".
[22] ISO/IEC 6937: "Information technology - Coded graphic character set for text communication -
Latin alphabet".
[23] ISO/IEC 8859-1: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1".
[24] ISO/IEC 8859-2: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 2: Latin alphabet No. 2".
[25] ISO/IEC 8859-3: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 3: Latin alphabet No. 3".
[26] ISO/IEC 8859-4: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 4: Latin alphabet No. 4".
[27] ISO/IEC 8859-5: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 5: Latin/Cyrillic alphabet".
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[28] ISO/IEC 8859-6: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 6: Latin/Arabic alphabet".
[29] ISO/IEC 8859-7: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 7: Latin/Greek alphabet".
[30] ISO/IEC 8859-8: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet".
[31] ISO/IEC 8859-9: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 9: Latin alphabet No. 5".
[32] ISO/IEC 8859-10: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 10: Latin alphabet No. 6".
[33] ISO/IEC 8859-11: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 11: Latin/Thai alphabet".
[34] ISO/IEC 8859-13: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 13: Latin alphabet No. 7".
[35] ISO/IEC 8859-14: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 14: Latin alphabet No. 8 (Celtic)".
[36] ISO/IEC 8859-15: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -
Part 15: Latin alphabet No. 9".
[37] CENELEC EN 50221: "Common interface specification for conditional access and other digital
video broadcasting decoder applications".
[38] IEC 61883 (parts 1 and 4): "Consumer audio/video equipment - Digital interface".
[39] IEEE 1394.1: "IEEE Standard for High Performance Serial Bus Bridges".
[40] ISO 8601: "Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange - Representation of
dates and times".
[41] ISO 3166 (all parts): "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions".
[42] ISO 639-2: "Codes for the representation of names of languages - Part 2: Alpha-3 code".
[43] ITU-R Recommendation BS.1196-1 (annex 2): "Audio coding for digital terrestrial television
broadcasting".
NOTE: Annex 2 contains additional information on the AC-3 audio encoding algorithm and decoding
requirements, relevant to the present document. Appendix 1 to annex 2 of this Recommendation should
be disregarded as it is not applicable to the present document.
[44] KSX1001: "Code for Information Interchange (Hangeul and Hanja)", Korean Agency for
Technology and Standards, Ref. No. KSX 1001-2004.
NOTE: Available at http://unicode.org/Public//MAPPINGS/OBSOLETE/EASTASIA/KSC/KSX1001.TXT.
[45] ETSI ES 201 812: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Multimedia Home Platform (MHP)
Specification 1.0.3".
[46] ETSI TS 102 825 (parts 1 to 5, 7, 9 and 10): "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Content
Protection and Copy Management (DVB-CPCM)".
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2.2 Informative references
The following referenced documents are not essential to the use of the present document but they assist the user with
regard to a particular subject area. For non-specific references, the latest version of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.
[i.1] ETSI TR 101 162: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Allocation of Service Information (SI)
codes for DVB systems".
[i.2] ETSI TR 101 211: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Guidelines on implementation and usage
of Service Information (SI)".
[i.3] ETSI TS 102 590: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Mulimedia Home Platform 1.2".
[i.4] ETSI TR 102 825 (parts 6, 8, 11 to 13): "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Content Protection
and Copy Management (DVB-CPCM)".
[i.5] ISO/IEC 8859-12 (possible future).
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
AC-3: refers to the coding of audio using the Dolby AC-3 method
NOTE: The Service Information requirements for AC-3 streams carried in DVB systems are described in
annex D. The carriage of AC-3 elementary streams as private data within MPEG systems is described in
annex C of TS 101 154 [9].
bouquet: collection of services marketed as a single entity
broadcaster (SERVICE Provider): organization which assembles a sequence of events or programmes to be delivered
to the viewer based upon a schedule
cell: geographical area that is covered with DVB-T signals delivering one or more particular transport streams
throughout the area by means of one or more transmitters
NOTE: The cell may in addition contain repeaters. Two neighbouring cells may be intersecting or fully
overlapping. The cell_id that is used to uniquely identify a cell is unique within each original_network_id.
For hand-over purposes it is more convenient if the transport streams associated with the cell cover
exactly the same area, or only one transport stream per cell is used.
component (ELEMENTARY Stream): one or more entities which together make up an event
EXAMPLE: Video, audio, teletext.
Conditional Access (CA) system: system to control subscriber access to services, programmes and events
EXAMPLE: Videoguard, Eurocrypt.
delivery system: physical medium by which one or more multiplexes are transmitted
EXAMPLE: Satellite system, wide-band coaxial cable, fibre optics, terrestrial channel of one emitting point.
Entitlement Management Messages (EMM): private Conditional Access information which specify the authorization
levels or the services of specific decoders
NOTE: They may be addressed to individual decoder or groups of decoders.
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event: grouping of elementary broadcast data streams with a defined start and end time belonging to a common service
EXAMPLE: First half of a football match, News Flash, first part of an entertainment show.
forbidden: when used in the clauses defining the coded bit stream, indicates that the value shall never be used
MPEG-2: See ISO/IEC 13818.
NOTE: Systems coding is defined in part 1 [18]. Video coding is defined in part 2 [19]. Audio coding is defined
in part 3 [20].
multiplex: stream of all the digital data carrying one or more services within a single physical channel
network: collection of MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS) multiplexes transmitted on a single delivery system
EXAMPLE: All digital channels on a specific cable system.
n PSK: n-valued Phase Shift Keying (other than quaternary)
original_network_id: unique identifier of a network
programme: concatenation of one or more events under the control of a broadcaster e.g. news show, entertainment
show
repeater: equipment which receives and re-transmits a DVB-T signal
NOTE: It can not change the TPS bits and thus the cell_id.
reserved: when used in the clause defining the coded bit stream, indicates that the value may be used in the future for
ISO defined extensions
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified within the present document all "reserved" bits is set to "1".
reserved_future_use: when used in the clause defining the coded bit stream, indicates that the value may be used in the
future for ETSI defined extensions
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified within the present document all "reserved_future_use" bits is set to "1".
section: syntactic structure used for mapping all service information defined in EN 300 468 into ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18]
TS packets
service: sequence of programmes under the control of a broadcaster which can be broadcast as part of a schedule
service_id: unique identifier of a service within a TS
Service Information (SI): digital data describing the delivery system, content and scheduling/timing of broadcast data
streams, etc.
NOTE: It includes MPEG-2 PSI together with independently defined extensions.
subcell: geographical area that is part of the cells coverage area and that is covered with DVB-T signals by means of a
transposer
NOTE: In conjunction with the cell_id the cell_id_extension is used to uniquely identify a subcell.
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sub_table: collection of sections with the same value of table_id and:
for a NIT: the same table_id_extension (network_id) and version_number;
for a BAT: the same table_id_extension (bouquet_id) and version_number;
for a SDT: the same table_id_extension (transport_stream_id), the same original_network_id and
version_number;
for a EIT: the same table_id_extension (service_id), the same transport_stream_id, the same original_network_id
and version_number.
NOTE: The table_id_extension field is equivalent to the fourth and fifth byte of a section when the
section_syntax_indicator is set to a value of "1".
table: comprised of a number of sub_tables with the same value of table_id
transmitter: equipment, that allows to modulate a baseband transport stream and to broadcast it on one frequency
Transport Stream (TS): data structure defined in ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18]
NOTE: It is the basis of the DVB standards.
transport_stream_id: unique identifier of a TS within an original network
Transposer: type of repeater which receives a DVB-T signal and re-transmits it on a different frequency
The relationships of some of these definitions are illustrated in the service delivery model in figure 1.

Sa t el l it e    Te r r e s t ri a l
Ne t w o r k s Cable
Tr a ns po n d er Tr a n sp on de r Tr a n sp on de r Tr a ns po n de r C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l C h a n n e l
Mu l t ip l e x e s
Bo u q u e t
S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e rv i c e S e r v i c e S e r v i c e S e rv i c e
S e r v i c e
Se rv i c e s
Co m p o n en t s
V i d e o A u d i o 1 A u d i o 2 D a t a

Figure 1: Digital broadcasting, service delivery model
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3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AAC Advanced Audio Coding (see TS 101 154 [9])
AC-3 Dolby AC-3 audio coding (ITU-R Recommendation BS.1196-1 [43])
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BAT Bouquet Association Table
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
bslbf bit string, left bit first
CA Conditional Access
CAT Conditional Access Table
CLUT Colour Look-Up Table
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CSA Common Scrambling Algorithm
DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
DIT Discontinuity Information Table
DSNG Digital Satellite News Gathering
DTS Digital Theater Systems (see TS 102 114 [12])
DVB Digital Video Broadcasting
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
EBU European Broadcasting Union
ECM Entitlement Control Message
EIT Event Information Table
EMM Entitlement Management Message
EPG Electronic Programme Guide
ES Elementary Stream
FEC Forward Error Correction
HD High Definition (Video)
HE-AAC High Efficiency AAC
HP High Priority
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
INT IP Notification Table (see EN 301 192 [4])
IP Internet Protocol
IRD Integrated Receiver Decoder
ISO International Organization for Standardization
LP Low Priority
LSB Least Significant Bit
MJD Modified Julian Date
MPE Multiprotocol Encapsulation
MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group
MSB Most Significant Bit
NBC-BS Non Backwards Compatible Broadcast Services (DVB-S2)
NDA Non Disclosure Agreement
NIT Network Information Table
NVOD Near Video On Demand
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex
PAT Program Association Table
PCM Pulse-code modulation
PDC Programme Delivery Control
PID Packet IDentifier
PIL Programme Identification Label
PMT Program Map Table
PSI Program Specific Information
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QPSK Quaternary Phase Shift Keying
RAR Resolution Authority Record
RDS Radio Data System
RNT RAR Notification Table
rpchof remainder polynomial coefficients, highest order first
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RS Reed-Solomon
RST Running Status Table
ScF Scale Factor
SD Standard Definition (Video)
SDT Service Description Table
SI Service Information
SIT Selection Information Table
SMATV Satellite Master Antenna Television
SMI Storage Media Interoperability
SRM System Renewability Message
ST Stuffing Table
TDT Time and Date Table
TOT Time Offset Table
TPS Transmission Parameter Signalling
TS Transport Stream
TSDT Transport Stream Description Table
TVA TV-Anytime (http://www.tv-anytime.org)
UECP Universal Encoder Communication Protocol (RDS)
uimsbf unsigned integer most significant bit first
URL Uniform Resource Locator
UTC Universal Time, Co-ordinat
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