DVB-S

List of digital television broadcast standards
DVB standards (countries)
DVB-T (terrestrial) DVB-T2 DVB-S (satellite) DVB-S2 DVB-S2X DVB-C (cable) DVB-C2 DVB-H (handheld) DVB-SH (satellite)
ATSC standards (countries)
ATSC (terrestrial/cable) ATSC 2.0 ATSC-M/H (mobile/handheld)
ISDB standards (countries)
ISDB-T (terrestrial) ISDB-T International SBTVD/ISDB-Tb (Brazil) ISDB-S (satellite) ISDB-C (cable) 1seg (handheld)
DTMB standards (countries)
DTMB (terrestrial) CMMB (handheld)
DMB standard (countries)
T-DMB (terrestrial) S-DMB (satellite)
Codecs
Video HEVC H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC AVS VC-1 Audio MP2 MP3 AC-3 E-AC-3 AAC HE-AAC
Frequency bands
VHF UHF SHF

DVB-S is an abbreviation for "Digital Video Broadcasting — Satellite"; it is the original DVB standard for Satellite Television and dates from 1995, in its first release, while development lasted from 1993 to 1997. The first commercial application was by Galaxy in Australia, enabling digitally broadcast, satellite-delivered Television to the public.

It is used via satellites serving every continent of the world. DVB-S is used in both Multiple Channel Per Carrier (MCPC) and Single channel per carrier modes for Broadcast Network feeds as well as for Direct Broadcast Satellite services like Sky (UK & Ireland) via Astra in Europe, Dish Network and Globecast in the U.S. and Bell TV in Canada.

While the actual DVB-S standard only specifies physical link characteristics and framing, the overlaid transport stream delivered by DVB-S is mandated as MPEG-2, known as MPEG transport stream (MPEG-TS).

Some amateur television repeaters also use this mode in the 1.2 GHz amateur band.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to DVB-S.

ETSI DVB-S
DVB-S TR 101 198 V1.1.1 (09/97) Implementation of Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation in DVB satellite transmission systems
DVB-S EN 300 421 V1.1.2 (08/97) Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for 11/12 GHz satellite services
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