scope:

DVB has produced a specification for the delivery of MPEG-2 TS based DVB services over IP networks. This specification is referred to as the DVB-IPTV handbook [1] and covers several types of IPTV services (e.g. Live Media Broadcast, Content on Demand). It has become evident that every building block in the handbook is not necessarily required for the deployment of specific IPTV systems. It is however not currently possible to implement a subset of the building blocks and claim compliancy to the DVB-IPTV handbook.

In order to facilitate and maximize the stepwise deployment of IPTV services, the present document defines a small set of service oriented profiles. A profile is a coherent subset of the DVB-IPTV handbook, allowing companies to claim a degree of DVB compliancy for IPTV services.

For details about specific technologies referenced in the present document, we invite the reader to refer to the DVB-IPTV handbook [1].