IPTV testing event, Geneva, 2 June 2016

​A suite of ITU-T’s IPTV standards is built on mature technologies and covers the end-to-end IPTV ecosystem, taking into consideration a variety of aspects, including accessibility. Not only standards are regularly updated, but new ones continue to be developed to meet rapidly growing market needs. Associated conformance testing specifications have been developed and are regularly maintained. For this reason, regular testing is needed to verify conformity to standards and to improve interoperability.    

Conformance and interoperability testing are key to rapid implementation of new globally interoperable technologies, which is a key business strategy for the ICT industry. And early implementation of international standards that have been recently approved or are nearing completion can be a smart way to explore new business opportunities.

A series of regular IPTV Interop events are planned at ITU headquarters, Geneva, to offer a continuous platform to test your products based on both existing and developing ITU-T IPTV standards. Upcoming event will take place from 25 to 26 May 2016.  

​Conformance and/or Interoperability testing of products based on:

• ITU-T H.701 (2009) Content delivery error recovery for IPTV services
• ITU-T H.702 (2015) Accessibility profiles for IPTV systems
• ITU-T H.721 (2015) IPTV terminal devices: Basic model
• ITU-T H.750 (2008) High-level specification of metadata for IPTV services
• ITU-T H.761 (2014) Nested context language (NCL) and Ginga-NCL
• ITU-T H.762 Lightweight interactive multimedia environment (LIME) for IPTV services
• ITU-T H.764 IPTV services enhanced script language
• ITU-T H.770 (2015) Mechanisms for service discovery and selection for IPTV services

Testing specifications include:

• ITU-T HSTP-CONF-H701 (2011) Conformance testing specification for ITU-T H.701
• ITU-T HSTP-CONF-H721 (2015) Conformance testing specification for ITU-T H.721
• ITU-T HSTP-CONF-H762 (2013) Conformance testing specification for ITU-T H.762
• ITU-THSTP-CONF-H770 (2010) Conformance testing specification for ITU-T H.770

• ​Anonymized testing results will be fed into ITU-T Study Group 16 and ITU-T IPTV-GSI
• Contributing directly to the development of test specification to be discussed at IPTV-GSI
• Considering submission of entries to the ITU Product Conformity Database

​The fee for participating in the conformance and/or interoperability testing of this event will be CHF 800 per organization. This sum will also cover the right to participate in one more ITU IPTV Interop event which is planned to be held at ITU headquarters. ITU academia membership will be exempted from this fee. The showcasing will be free for both exhibitors and visitors.