Institut für Rundfunktechnik
The Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH (IRT) (Institute for Broadcasting Technology Ltd.) was a research centre of German broadcasters (ARD / ZDF / DLR), Austria's broadcaster (ORF) and the Swiss public broadcaster (SRG / SSR). It was responsible for research on broadcasting technology. It was founded in 1956[1] and was located in Munich, Germany.
They invented or were influential in the research, development and field-testing of important standards such as ARI, RDS, VPS, DSR, DAB and DVB-T.
Institut für Rundfunktechnik was a founding member of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) consortium of broadcasting and Internet industry companies that established an open European standard (called HbbTV) for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface.
In 2020, ZDF and then other supporters indicated that they planned to withdraw from the organization, so the IRT was closed by the end of 2020.[1][2]
Former members
[edit]- Bayerischer Rundfunk
- Deutsche Welle
- Deutschlandradio
- Hessischer Rundfunk
- Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
- Norddeutscher Rundfunk
- Österreichischer Rundfunk
- Radio Bremen
- Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
- Saarländischer Rundfunk
- SRG SSR
- Südwestrundfunk
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln
- ZDF
See also
[edit]- BBC Research & Development
- High Com FM (researched and field-trialed by IRT between 1979 and 1984)[3]
- Wittmoor List (maintained by IRT up to June 2018)
- European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- DVB Project
- WorldDAB
- Public broadcasting
- Teletext
- Fernmeldetechnisches Zentralamt (FTZ)
- Rundfunk- und Fernsehtechnisches Zentralamt (RFZ)
- Informations-Verarbeitungs-Zentrum (IVZ)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Thomson, Stuart (2020-08-03). "Germany's Institut für Rundfunktechnik to shut down". Digital TV Europe. Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ Weise, Detlef (2020-04-12). "IRT to Close by End of 2020". Radio World. Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ Schröder, Ernst F. (2009) [2007]. "The Story of HIGH COM". Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-16. [1]
Further reading
[edit]- Schierbaum, Thomas; Schmidle, Carola; Nachlinger, Martina, eds. (2020-09-09). "#IRTHISTORY – Wir blicken zurück auf 64 Jahre Rundfunktechnik" [Looking back at 64 years of radio broadcasting history] (in German). Institut für Rundfunktechnik. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210430071454/https://www.irt.de/en/home
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210430023055/https://www.irt.de/de/publikationen/technische-richtlinien/technische-richtlinien-archiv Technical guidelines
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