Physics: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
- 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
- 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 (de) (FTZ)
- Rundfunk- und Fernsehtechnisches Zentralamt (de) (RFZ)
- Informations-Verarbeitungs-Zentrum (de) (IVZ)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Germany's Institut für Rundfunktechnik to shut down". 2020-08-03. https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2020/08/03/germanys-institut-fur-rundfunktechnik-to-shut-down/.
- ↑ "IRT to Close by End of 2020". 2020-04-12. https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/irt-to-close-by-end-of-2020.
- ↑ "The Story of HIGH COM". 2009. http://www.ernstschroeder.de/highcom.htm. [1]
Further reading
- "#IRTHISTORY – Wir blicken zurück auf 64 Jahre Rundfunktechnik" (in de). Institut für Rundfunktechnik. 2020-09-09. https://www.irt.de/de/aktuell/news/view-1/datum/2020/09/09/irthistory-wir-blicken-zurueck-auf-64-jahre-rundfunktechnik.
External links
- 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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