IEEE February Stammtisch: Evolution of Digital TV Technology

We have the pleasure to have Peter Siebert for our February Stammtisch.

Abstract:
“Starting with the analogue TV history the presentation will cover how digital television was introduced in Europe starting with the creation of the DVB Project (www.dvb.org) in 1993 followed by an overview  on how the technology developed over the last 25 years. Finally IP based video delivery (OTT and IPTV) will be introduced.”


Bio Peter Siebert
Dr. Peter Siebert’s career spans 35 years.  He has held various positions within the Broadcast industry, most recently he was the Executive Director at the DVB Project Office in Geneva, where he was responsible for all organizational and technology related aspects of the DVB.  Prior to this with Siemens AG, he was influential in the design of the end-to-end IPTV and set-top box solution; at SES-ASTRA he was instrumental in the introduction of digital television via satellite for Europe, based on the DVB/MPEG-2 standards; and at Philips Kommunikations AG, he managed digital audio and video transmission.

His involvement has been on all aspects of audio-video transmission such as video transmission over telecommunication networks (PDH/SDH), satellite and IPTV networks. He was responsible for a number of ETSI specifications in the area of satellite transmission as well as for DVB standards.  He holds several patents for various aspects of audio-visual data transmission.

Dr. Peter Siebert received his M.Sc. degree in 1984 and his Ph.D. degree in 1989 in physics from the University in Frankfurt, Germany.  In addition, he holds a degree in economics from the University in Hagen, Germany and an MBA from the Open University Milton Keynes, UK. He is a Senior IEEE Member and an elected Adcom member of IEEE Broadcast Technology Society (BTS).