DTG Testing

DTG Testing is an independent interoperability testing house for digital TV devices and platforms in the UK. It runs conformance, performance and certification testing for Freeview Play, Freely, Freesat and other digital terrestrial platforms, and its technical experts produce the D-Book, the specification for UK digital terrestrial television. Services also include DVB-I test suites, BBC pre-conformance testing and product testing against ETSI standards. A joint venture, SafeShark, covers cyber security testing for connected devices.

Customers include manufacturers, platform operators, broadcasters, retailers, and government and regulatory bodies. Test suites can be licensed for in-house use under end-user licence agreements, or DTG Testing carries out full testing to an agreed test plan.

DTG Testing was established in 2000 as a subsidiary of Digital TV Group, the association for the UK digital TV industry. The non-profit organisation operates an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory in central London and holds UKAS accreditation No. 4511 for digital terrestrial television (Freeview) receiver testing and DAB testing. Its DTG Zoo holds more than 190 HD and 4K TVs, representing 95% of the UK free-to-air receiver market.

Product: Conformance, performance and certification test suites and testing services for digital TV devices and broadcast platforms.