About
DTG Testing was founded in 2000 and is the UK Digital TV industry’s interoperability testing house. DTG Testing is a subsidiary of the Digital TV Group, the industry association for digital television in the UK. DTG Testing is not-for-profit, with all surplus reinvested in providing world-leading test and conformance services.
DTG Testing provides the product testing services used by manufacturers to demonstrate conformance to the Freeview, Freeview HD, Freeview New Zealand and Freesat trade marks and the 'digital tick' certification mark.
The Test Centre plays a significant role in the development of the Freeview and Freesat platforms, providing testing services to broadcasters, platform operators and manufacturers and developing test tools with its industry partners.
The Test Centre’s receiver ‘Zoo’ houses the UK’s largest collection of representative samples of DTT and D-Sat receivers which is used to support digital switchover by gathering data about the capability of receivers deployed in the UK and is used by developers of interactive application testers for pre transmission testing.
DTG Testing manages the Freeview and Freesat Engineering Channel, which is used by manufacturers to provide over-air downloads to the software in deployed receivers.