Freeview Testing

Freeview HD & Freeview Play Testing

DTG Testing, is the industry’s not-for-profit test centre, for complete Freeview Play Conformance testing. Certification for Freeview Play receivers breaks down into two parts; Freeview HD and Freeview Play certification.

Freeview HD

This is the broadcast element of Freeview Play devices. For this, you will need access to the DTG D-Book, which is FREE for DTG Members or £50,000 for a single edition for non-members.

Freeview Play

For Freeview Play certification, you will first need to complete a Registration of interest via the DUK website in order to obtain the Freeview Play specifications.

For Freeview Play certification, DTG Testing offers a complete testing service which includes the following:

• Freeview HD: D-Book Conformance Testing
• Freeview Play Metadata Delivery & Presentation Testing
• Freeview Play Platform Technology Testing
• HbbTV Conformance Testing
• HbbTV MHEG Transition Testing
• Content Provider (CP) Player testing:
  • ITV Hub, All 4, Demand 5, UKTV, STV, etc.
  • CP Integrated Player testing
  • BBC TV Platform pre-conformance testing (CATAL, BBC iPlayer, Sport, News and RB+). This service helps manufacturers to identify and debug issues (if any) before booking the final certification conformance testing with BBC.

No member has the right to share the D-Book lawfully with other organisations. You should also be aware that the cost of unauthorised use of the D-Book is £50,000, which is also the cost of a single edition to non-members. If you are developing a Freeview HD device, you need lawful access to the D-Book to avoid problems in the future. You should also be aware that we inform UK retailers of the identities of all the organisations with access to the D-Book so that they can ensure that their suppliers are fully entitled to use the specification and they can therefore range their products.