What are Digital television receivers?

Why in news?

• The Bureau of Indian Standards has published three significant Indian Standards in the area of Electronics.
• The first standard is Indian Standard for digital television receivers with built-in satellite tuners. 
• The technical Committee has published an Indian Standard IS 18112:2022 Specification for television with built-in satellite tuners. 
• The TVs manufactured as per this Indian standard would enable reception of Free-To-Air TV and Radio channels just by connecting a dish antenna with LNB mounted on a suitable place, at the rooftop/side wall of the building.
• This would facilitate the transmission of knowledge about government initiatives, schemes, the educational content of Doordarshan and the repository of Indian cultural programs to reach and benefit a wide segment of the population in the country at large.

What are Digital television receivers?

• In this television in which the signals are transmitted in digital form and decoded by the television receiver.

Q1) What is BIS?

The Bureau of Indian Standards is the National Standards Body of India under Department of Consumer affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India. It is established by the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016.

Source: BIS publishes standards for digital television receivers with built-in satellite tuners

‹ ›