Institut für Rundfunktechnik
The Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH is the research centre of the German broadcasters, Austria's broadcaster and the Swiss public broadcaster. It is located in Munich and is responsible for the research and standardisation of broadcasting technology. Nowadays it is focused on digital technologies.
They invented important standards such as DAB and DVB-T.
Institut für Rundfunktechnik is a founding member of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV consortium of broadcasting and Internet industry companies that is promoting and establishing an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface.
