HbbTV Releases Version 2025-1

The HbbTV Association has announced the release of version 2025-1 of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite.

The latest update further strengthens the Test Suite’s position as an essential resource for manufacturers, ensuring compliance of TV sets and set-top boxes with the latest HbbTV specifications. For broadcasters, the Test Suite is a key mechanism to increase consistency between implementations and hence reduce costs for broadcasters and application developers.

The HbbTV Test Suite v2025-1 release includes 3,361 test cases, with 3,120 focused on HbbTV specifications and the rest covering related standards. Among these, 2,653 have been officially approved, offering a reliable way for manufacturers and platforms to check that devices meet HbbTV standards.

The new release incorporates all necessary tests for the latest HbbTV specification, HbbTV 2.0.4 (TS 102 796 v1.7.1). This includes enhanced coverage for accessibility features, DVB-I services, voice control functionalities, and audio watermarking tests related to the HbbTV-ADB+TA2 specification. Additionally, the release contains 241 non-HbbTV test cases, broadening its applicability across related technologies and standards.

"HbbTV's continuous commitment to refining and expanding the Test Suite is vital to ensuring the reliability, interoperability, and quality of HbbTV-compliant devices and services worldwide," said Vincent Grivet, Chair of the HbbTV Association. "With this latest release, we further support manufacturers, broadcasters and platform operators in delivering seamless, compelling, and state-of-the-art TV experiences for consumers."

The Test Suite is available through registered HbbTV test centres and, as a convenience, to HbbTV members for use in their own facilities.

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