Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH (IRT)

The IRT is the research and development centre of the public service broadcasters in Germany (ARD, ZDF, DLR), in Austria (ORF) and in Switzerland (SRG/SSR). The IRT is a non-profit company working in the interest of the general public. Favouring open technical standards and horizontal system markets, the IRT is heavily involved in the technical work of the EBU (the European Broadcasting Union) and is an active contributor to the relevant standardisation bodies and international initiatives.

Role within the MHP-KDB project:
Within the project, the IRT takes the role of the project coordinator and is thus responsible for the overall management of the project and the cooperation with the European Commission. Since the beginning, IRT has been active in the standardisation work of DVB-MHP, organises MHP interoperability workshops and has been developing a MHP reference implementation. With this outstanding experience IRT brings important MHP related know-how into the project. For the dissemination part, IRT will contribute through all fora and bodies, being media-oriented or generally oriented to interactive TV. Special events will be supported by IRT with equipment and know-how.