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{{short description|1995 digital TV standard for satellite television}}
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'''Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite''' ('''DVB-S''') is the original [[Digital Video Broadcasting|DVB]] standard for [[satellite television]] and dates from 1995, in its first release, while development lasted from 1993 to 1997. The first commercial applications were by [[Canal+ (French TV provider)|Canal+]] in France{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} and [[Galaxy (Australian television)|Galaxy]] in Australia, enabling digitally broadcast, satellite-delivered [[television]] to the public. According to ETSI,<ref name="etsi24" /> 
{{blockquote |text=DVB-S was the first DVB standard for satellite, defining the framing structure, channel coding and modulation for 11/12 GHz satellite services.}}

It is used via satellites serving every continent of the world. DVB-S is used in both [[Multiplexing#Digital broadcasting|multiple channel per carrier]] (MCPC) and [[single channel per carrier]] modes for [[broadcast network]] feeds as well as for [[direct-broadcast satellite]] services like [[Sky (UK & Ireland)|Sky UK and Ireland]] via [[Astra (satellite)|Astra]] in Europe, [[Dish Network]] and [[Globecast]] in the U.S. and [[Bell Satellite TV]] in Canada.

While the actual DVB-S standard only specifies physical link characteristics and framing, the overlaid transport stream delivered by DVB-S is mandated as [[MPEG-2#Systems|MPEG-2]], known as [[MPEG transport stream]] (MPEG-TS).

Some [[amateur television]] repeaters also use this mode in the [[23-centimeter band|1.2 GHz]] amateur band.

==General references==
*{{cite web |title=Specifications |year=2024 |website=DVB |url=https://dvb.org/specifications/ |access-date=2024-02-19 }}
*{{cite report |title=Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for 11/12 GHz satellite services |number=EN 300 421 V1.1.2 (1997-08) |type=European Standard |series=Telecommunications |publisher=European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) |location=Valbonne, France |year=1997 |url=https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/300400_300499/300421/01.01.02_60/en_300421v010102p.pdf |access-date=2024-02-19 }}

==References==
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<ref name="etsi24">{{cite web |title=DVB-S/S2: Introduction |year=2024 |website=ETSI |url=https://www.etsi.org/technologies/dvb-s-s2 |access-date=2024-02-19 }}</ref>
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==External links==
{{Commons category|DVB-S}}
* [http://www.etsi.org/technologies-clusters/technologies/satellite/dvb-s-s2 ETSI DVB-S/S2]
* [http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_tr/101100_101199/101198/01.01.01_60/tr_101198v010101p.pdf DVB-S TR 101 198 V1.1.1 (09/97)] Implementation of Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation in DVB satellite transmission systems
* [http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/300400_300499/300421/01.01.02_60/en_300421v010102p.pdf DVB-S EN 300 421 V1.1.2 (08/97)] Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for 11/12&nbsp;GHz satellite services
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121016023101/http://irdeto.com/documents/Irdeto-40_year_book.pdf Irdeto history]

[[Category:Digital Video Broadcasting]]
[[Category:Satellite broadcasting]]
[[Category:Television transmission standards]]

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