Mission

To investigate emerging digital radio and digital television broadcast technologies and systems, their integration into a broadband communications environment including interoperability among delivery media and services, to provide technical support to broadcast spectrum planning and allocation, and the development of new services and products by the industry through technology transfer and collaborative research .

Strengths

• Canadian leadership in digital broadcast technology research and development
• Unique research and evaluation facilities in Canada
• Expertise in digital radio broadcast technology
• Expertise in digital television technology
• Expertise in audio and video psychophysics (human aural and visual perception)
• Audio and Video signal processing
• Subjective evaluation of audio and video signals

Impact

• Canadian Leadership in broadcast technology research and development
• National, regional and international recommendations on broadcast standards
• Spectrum planning and regulation
• Broadcast system infrastructure development
• New broadcast services and products development

Clients

• Industry Canada (e.g. Spectrum Engineering Branch)
• Government/Industry Task Forces on implementation of digital broadcasting
• Broadcast industry associations
• Broadcast services industry (e.g. terrestrial, satellite, cable)
• National, regional and international standards organizations
• National and international broadcast industries and research laboratories