DVB-C stands for "
Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable" and it is the
DVB European consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of
digital television over
cable. This system transmits an
MPEG-2 or
MPEG-4 family
digital audio/
digital video stream, using a
QAM modulation with
channel coding. The standard was first published by the
ETSI in 1994, and subsequently became the most widely used transmission system for digital cable television in Europe, Asia and South America. It is deployed worldwide in systems ranging from the larger cable television networks (CATV) down to smaller satellite master antenna TV (SMATV) systems.
