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RECOMMENDATION ITU-R BT.1209-1* Service multiplex methods for digital terrestrialtelevision broadcasting (Question ITU-R 31/6) (1995-1997) The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly, considering a) that digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB) will be introduced in the VHF/UHF bands by some administrations; b) that existing television broadcast systems are capable of transmitting video, sound and data services which can include multi-language services, teletext, Power Distribution Centres (PDC), etc.; c) that digital television broadcasting systems can provide for the simultaneous transmission of video, sound, data and control signals; d) that any service multiplex method should provide for the optional capability of multiple digital television programme services within an existing channel; e) that the service multiplex, for example, can be implemented using structured transmission (fixed assigned method), packet transmission (variable assigned method), or a combination of the?two; f) that there are significant advantages in each of the above approaches depending upon the service requirements; g) that it may be desirable to support the transmission of a hierarchical video service (comprising HDTV, EDTV and SDTV) within a single channel; h) that it is desirable that the service multiplex be capable of flexible allocation of data to audio, video and data services, consistent with the data capacity required for the video; j) that multiple digital television programme satellite broadcasting systems are under development in some countries; k) that it is desirable to seek commonality between systems designed for different channel widths, recommends 1 that DTTB systems should use the Transport Stream multiplexing methods specified in the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 138181 (ISO/IEC Standard?13818-1). The outline of the specifications is shown in Annex?1. Annex 1 1 Introduction The multiplexing