What are Digital television receivers?

Why in news?

• The Bureau of Indian Standards has published three significant Indian Standards in the area of Electronics.
• The first standard is Indian Standard for digital television receivers with built-in satellite tuners. 
• The technical Committee has published an Indian Standard IS 18112:2022 Specification for television with built-in satellite tuners. 
• The TVs manufactured as per this Indian standard would enable reception of Free-To-Air TV and Radio channels just by connecting a dish antenna with LNB mounted on a suitable place, at the rooftop/side wall of the building.
• This would facilitate the transmission of knowledge about government initiatives, schemes, the educational content of Doordarshan and the repository of Indian cultural programs to reach and benefit a wide segment of the population in the country at large.

 

What are Digital television receivers?

• In this television in which the signals are transmitted in digital form and decoded by the television receiver.

 

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Q1) What is BIS?

The Bureau of Indian Standards is the National Standards Body of India under Department of Consumer affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India. It is established by the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016.

Source: BIS publishes standards for digital television receivers with built-in satellite tuners