Directive 95/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the use of standards for the transmission of television signals(6) did not mandate any specific digital television transmission system or service requirement, and this opened up an opportunity for the market actors to take the initiative and develop suitable systems. Through the Digital Video Broadcasting Group, European market actors have developed a family of television transmission systems that have been adopted by broadcasters throughout the world.
V Direktivi 95/47/ES Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta z dne 24. oktobra 1995 o uporabi standardov za prenos televizijskih signalov nista bila predpisana niti poseben digitalni televizijski prenosni sistem niti zahteva glede storitev, kar je omogočilo tržnim dejavnikom, da prevzamejo pobudo in razvijejo primerna omrežja.Evropski tržni dejavniki so prek skupine za digitalno videoradiodifuzijo razvili družino televizijskih prenosnih sistemov, ki so jih prevzele radiodifuzne hiše po vsem svetu.