Method and apparatus for providing binary digital TV data from a structured data format

摘要

A method and apparatus for providing binary digital TV data from a structured data format, wherein data in a structured data format according to a predetermined intermediate data format definition is converted into binary digital TV data of a predetermined technical standard, a conversion algorithm being applied to a structured data format according to a user data format definition so as to convert the data in the structured data format according to the user data format definition to data in the structured data format according to said intermediate data format definition for conversion into the binary digital TV data.