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TECHNICAL CODE  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MIDDLEWARE PROFILE FOR DIGITAL  TERRESTRIAL  TELEVISION 
BROADCAST SERVICE  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Developed by   Registered by  
  
 
 
Issued date: 31 January 2013  
 
 
 
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 i DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL CODE S 
 
 
The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (‘the Act’) provides for Technical Standards Forum 
designated under section 184 of the Act or the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia 
Commission (‘the Commission’) to prepare a technical code. The technical code prepared pursuant to 
section 185 of the Act shall consist of, at least, the requirement for network interoperability and the 
promotion of safety of network facilities.  
 
Section 96 of the Act also provides for the Commission to determine a technical code in  accordance 
with section 55 of the Act if the technical code is not developed under an applicable provision of the 
Act and it is unlikely to be developed by the Technical Standards Forum within a reasonable time.  
 
In exercise of the power conferred by sect ion 184 of the Act, the Commission has designated the 
Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd (‘MTSFB’) as a Technical Standards Forum which is 
obligated, among others, to prepare the technical code under section 185 of the Act.  
 
A technical code prepared in accordance with section 185 shall not be effective until it is registered by 
the Commission pursuant to section 95 of the Act.  
 
For further information on the technical code, please contact:  
 
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM)  
Off Pesiaran Multimedia  
63000 Cyberjaya  
Selangor Darul Ehsan  
MALAYSIA  
 
Tel: +60 3 8688 8000  
Fax: +60 3 8688 1000  
http://www.skmm.gov.my  
 
OR 
 
Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd (MTSFB ) 
L2-E-11, Lab 3, Digital Media C entre  
Enterprise 4  
Technology Park Malaysia  
Lebuhraya Puchong –Sg Besi  
Bukit Jalil  
57000 Kuala Lumpur  
MALAYSIA  
 
Tel: +60 3 8996 5505/5509  
Fax: +60 3 8996 5507  
http://www.mtsfb.org.my  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
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 ii  
CONTENTS  
 
Committee Representation  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................  iii 
Foreword  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  iv 
Introduction ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  1 
1  Scope  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ....... 1 
2  References  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............................  2 
3  Overview  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 2 
4  Requirement  ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................  2 
Acknowledgements  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............................  4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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 iii Committee Representation  
 
 
The Multimedia Terminal Working Group (MMT WG) under the Malaysian Technical Standards Forum 
Bhd (MTSFB) which developed this  Technical Standard consists of representatives from the following 
organisations:  
 
 
Al Hijrah Media Corporation (TV Alhijrah)  
Asiaspace Sdn. Bhd.  
BVD Systems Sdn. Bhd.  
Conax AS Asia Pacific  
Digital TV Labs Limited  
LG Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd.  
ManQana Sdn. Bhd. 
Measat Broadcast Network Sdn. Bhd. (ASTRO)  
Media Prima Berhad  
Panasonic R&D Centre Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.  
Radio Television Malaysia (RTM)  
Rohde & Schwarz Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.  
SIRIM Berhad  
Sony EMCS (M) Sdn. Bhd.  
Strategy and Technology  
Telekom Malaysia Berh ad    
Telekom Research & Development Sdn. Bhd.  
U Mobile Sdn. Bhd.  
U Television Sdn. Bhd.  
Y&R 
  
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 iv FOREWORD  
 
 
This technical code for the Middleware Profile for Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcast Service  (‘this 
Technical Code’) was developed purs uant to section 185 of the Act 588 by the Malaysian Technical 
Standard Forum Berhad (‘MTSFB’) via its Multimedia Terminal Working Group . 
 
This Technical Code shall continue to be valid and effective until reviewed or cancelled.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
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 1 MIDDLEWA RE PROFILE FOR DIGITAL  TERRESTRIAL  TELEVISION 
BROADCAST SERVICE  
 
 
Introduction  
 
 
This profile outlines the minimum Broadcast Middleware require ments for Malaysia . The middleware 
outlined here is based on Hybrid Broadcast Broadband  TV (HbbTV ) consortiums hybrid platform 
based on open internet standards.  
 
The purpose of this document is to profile the minimum requirements needed for a compliant receiver 
for Malaysian Digital Broadcast.  
 
 
1.  Scope  
 
 
This document outlin es the HbbTV profile for any Malaysian Digital Broadcast including and not 
limited to Terrestrial free to Air Set Top Box receivers, Integrated Digital Television or Personal Video 
Recorders.  
 
 
1.1 Glossary  
 
DTT           Digital Terrestrial Television  
DVB          Digital Video Broadcast organization  
DVB-CI  DVB-Common Interface  
DVB-T       DVB-Terrestrial  
DVB-T2  DVB-Terrestrial T2  
EPG           Electronic Programme Guide  
EIT            Event Information Table  
FTA           Free to Air  
HDCP        High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection  
HDMI         High-Definition Multimedia Interface  
HDTV         High Definition Television  
IRD           Integrated Receiver Decoder  
IDTVs        Integrated Digital Televisions  
May           Indicates an event or provision wh ich is permitted, but not mandatory  
MPEG       Moving Pictures Expert Group  
Must          Indicates that a third party must comply to ensure correct operation  
                  (present tense) Indicates an existing provision  
OSD          Onscreen Display  
(Opt)  Optional  
 (Req)   Requirement  
RF             Radio Frequency  
SD            Standard Definition  
SDTV        Standard Definition Television  
SI              Service Information  
S/PDIF      Sony/Philips Digital Interface   
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 2 STB           Set-Top-Box, which i s equivalent to a digital Terrestrial receiver  
Shall         Indicates a mandatory provision  
Should        Indicates a desirable, but not mandatory, provision  
(TS)           Transport Stream: A data structure defined in ISO/IEC 13818 -1 
UHF           Ultra -High Frequency  
Will            Indicates an assumption about existing states or future events  
 
 
2.  References  
 
[1]  ETSI TS 102 796 V1.1.1 (2010 -06) Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV  
 
[2] HbbTV Specification 1.5 (Dated: 2012 -3-16) 
 
[3] ISO/IEC 23009 -1: Information Technology – Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) 
– Part 1: Media Presentation Description and Segment Formats.  
 
[4]  ISO/IEC 23009 -2: Conformance and reference software for DASH  
 
[5]  ISO/IEC 23009 -3: Implementation Guidelines for DASH  
 
[6]  ISO/IEC 23001 -7 Information Technology – MPEG System Technologies – Part 7 : Common 
Encryption in ISO Base media file format files. (Previously was annex I of [7])  
 
[7]  ISO/IEC 14496 -12 ISO Base Media File Format.  
 
[8]  Marlin Developer Community, Marlin – Simple Secure Streaming Specification, Version 1.0  
 
 
3.  Overview  
 
This document states t he Malaysian Hbb TV requirements for a compliant receiver for the Malaysian 
Digital Broadcast market.   
 
 
4.  Requirement  
 
4.1 Baseline Requirement  
 
The receiver shall fully implement all the mandatory requirements outlined in  [1] and [2].  
 
 
4.2 Optional Requirement s 
 
The following features outlined in [1] shall be option al for the Malaysian Profile.  
 
1. PVR Extensions  
2. CI+ Extensions  
3. Download Extensions  
4. RTSP Extensions    
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 3 4.3 Extensions  
 
The receiver shall support the features listed in this section as outlined in [2].  
 
 
4.3.1  Adaptive Streaming  
 
The receiver shall support MPEG DASH [3] as profiled in Annex B of [2].  
 
4.3.2  Media Encryption  and File Format  
 
The receiver shall support Common Encryption [6] for ISOBMFF [7] with the requirements outlined by 
Annex C of [2].  
 
4.3.3  OIPF DAE Profile  
 
The receiver shall support all items profiled in Annex A of [2].  
 
 
4.4  Recording  
 
The following rules shall be followed when a recording is made.  
 
1. Broadcast application shall not be recorded.  
2. Background application (Live Application) shall be closed and exited before playback is 
started.  
3. HbbTV Broadband content shall not be recorded.  
 
4.5  Digital Rights Management  
 
The receiver shall implemen t Marlin Simple Secure Streaming (MS3 ) as outlined in [ 8]. This includes 
the requirement to comply with the robustness rules set out by the vendor of the DRM.  
 
DRM protected content shall use ISO BMFF [7] and Common Encryption [6].  
  
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 Acknow ledgements  
 
Members of Multimedia Terminal Working Group:  
 
Jaafar Hj Mohamad Abu Bakar (Chairman)  Telekom Research & Development Sdn. Bhd.  
Dr. Rohmad Fakeh (Vice Chairman)  Radio Television Malaysia (RTM)  
Razaini Mohd Razali (Secretary)  SIRIM Berhad  
Abdullah Shahadan  Asiaspace Sdn. Bhd.  
R. Kamalakaran  BVD Systems Sdn. Bhd.  
Stephen Lee  Conax AS Asia Pacific  
Omar Giri Valliappan  Digital TV Labs Limited  
Hyek Seong Kweon   LG Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd.  
Kim Hong Soo  LG Electronics (M) Sdn.  Bhd. 
Mohd Redzwan Yahya  ManQana Sdn. Bhd.  
Mustafa Kamal Mamat  Measat Broadcast Network Sdn . Bhd. (ASTRO)  
Dr. Ahmad Zaki Mohd Salleh   Media Prima Berhad  
Sukumar Lechimanan  Media Prima Berhad  
Tan Kwong Meng  Media Prima Berhad  
Lee Cheng Fei  Panasonic  R&D Centre Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.  
Ngo Chuan Hai  Panasonic R&D Centre Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.  
Tan Jek Thoon  Panasonic R&D Centre Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.  
William Wong  Panasonic R&D Centre Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.  
Magli Alias  Radio Television Malaysia (RTM)  
Iza Halilia A bd. Halim  Rohde & Schwarz Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.  
Chia Beng Riang  Sony EMCS (M) Sdn. Bhd.  
Lee Shook Yee  Sony EMCS (M) Sdn. Bhd.  
Mohd Aizul Mohd Tallaha  Sony EMCS (M) Sdn. Bhd.  
Muzaffar Fakhruddin   Sony EMCS (M) Sdn. Bhd.  
Norihisa Ina  Sony EMCS (M) Sdn. Bhd.  
Colin Prior  Strategy and Technology  
Delina Shamsudin  U Mobile Sdn. Bhd.  
Hamzah Burok  U Mobile Sdn. Bhd.  
Ahmad Shahrim Abd Rashid  U Television Sdn. Bhd.  
Fauz i Osman  U Television Sdn. Bhd.  
Micheal Wong  Y&R