The HbbTV Association has announced the release of test suite version 9.0 which will support the HbbTV 2 specification.
The new test suite expands on the existing suite, making it 50% larger with an additional 350 new tests covering HbbTV 2 functionality. It will also improve test coverage of the widely adopted HbbTV 1.1 and 1.5 standards. The release is an important step towards enhancing interoperability between HbbTV services and HbbTV devices, the association believes.
The current version of HbbTV 2 is 2.0.1 (ETSI TS 102 796 1.4.1). This version adds features to 2.0 that were requested for the UK and the Italian markets, and addresses a small number of issues found during early implementation work on version 2.0. The HbbTV Association and ETSI have withdrawn version 2.0 (ETSI TS 102 796 1.3.1) from publication, completely replacing it with version 2.0.1.
The next release of the test suite will be version 9.1, due to be released before the end of 2016. It will include tests cases for the features that were added to address requirements from the UK and Italy, and will also expand the coverage for previous HbbTV versions.
