MPEG-2

MPEG-2 (Motion Picture Experts Group - 2) is a compression standard for digital television.

MPEG-2 compression enables digital television broadcasters to transmit video streams with higher resolution and audio streams with higher quality sound while using as little bandwidth as possible.

MPEG-2 is capable of reducing the amount of bandwidth utilized by as much as 55 to 1.

MPEG-2 is utilized by DVB, HDTV, and DVD.

MPEG-2 has been adopted as ISO Standard 13818-1.