Standards documents never make for thrilling reading, and the latest update to the DVB multicast ABR (M-ABR) spec is no exception. With no supporting quotes or announcements from members that might have worked on it, digging deeper into the document turns up an addition from Broadpeak, the current leader in M-ABR momentum. The DVB spec itself is the basis for many, if not most, M-ABR implementations. The DVB Project, the organization that develops the namesake broadcast standards, publishes these specifications inside its BlueBook documents. The new A176r3 book consists of the updated DVB-MABR spec, while A181r1 houses the implementation guidelines. The announcement notes that the latest version “addresses several change requests, along with some new topics related to the Phase…