Second screen for HbbTV — Automatic application launch and app-to-app communication enabling novel TV programme related second-screen scenarios

Author

Ziegler, C.

Author_Institution

Platforms for Broadcast Services, Inst. fur Rundfunktechnik, Munich, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The article presents an open standards-based framework that enables bi-directional communication between Web applications for TV and second-screen devices. It also provides mechanisms for the automatic launch of applications from the TV on the second screen. Due to its compliance to the HbbTV standard, the framework allows broadcasters to create novel interactive applications with direct programme relation potentially targeting millions of already deployed devices on the market.

Keywords

Internet; digital television; open systems; screens (display); television standards; HbbTV standard; TV programme; Web applications; app-to-app communication; automatic application launch; bi-directional communication; direct programme relation; interactive applications; open standards-based framework; second-screen devices; second-screen scenarios; Browsers; Electronic publishing; Encyclopedias; Internet; Servers; TV;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics ?? Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 2013. ICCEBerlin 2013. IEEE Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1411-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2013.6697990

Filename

6697990