A proposal for remote DTV content presentation and control

Improvement and development of handheld devices such as tablets or smartphones opens new possibilities for them to be used in DTV environment. Handheld devices´ proliferation has modified the way users watch and perceive TV. Giving users more control over their TV and easier access to additional information from their handheld devices is the focus of this paper. In this paper remote DTV content presentation like live TV, EPG and playback of multimedia content is presented. The paper also presents remote DTV content control such as remote controller with mouse pad and keyboard, EPG control and browsing of media server.