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BBC launches open source projects

Posted in Sky by Andrew Johnstone on the July 13th, 2005

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A particular interesting project, as I have been doing a little research into this topic and recently retrieved the specifications for ETSI.

The BBC TV-Anytime Java API is for parsing, manipulating and creating TV-Anytime metadata. It is currently released under LGPL

TV-Anytime is an open standard for metadata describing TV and radio programmes that is designed to support Personal Video Recoders (PVRs), programme guides and related technologies. The TV Anytime Forum is an association of organisations which seeks to develop specifications to enable audio-visual and other services based on mass-market high volume digital storage. For further information go to www.tv-anytime.org. The TV-Anytime specifications are published by ETSI as the TS 102 822 series and are available at the ETSI web site (http://www.etsi.org/)

BBC R&D White Paper WHP060
TV Anytime

CPAN modules
These are projects we have released the following distributions to CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network)

Apache Modules
These are modules extending the capabilities of mod_include type functionality.

Dirac
Dirac is a state of the art video codec that provides general-purpose video compression and decompression tools. It is cross-platform and written in ANSI standard C++.

Media Lounge
A C++ application, based on the “Crystal Space 3D” game engine SDK. It displays an interactive, shared virtual world, in which the content author can embed audio and video sequences

TV-Anytime Java API
The BBC TV-Anytime Java API is for parsing, manipulating and creating TV-Anytime metadata.

Kamaelia
Kamaelia is designed as a testbed for network experimentation using a component architecture designed to simplify creation and testing of new protocols for large scale media delivery systems.

Media Dispatch
A reference implementation of the Pro-MPEG Media Dispatch Group’s Media Dispatch Protocol.

MXF File Test Engine
Provides a system that allows various tests to be performed on MXF files

Video Shot Change Detector
A simple DirectShow video shot change detector filter, suitable for a wide variety of applications.

Also don’t forgett to go backstage.
And other R&D Projects.

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Sky Interactive Beta Programme / Sky Conference

Posted in Sky by Andrew Johnstone on the July 12th, 2005

Should be very interesting to see the capabiilities from the new portal first hand…

Launch SiteControl, allowing you to register “wtv” URLs for your site with us for the first time! SiteControl will then become your means to test and launch your site in the new portal.

Make available SkyKey pre-registration. Many people have asked for the availability to “reserve” a SkyKey, and you will then be able to do so.

Show you early stages of what the iDTV interface to the new portal will look like, with a demonstration.

Publish the final rate card for the “value add” options available to purchase in the portal.

Introduce various tooling and technical partners that we are working with that can help you with the “wtv” version of your site.

Current Software I have seen…

www.wtvstudio.com

craftwork.dk

Sky, Sky Active, Sky Interactive, WTVML

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Future interactive digital TV

Posted in Sky by Andrew Johnstone on the July 10th, 2005

After recently posting some samples of Sky Active, I came across an interesting report, however a little too speculative from my point of view. “Future generations will use interactive digital TV just like we use telephones today”. Interactive services will broaden no-doubt, however the aesthetics and usability needs to increase. The correlation between visual media and interactive services certainly needs to set some guidelines.

I also came across MHEG…

MHEG stands for Multimedia and Hypermedia Expert Group. This is the name of the group within ISO that created the standard. MHEG has been specified for use in the Free-to-air channels (Freeview)