Television Linked To The Web

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Lyndon Nixon, MODUL University

Linked Television: a HbbTV application for enhancing broadcast TV with related content

9 September 2014, ICCE 2014 Berlin, Germany

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Outline

(1) Background: why is Linked Television relevant ?

(2) Backdrop: the innovative technology in the back end

(3) Back it up: our multiscreen toolkit and the HbbTV application

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Background: why Linked Television?

Below: Boxee, HbbTV

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Background: why Linked Television?

Part of infographic courtesy http://socialitv.web.ua.pt Full image at: http://socialitv.web.ua.pt/index.php/contents/images/

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Background: why Linked Television?

„... a true TV ecosystem must functionally integrate the apps with the television programming service and content being offered to the consumer.“

TVs can't be smart. Stop trying to make it happen. - WIRED Opinion, Gary Myer, Oct 2013

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Backdrop: the innovation in the back end

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Backdrop: the innovation in the back end

Examples of Paintings by Jan Sluijters

dbpedia.org/resource/Jan_Sluyters

Personalisation engine

Expansion of related concepts

Linking to related content

Connection to concepts

… and their digital images

“...schilderij van Jan Sluijters....”

Video object and text detection

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Back it up: the multiscreen toolkit

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Back it up: HbbTV application

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Back it up: the multiscreen toolkit & HbbTV application

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Back it up: the multiscreen toolkit & HbbTV application

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Back it up: the multiscreen toolkit & HbbTV application

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Back it up: the multiscreen toolkit & HbbTV application

Multiscreen toolkit •http://www.linkedtv.eu/development/linkedtv-player/

HbbTV 2.0 position paper•http://bit.ly/hbbtvlinkedtv

More about Linked Television

http://www.linkedtv.eu

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Back it up: the multiscreen toolkit & HbbTV application

.... And see it here at IFA

Visit the German public broadcasters area in IFA Hall 2.2!!!