<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>TV watching dramatically changes with introduction of new technologies such as Internet-connected TVs, enriched digital broadcasting (DVB), on-demand content, additional programme information, mobile phones and tablets enabling multiscreen functions <italic>etc</italic> that offer added values to content consumers. In this paper we propose modular advanced TV platform and its enablers enhancing TV watching. They allow users to receive aside of EPG also additional information about broadcasted content, to be reminded of requested programme, to utilize recommendation and search features, thanks to multiscreen functionality to allow users to take watched content with them or transfer it onto another device. The modularity of the platform allows new features to be added in future.</p></abstract>

TV watching dramatically changes with introduction of new technologies such as Internet-connected TVs, enriched digital broadcasting (DVB), on-demand content, additional programme information, mobile phones and tablets enabling multiscreen functions etc that offer added values to content consumers. In this paper we propose modular advanced TV platform and its enablers enhancing TV watching. They allow users to receive aside of EPG also additional information about broadcasted content, to be reminded of requested programme, to utilize recommendation and search features, thanks to multiscreen functionality to allow users to take watched content with them or transfer it onto another device. The modularity of the platform allows new features to be added in future.

Enhanced hybrid TV platform with multiscreen, advanced EPG and recommendation enablers

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies in Bratislava

Journal of Electrical Engineering

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

TV watching dramatically changes with introduction of new technologies such as Internet-connected TVs, enriched digital broadcasting (DVB), on-demand content,...

Enhanced hybrid TV platform with multiscreen, advanced EPG and recommendation enablers

Published Online: Jul 06, 2017

Page range: 224 - 234

Received: Jan 29, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2017-0034

Keywords
advanced TV, multiscreen, mobile devices, enhanced EPG, recommendation

© 2017 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Enhanced hybrid TV platform with multiscreen, advanced EPG and recommendation enablers

Published Online: Jul 06, 2017

Page range: 224 - 234

Received: Jan 29, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2017-0034

Keywordsadvanced TV, multiscreen, mobile devices, enhanced EPG, recommendation

© 2017 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
advanced TV, multiscreen, mobile devices, enhanced EPG, recommendation