In this paper, we describe a framework for the management of semantic metadata for audiovisual content description. The main objectives of this work are to provide a framework allowing enhanced retrieval performance, better support in the indexing phase and better user interfaces for audiovisual data, based on extensions of the well accepted international standards for the digital media, digita...

The paper anticipates that the actions to be taken concerning the Digital Switchover (transition form analogue to digital broadcasting – DSO) in UHF are of strategic importance for the European Member Countries and most candidate ones, as long as DSO arises as a possible and complementary solution towards the deployment of Broadband Access Infrastructures, especially in less favoured regions. T...

To provide subscription-based Digital TV (DTV) data, services providers scramble the data stream (program content) with some secure measures such as ECM and EMM via using control words, and send the stream to conditional access system (CAS) in the set-top box (STB). Smart card is used to decrypt the control words and accordingly to enable the STB to descramble the scrambled signal. Therefore, s...

The paper presents a procedure for annual programme and production planning, which ensures timely, realistic and comprehensive broadcasting planning and the planning of TV programme production for public TV services. The procedure relates tasks which are performed in various main business processes, and as a result they provide coordinated broadcasting and production plans within a defi ned bud...

1. This response (the “Response”) is made by British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (“Sky”) in response to the complaint made to Ofcom by British Telecommunications plc (“BT”), Setanta Sport Holdings Limited (“Setanta”), Top Up TV Europe Limited (“TUTV”) and Virgin Media Limited (“Virgin Media”), (together the “Complainants”) on the need for a market investigation into the pay TV industry, dated 3 ...

As people use smart devices while watching TV increase, recently, researches on a wide range of services linked with second-screen devices around the smart TV in the home network have been actively conducted. The study proposes a second screen personalized services in next-generation broadcasting service environment. Also, the service applies web technologies to realize additional information r...

This paper discusses (a) the design and (b) the development of easy to use interactive TV applications. (a) Because of the specifics of interaction design for interactive TV applications specific design guidance for interactive TV is needed. This paper investigates how the design of interactive TV applications can benefit from existing software usability knowledge as well as from the interactio...