We present here an overview of the EC projects TV-Ring and ImmerisaTV. Both projects represent the present and the past of the interactive TV. TV-Ring focusing on HBBTV and ImmersiaTV focusing on omnidirectional content and immersive displays.

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TV-RING & ImmersiaTV:
Present and future of TV
Sergi Fernández
15/10/2015

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-Introduction to the TV-RING project
-Main results gathered in the last 24
months
-Main outcomes: products going to
market
-Introduction to ImmersiaTV
WHAT IS THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT?

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WHAT IS TV-RING ABOUT?
ICT PSP EU funded project
Started in Sept’13
Finishes in Feb’16
Budget ~2.8 M€
Coordinated by: i2CAT

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WHAT IS TV-RING ABOUT?
The Consortium:

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WHAT IS TV-RING ABOUT?
TV-
RING
3 pilots
Open
Connected
TV Forum
User
validation
Inform and
exploit
results

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Professional and End-Users
Gather requirements
Improve apps/features
Evaluate and validate services
User
validation

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Living Labs
Approach
User
validation
Users panels in
the pilots
Co-creation
workshop

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3 pilots

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The Netherlands
Digital Right
Management (DRM)
Recommendation
systems
2nd Screen App
Germany (Berlin-
Brandenburg)
HbbTV App with UHD
contents / MPEG-
DASH
New interactive
formats
TV App Gallery
Spain (Catalonia)
Multicamera Service
MPEG-DASH: Live and
On-demand
3 pilots

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DRM

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Recommender

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2nd Screen
Game

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Verknallt &
abgedreht

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SandMänchen

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Multicamera

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Multicamera

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Offline
International &
Regional Workshops
Third parties
engagement > use of
test-beds
Open
Connected
TV Forum

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Online
For stakeholders:
Information and
discussions
For developers: HbbTV
development tools and
resources
Open
Connected
TV Forum

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21. HbbTV Developer Website
The Reference website for developers
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The website consists of 3 different parts:
• Wiki – Providing tutorials, requirements, guidelines, code snippets, …
• Forum– Providing a place for discussions
• Blog – Providing news around HbbTV, project results
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23. Other figures:
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_More than 1 year of testing with users
_70 households distributed in 2 regular
user panels (almost 200 people)
_+8000 users enjoyed our Apps in The
Netherlands, Germany and Spain
_6 new apps/services have been deployed
and 4 went into production
_TV-RING has been the first in
demonstrating the UHDTV streaming is
possible over HbbTV _TV-RING has been present in more than
30 events and organised 7 workshops

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We invite you to try our demos!
...and tomorrow dedicated session on See2Gather (by NPO)
If you want further information, please contact
us: sergi.fernandez@i2cat.net (TV-RING &
ImmersiaTV project coordinator) or visit
www.tvring.eu

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Start January 2016
30 Months
Budget 3.8M€

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• IP-Based production
pipeline
• Omnidirectional
production tools
Research institutes
• Stitching
• Innovative Codecs
• User Evaluation
Production
• Omnidirectional video
production
• Broadcasting

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ImmersiaTV. General objective
Offer an integrated experience across devices,
enhancing the traditional broadcast with
immersive content and second and third screen
functionalities.

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ImmersiaTV. General objective
A novel form of Broadcast content that matches
the demands of immersive displays, and can be
shared with tablets and traditional TV
consumers.

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ImmersiaTV. Why?

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ImmersiaTV. Why?

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ImmersiaTV. Why?

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ImmersiaTV. Why?

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•OBJ1. Create a new cinematographic language
where the specificities of immersive displays are
taken into account
•OBJ2. Extend the production pipeline to create
omnidirectional content for a multi-platform
environment.
ImmersiaTV. Objective

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•OBJ3. Re-design the distribution chain for
omnidirectional content (capture, compression,
distribution, reception, and rendering)
•OBJ4. Maximize the quality of the end-user
experience, across devices
•OBJ5. Maximize the impact of the ImmersiaTV
solutions.
ImmersiaTV. Objective

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37. Head and/or
tablet movements
Change
Field of view
Trigger
events
Region
Of Interest

38. Multimedia Server as Home Receptor
Capture
Stitching +
Geometric
Transformations
Encoding &
compression
Distribution (CDN)
Decoding/
Storage
Geometric
conversions
Display(s)
adaptation
Rendering
Capture
Stitching +
Geometric
Transformations
Encoding &
compression
Distribution (CDN) Decoding
Geometric
conversions
Display(s)
adaptation
Rendering
1st Iteration
Offline creation
+ on demand
streaming
2nd Iteration
Live
production &
off the shelf
(near) realtime
streaming
3rd Iteration
Live production
& smart(near)
realtime
streaming
Capture
Stitching +
Geometric
Transformations
Encoding &
compression
Distribution (CDN) Decoding
Geometric
conversions
Display(s)
adaptation
Rendering
offline Video on
demand
Offline encoding (ex. HEVC/H.265)
without restrictions on bit rate, delay
and quality parameters
Real-time encoder (ex. HEVC/H.265)
with restrictions on bit rate, delay
and quality parameters
viewpoint
Multimedia Server as Home Receptor
Multimedia Server as Home Receptor
Low latency &
ROI encoder
Real-time
decoder
Low latency &
ROI decoder
Non real-time
Decoding + storage
viewpoint
viewpointROI estimation

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Thank you for you attention!
sergi.fernandez@i2cat.net
TV-RING & ImmersiaTV project coordinator