The LiveOn TV application is our reference application for integration of the Inaris DVB/IPTV Middleware on Android TV devices. We integrated also our Inaris HbbTV Solution based on Chromium into this application. For all on-demand media playback in HbbTV applications the ExoPlayer is used. We are currently verifying the compliance...
Category: HbbTV
7th HbbTV Symposium in Berlin
The 7th HbbTV Symposium was held in November. One major topic was Operator Applications which has high synergies with our OIPF for Android API approach. Also Targeted Advertisement using the Media Synchronisation feature of our Inaris HbbTV Solution has become an important topic.
HbbTV on Zattoo OTT Services
Together with IRT and Zattoo, we set up a showcase how the HbbTV Application Discovery over Broadband (ADB) standard can bring HbbTV applications to OTT services. The demonstration is shown on the IRT booth 10.F51.
HbbTV on Android Oreo
We have now ported our Inaris HbbTV Solution using Chromium and the ExoPlayer to Android O.
Inaris HbbTV on Android TV at Medientage Munich
At Medientage 2017 in Munich, we demonstrated our Inaris HbbTV Solution running on AndroidTV including support for the HbbTV Application Discovery over Broadband (ADB) standard.
Showcasing HbbTV on Android TV with Chromium
At IBC, we will showcase at Google’s Android TV Summit how operators and manufacturers can enhance their Android TV applications with HbbTV functionality using the Inaris HbbTV Solution and the Chromium browser on top of TIF.
HbbTV Operator Applications
The HbbTV Specification group is currently working on finalizing the Operator Application Standard that allows operators to bring their portals to STB and TV devices using standard technologies.
26th HbbTV Interoperability Workshop
TARA Systems participated in the 26th HbbTV Interoperability Workshop at IRT (Insitiut für Rundfunktechnik) in Munich.
HbbTV 2.0 Companion Screen feature is now supported by Inaris HbbTV Solution
In collaboration with the IRT, we have set-up a demonstration on how the HbbTV 2.0 Companion Screen feature can be used by companion applications. This demonstration was shown at IRT's booth at Medientage 2016 in Munich.
HbbTV on Android TV
We will shortly introduce our HbbTV Solution also for Android TV. This includes the current HbbTV 1.5 Solution as well as the new components developed for HbbTV 2.0. Even further we will support HbbTV on Android TV as a general application development platform with standardized interfaces as an extension to...
HbbTV 2.0 Media Synchronisation and Companion Screen Release
The development activities for the HbbTV 2.0 features Media Synchronisation and Companion Screen will be completed in Q4/2016. You can now upgrade or extend your HbbTV solution for HbbTV 2.0.
Automatic testing of the Inaris HbbTV Solution in Jenkins
We now fully automated our continuous integration environment Jenkins to enable the daily execution of the HbbTV Test Suite.
TARA Systems contributes to the HbbTV 2.0 Operator Extension
The HbbTV 2.0 Operator Applications working group started their activities with a face-to-face meeting in May 2016 in London. We from TARA Systems participated at this meeting and also at the bi-weekly conference calls that are currently established.
Future-proof with HbbTV 2.0 extensions
With the HbbTV 2.0 standard, a rich set of features will be added to HbbTV capable devices. For current and future customers of our Inaris HbbTV Solution, we already started to develop this next major step in the evolution of hybrid broadcast systems. The HbbTV 2.0 upgrade for the Inaris...
SDK further simplifies the integration work with own middleware
Today, we are proud to announce the availability of our new Inaris HbbTV SDK coming with our Inaris HbbTV Solution. The SDK provides a sample implementation of all required interfaces to run our Inaris HbbTV Solution on Linux and Windows based platforms. Furthermore, stub implementations for the DVB middleware as...
Global iTV Research Project successfully completed
Last week, TARA Systems attended the final review of the GLOBAL iTV Project through the European Commission at the IRT Munich. The project has now been successfully completed. The scope of Global ITV, an international EU funded research project was the development of an interoperability scheme for the co-existence of...
Automation of our HbbTV Test Environment
With the release of the current HbbTV test suite v8.1.0 the number of tests has increased from around 400 to over 950. To enable the daily execution of the HbbTV test suite, it was essential for us to further automate our test environment, which has been in use since the...