TV-Ring and ImmersiaTV, the present and the future of TV

TV-RING & ImmersiaTV

TV-RING & ImmersiaTV:

Present and future of TVSergi 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?


WHAT IS TV-RING ABOUT?

ICT PSP EU funded projectStarted in Sept’13Finishes in Feb’16Budget ~2.8 M€Coordinated by: i2CAT


WHAT IS TV-RING ABOUT?The Consortium:



TV-RING

3 pilots

Open Connected TV Forum

User validation

Inform and exploit results

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@tv_ring

Professional and End-Users

Gather requirements

Improve apps/features

Evaluate and validate services

User validation

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@tv_ring

Living Labs Approach

User validation

Users panels in the pilots

Co-creation workshop

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@tv_ring

3 pilots

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@tv_ring

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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@tv_ring

DRM

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@tv_ring

Recommender

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@tv_ring

2nd Screen Game

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@tv_ring

Verknallt & abgedreht

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@tv_ring

SandMänchen

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@tv_ring

Multicamera

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@tv_ring

Multicamera

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@tv_ring

OfflineInternational &

Regional Workshops

Third parties engagement > use of

test-beds


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@tv_ring

OnlineFor stakeholders: Information and

discussions

For developers: HbbTV development tools and

resources


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www.hbbtv-developer.com

@tv_ring

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HbbTV Developer WebsiteThe Reference website for developersThe 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

@tv_ring

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TV-RING from idea to market

@tv_ring

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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


We invite you to try our demos!

...and tomorrow dedicated session on See2Gather (by NPO)

If you want further information, please contact us: [email protected] (TV-RING & ImmersiaTV project coordinator) or visit www.tvring.eu

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.tvring.eu/

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Start January 201630 Months

Budget 3.8M€

Tooling companies• 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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Platform

specific

Delivery

Stream

Combination

Time Mana

ger

Receptio

n

Reception & Decoding of video streams

Time synchronization

Immersive

User Info

Integration

(head and

body positions and rotatio

ns)

Head Mounted Display(Smart

composition of

audiovisual portals)

Selection of video

stream and

production-

selected

viewpoint

Traditional TV set (fixed

viewpoint)

Second screen

(viewpoint can be

extended with tablet movements

)

VideoStorage

Head and/or tablet movements

Change Field of view

Trigger events

Region Of Interest

Multimedia Server as Home Receptor

Capture Stitching + Geometric

Transformations

Encoding & compression Distribution (CDN)

Decoding/Storage

Geometric conversions

Display(s) adaptation Rendering


Transformations

Encoding & compression Distribution (CDN) Decoding Geometric

conversionsDisplay(s)

adaptationRendering

1st IterationOffline creation+ on demand streaming

2nd IterationLive production & off the shelf (near) realtime streaming3rd IterationLive production & smart(near) realtime streaming


TransformationsEncoding &

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



Low latency & ROI encoder

Real-time decoder

Low latency &ROI decoder

Non real-timeDecoding + storage

viewpoint

viewpointROI estimation

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Thank you for you attention!

[email protected] TV-RING & ImmersiaTV project coordinator

mailto:[email protected]

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