TV-Anytime:Store it on my TV& Share it!

Ronald Tol

Philips Digital Systems Lab

Historic perspective

• 1995 SMASH– basic HD recording

• 1998 STORit– getting the right programmes– TV Anytime concept

• 2000 myTV– interoperable TVA solution for DVB– standardization: TVAF, DVB, IETF, W3C, MPEG

• 2001 Share it!– personal content sharing in home-to-home networks

TV-Anytime functionality

“Watch what you want, when you want”

• Simpler ways for the consumer to acquireTV content on local storage– click on EPG, trailer, website

• groups > programmes > segments– series, related material– news items, parts of programmes

• Personalisation and automatic recording

myTV: TV-Anytime for DVB

• Objectives– Specify and implement a consumer platform

with built-in local storage– Develop TV-Anytime services– Provide true interoperability

• Partners– CE equipment manufacturers: Philips, Nokia– broadcasters: BBC, RAI, NOB– technology (& service) providers: UoL, NDS

• Demonstration at IFA 2001 and IBC 2001

By combining TV Anytime, MHP and PVR functionalities,

myTV implemented a rich set of new functionalities

Non-storedTVA

PVR

StandardMHP

StoredMHP

StandardTVA

myTV

demo

myTV project - Overview

Philips myTV Platform

The complete system uses a TV Anytime enhanced DVB-S inputstream, TV Anytime IP servers, and WAP / web clients for remoteprogramming. Supports normal PVR functions.

myTV platforms

Nokia myTV Platform

• Developed/implemented content referencing andmetadata over DVB.– TV Anytime functionality for PVRs without a back channel– time accurate recording– trailer recording

• Developed / implemented protocols for querying TVAnytime servers– accesses real broadcaster schedule information from three

different servers

myTV achievements

Share it! summary

Develop an end-to-end system that enables easy access toand transfer of personal content between local storage devicesusing home-to-home (h2h) networks and that enablesinnovative services through a seamless combination of on-line,broadcast, and stored content.

broadcast

broadbandinteractive

UMTS

Share it! partners

Box manufacturers

• Philips

• Nokia

Technology providers

• NDS

• UoL

• Fraunhofer/Fokus

Network operators

• KPN

• Elisa

Broadcasters

• NOB

• BBC

Share it! Objectives

• Specify and implement an end-to-end system

• Enable easy access to and transfer of personalcontent in home-to-home networks, such as a‘Virtual Family Network’

• Enable innovative services through a seamlesscombination of on-line, broadcast, and storedcontent

• Contribution and adherence to standards

Milestones

M1 month 06 Requirements defined

M2 month 09 Box architecture described

M3 month 12 Mock-up applications implemented

M4 month 15 Actual demonstrator defined

M5 month 24 Share it! demonstration

M6 month 27 Applications/services evaluated

Features of a Share it! System 1/2

• Connectivity– Internet– Digital Video Broadcast input– In-home network– Removable storage? sneaker-net

• Storage (>>100 hrs broadcast quality)

• 2 record / 3 playback simultaneous (local and / ornetworked)

Features of a Share it! System 2/2

• Privacy, security, rights and network control / management

• Multiple formats

• Networked navigation,content management and retrieval– TV Anytime services anywhere– Finding content in the (friends/family) network

• Send/fetch content+metadata+content references

• Downloadable services

• Mixing live/recorded content– commercial insertion

• my Broadcast channel, my Studio, community TV ….

TV-Anytime phases

TVA phase 1 (1999-2001)

• To search, select, acquire and rightfully utilize materialon a local storage devicefrom both broadcast and on-line sources

TVA phase 2 (2001-2003)

• To transfer material between local storage devicesusing home networks and exchangeable mediaand to micro-navigate around the rich content

For more information on Share it! contact:

John Morris, Philips Research

john.morris@philips.com

http://www.extra.research.philips.com/euprojects/share_it/