6th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

May 16–17, 2017 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Christopher Krauss

Senior Project Manager

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Fraunhofer FOKUS

M.Sc. Christopher Krauss is Research Engineer and Senior Project Manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) and specializes in the R&D of topics dealing with Personalization and Connected TVs. He has been involved in multiple public founded national and international projects (e.g. FI-Content 1&2, User Centric Networking, Global ITV) and managed many industry projects for different customers (MediaBroadcast, ImmobilienScout24, Rovi, Deutsche Telekom and many more). Christopher Krauss received his Master of Science in Media Informatics (very good with distinction) with the completion of his thesis “Personalized Recommendations to be displayed on SmartTVs” at Beuth University of Applied Sciences and Fraunhofer FOKUS in 2012.

Talks

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  • Current TV trends & SmartTV Platforms

    HbbTV general 

    • What it is…
    • How it works…
    • Where it is…
    • The HbbTV History and Evolution of the Versions

    Demonstration of App Development Workflows 

    HbbTV Feature Overview

    • Summary of HbbTV 1.0 & 1.5
    • Deep Dive HbbTV 2.0 & 2.0.1

    HbbTV Trends, Innovations and Future Developments

    • Linear Storytelling
    • HbbTV to Portal Launch
    • 360° Videos
    • Ad-insertion from HbbTV 1.0 to HbbTV 2.0

    This tutorial gives an overview on the current market situation of SmartTVs and HybridTV services in general as well as standardized technologies, such as Hybrid Broadcast Broadband Television (HbbTV), in particular. HbbTV Version 2.0.1 defines the technical requirements for the interaction of television and internet services in upcoming TV sets and Set-Top-Boxes. HbbTV applications may run in different modes: Broadcast independent applications are designed to run in the manufacturer’s service portal.

    In contrast, broadcast related app shall overlay the actual linear TV program. The hybrid standard combines both worlds: broadband and broadcast. In this tutorial we will discuss the fragmented technology stack – both on a platform level (variety of hardware manufacturers and middleware solutions) and on a service level (e.g. different browsers, interpreters, and services).

    In a deep dive session, we introduce the current version HbbTV 2.0.1, its main differences to older versions and new features. For instance, HbbTV 2.0.1 provides a more advanced technology stack: offering primarily HTML 5, DOM 3 and CSS 3. In addition, many other features are leveraging this upcoming standard: e.g. Subtitles via TTML, Companion Screens, Discovery Protocols, Media Synchronization Mechanisms, WebSockets and Advertising approaches using multiple HTML5 media elements.

    In parallel, we show practical examples of the introduced features, from innovations that are market ready or already deployed up to developments that will leverage future TV consumptions. Moreover, we demonstrate an app development life cycle using emulators and live test environments consisting of test servers, playout systems, and HbbTV compliant TV sets.