TV Workshop Mar 2014
(Redirected from TV Workshop Feb 2014)
Title
Web and TV Convergence — Aligning Global Standards and What's Next for Web and TV
Previous suggestions:
- W3C workshop on TV and the Open Web Platform
- W3C workshop on Web and Broadcasting
- Immersive Content (the previous workshop's title was "Entertaining Content")
- Digital TV and Global Standards Convergence: What's Next?
- Converging TV Standards and What's Next for Web and TV?
- Global Digital TV Convergence and Standards Harmonization: What's Next?
- Multi-Screen, Multi-National Perspectives on Digital Television Standards
- What's Next for WebTV and Global Standards Harmonization
- Screening the broadcasting horizon
- The two screens challenge in broadcasting content
- Second Screen, First Choice — How the Open Web Platform Can Serve Broadcasting
Goals
- Promote coordination between industry groups, in particular in the broadcasting ecosystem.
- For attendees to demonstrate their current activities and needs with regards to TV-related technology.
- For attendees to participate directly with W3C processes and contribute to the development of the Open Web Platform.
- To identify an updated focus of activity and underserviced areas within the the Web and TV Interest Group and related Community Groups.
Agenda
(Suggested)
- Day 1. More general, including presentations from participants.
- Day 2. More specific topics, maybe splitting into smaller groups.
or
- Day 1. Standards convergence
- Day 2. Gaps and what's next
See separate page: Agenda
Topics
- Harmonization and shared understanding of other TV-related standards
- Multiscreen control/data sharing
- Next-generation broadcasting: HTML5-based hybrid TV
- Migration to HTML5 from CE-HTML/OIPF
- Moving to HTML from other technologies (Java, MHEG, Ginga)
- Standardization of advanced metadata, e.g. object audio and in-band tracks
- Evolution of timed text to cope with technological developments, e.g. 3D and 4K+ screens
- Testing: Discussing priorities for coverage of test suites
- Multiple streams: Improving support for stream splicing, synchronisation, etc.
- Enabling multi-screen advertising
- Further enhancement of Media Source Extensions
Next steps
Page for collecting issues to work on: Next steps
Dates
- 3 February 2014: Deadline for Position Papers/Statements of Interest.
- 10 February 2014: Acceptance notification and registration instructions sent.
- 16 February 2014: Program and position papers announced.
- 28 February 2014: Deadline for registration.
- 12 March 2014, 9 AM: Workshop begins.
- 13 March 2014, 5 PM: Workshop ends.
Location
IRT, Munich, Germany
Resources
CfP: http://www.w3.org/2013/10/tv-workshop/
Organisers
(all in alphabetic order)
Initial planning team
- Kaz Ashimura (W3C)
- Aurélien Chouvet (W3C)
- Daniel Davis (W3C)
- Jean-Pierre Evain (EBU)
- Yosuke Funahashi (TomoDigi)
- Bernard Gidon (W3C)
- Philipp Hoschka (W3C)
- Giuseppe Pascale (Opera Software)
- Olivier Thereaux (BBC)
- JC Verdié (MStar Semiconductor)
- Mark Vickers (Comcast)
Chairs
- Kaz Ashimura (W3C)
- Daniel Davis (W3C)
- Yosuke Funahashi (TomoDigi)
- Ralf Neudel (IRT)
- Giuseppe Pascale (Opera Software)
- Mark Vickers (Comcast)
Program committee
- Kaz Ashimura (W3C)
- André Berthold (ARD)
- Daniel Davis (W3C)
- Yoshiharu Dewa (Sony)
- Jean-Pierre Evain (EBU)
- Rolf Fricke (Condat)
- Giles Godart-Brown (BSkyB)
- Philipp Hoschka (W3C)
- Bin Hu (AT&T)
- Kinji Matsumura (NHK)
- Klaus Merkel (IRT)
- Sheau Ng (NBC)
- Kunio Numabe (Fuji TV)
- Jon Piesing (TP Vision)
- Youngsun Ryu (Samsung Electronics)
- Eric Scherer (France Télévisions)
- Peter Schulz (Bayerischer Rundfunk)
- Joachim Seyther (NDR)
- Luiz Fernando Soares (PUC RJ)
- Matt Spencer (ARM)
- Stephan Steglich (Fraunhofer FOKUS)
- Clarke Stevens (CableLabs)
- Olivier Thereaux (BBC)
- So Vang (NAB)
- JC Verdié (MStar Semiconductor)
- Sabine Wahrmann (ARD Play-Out-Center)
- Mingmin Wang (Shanghai Dongfang Cable TV)
- Gonzalo Rielo Zurita (I3 Televisión)
Moderators and volunteers
See separate page: Volunteers
Report
See separate page: Report