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"title": "Companion Screen – IRT Lab",
"description": "The latest demos and news from our labs",
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=2741",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/hbbtv-2-down-with-the-language-barriers/",
"title": "HbbTV 2: Down with the language barriers",
"content_html": "On television, language barriers are reconciled by translations or subtitles. Thanks to artificial
intelligence, audio tracks can now even be converted into foreign languages largely automatically and with much less
effort. New features co-developed by IRT make it possible to offer viewers individual language versions via the TV
speakers or via smartphones and headphones. A ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/hbbtv-2-down-with-the-language-barriers/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read
        More</a></p>",
"content_text": "On television, language barriers are reconciled by translations or subtitles. Thanks to artificial
intelligence, audio tracks can now even be converted into foreign languages largely automatically and with much less
effort. New features co-developed by IRT make it possible to offer viewers individual language versions via the TV
speakers or via smartphones and headphones. A ...Read More",
"date_published": "2020-06-17T07:24:51+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-06-17T07:24:51+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Klaus Merkel",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/klausmerkel/",
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"name": "Klaus Merkel",
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"tags": [
"Audio",
"Companion Screen",
"HbbTV 2",
"Hybrid",
"Streaming",
"General",
"Platforms and Services"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=1568",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/irts-universal-launcher/",
"title": "IRT\u2019s Universal Launcher",
"content_html": "IRT has developed a concept which allows HbbTV apps of different broadcasters to push links to websites
or mobile apps to companion screens. These may provide additional information on a show, which viewers can retrieve
during or after. A prototype app called Universal Launcher was developed by IRT to showcase the
posibilities.\u00a0Communication between the HbbTV ...<p><a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/irts-universal-launcher/\"
        class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "IRT has developed a concept which allows HbbTV apps of different broadcasters to push links to websites
or mobile apps to companion screens. These may provide additional information on a show, which viewers can retrieve
during or after. A prototype app called Universal Launcher was developed by IRT to showcase the
posibilities.\u00a0Communication between the HbbTV ...Read More",
"date_published": "2019-09-04T16:47:55+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-09-04T16:47:55+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Christoph Ziegler",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ziegler/",
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"HbbTV 2",
"Platforms and Services"
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{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=1270",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/inter-device-synchronization-using-hbbtv2/",
"title": "\u201cInter-Device Synchronization\u201d using HbbTV2",
"content_html": "The &#8220;inter-device synchronization&#8221; feature of the HbbTV2 standard allows the playback of IP
AV streams on a mobile device in lip-sync with the broadcast TV image on the TV. One of the most important use cases for
this is the provision of additional audio versions via mobiles and headphones, e.g. for use in a family ...<p><a
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"content_text": "The &#8220;inter-device synchronization&#8221; feature of the HbbTV2 standard allows the playback of IP
AV streams on a mobile device in lip-sync with the broadcast TV image on the TV. One of the most important use cases for
this is the provision of additional audio versions via mobiles and headphones, e.g. for use in a family ...Read More",
"date_published": "2019-05-15T10:24:28+01:00",
"date_modified": "2020-05-25T16:11:24+01:00",
"authors": [
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"name": "Klaus Merkel",
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"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
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"name": "Klaus Merkel",
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"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
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"Companion Screen",
"HbbTV",
"HbbTV 2",
"Hybrid",
"Speech Intelligibility",
"Platforms and Services"
]
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"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=1113",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/embedding-social-media-in-broadcasting/",
"title": "Embedding Social Media in Broadcasting",
"content_html": "Social media content is becoming an ever more integral part of broadcasting. By incorporating social
media services, it is not only possible to include user-generated content, but also to provide a more immersive and
engaging experience for the viewers by using social media platforms as interactive feedback channels. Including this
content directly into broadcasts, however, ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/embedding-social-media-in-broadcasting/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read
        More</a></p>",
"content_text": "Social media content is becoming an ever more integral part of broadcasting. By incorporating social
media services, it is not only possible to include user-generated content, but also to provide a more immersive and
engaging experience for the viewers by using social media platforms as interactive feedback channels. Including this
content directly into broadcasts, however, ...Read More",
"date_published": "2019-02-05T11:34:04+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-02-13T18:35:12+01:00",
"authors": [
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"name": "Christian Keimel",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/keimel/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Bild-Keimel-1-768x768.jpg"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Christian Keimel",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/keimel/",
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},
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"App",
"Broadcast Graphic",
"Companion Screen",
"Deep Learning",
"HbbTV",
"Second Screen",
"Social Media",
"AI",
"Platforms and Services",
"Production"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=820",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/the-tinkered-tv-companion/",
"title": "The Tinkered TV Companion",
"content_html": "What we&#8217;ve done We have built a companion-screen application for the children\u2019s quiz
programme &#8220;1, 2 oder 3&#8220;. The app allows children at home to play along, just like the children in the show,
using a floor pad. The floor pad uses a Raspberry PI single-board computer to connect to an HbbTV application on the ...
<p><a href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/the-tinkered-tv-companion/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "What we&#8217;ve done We have built a companion-screen application for the children\u2019s quiz
programme &#8220;1, 2 oder 3&#8220;. The app allows children at home to play along, just like the children in the show,
using a floor pad. The floor pad uses a Raspberry PI single-board computer to connect to an HbbTV application on the
...Read More",
"date_published": "2018-09-06T14:54:06+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-01-15T16:45:05+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Christoph Ziegler",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ziegler/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Christoph Ziegler",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ziegler/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
},
"image": "/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/P1020054.jpg?v=1588181541",
"tags": [
"Collaboration",
"Companion Screen",
"HbbTV",
"HbbTV 2",
"Interactive",
"Second Screen",
"Tangible",
"Platforms and Services"
]
},
{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=782",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/2-immerse-motogp-multiscreen-experience-with-hbbtv-2-retail-devices/",
"title": "2-IMMERSE MotoGP multiscreen experience with HbbTV 2 retail devices",
"content_html": "Partners in the EU-funded project 2-IMMERSE\u00a0have developed a platform for multiscreen services.
The architecture of the 2-IMMERSE platform has been built around the HbbTV 2 specification, mainly using the new
companion-screen protocols for app-to-app communication and inter-device media synchronisation. At the beginning of the
project there were no TV sets implementing the HbbTV-2 standard available. ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/2-immerse-motogp-multiscreen-experience-with-hbbtv-2-retail-devices/\"
        class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "Partners in the EU-funded project 2-IMMERSE\u00a0have developed a platform for multiscreen services.
The architecture of the 2-IMMERSE platform has been built around the HbbTV 2 specification, mainly using the new
companion-screen protocols for app-to-app communication and inter-device media synchronisation. At the beginning of the
project there were no TV sets implementing the HbbTV-2 standard available. ...Read More",
"date_published": "2018-08-16T07:58:16+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-01-15T16:44:30+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Christoph Ziegler",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ziegler/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
}
],
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"name": "Christoph Ziegler",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ziegler/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
},
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"Companion Screen",
"HbbTV",
"HbbTV 2",
"Media Sync",
"Second Screen",
"Platforms and Services"
],
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{
"id": "https://lab.irt.de/?p=393",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/synchronised-holograms/",
"title": "Synchronised Holograms",
"content_html": "Synchronising an augmented-reality experience to a broadcast programme on an HbbTV 2 device Version 2
of the HbbTV standard, introduces several new features. Probably the most interesting set of features target at
combining mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones with HbbTV devices. These so-called companion-screen features
allow creating distributed media experiences, in the sense ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/synchronised-holograms/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "Synchronising an augmented-reality experience to a broadcast programme on an HbbTV 2 device Version 2
of the HbbTV standard, introduces several new features. Probably the most interesting set of features target at
combining mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones with HbbTV devices. These so-called companion-screen features
allow creating distributed media experiences, in the sense ...Read More",
"date_published": "2017-08-11T13:01:00+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-01-16T14:07:18+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Christoph Ziegler",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ziegler/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Christoph Ziegler",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ziegler/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
},
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"DVB-CSS",
"HbbTV",
"HbbTV 2",
"Second Screen",
"Accessibility",
"Platforms and Services"
],
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{
"id": "http://lab.irt.de/?p=46",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/discovery-launch-and-app-to-app-communication-in-ard-mediathek/",
"title": "Discovery, Launch and App-to-App Communication in ARD-Mediathek",
"content_html": "In cooperation with ARD-Mediathek we\u00a0extended the Android version of the VoD portal of the ARD
network to demonstrate\u00a0companion-screen features of \u00a0the HbbTV 2.0 specification.\u00a0Users\u00a0of can
launch a desired video clip on a desired HbbTV 2.0 device and remotely control the playback of the video on the TV from
the mobile\u00a0app. The app makes use of ...<p><a
        href=\"https://lab.fktg-media.de/discovery-launch-and-app-to-app-communication-in-ard-mediathek/\"
        class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More</a></p>",
"content_text": "In cooperation with ARD-Mediathek we\u00a0extended the Android version of the VoD portal of the ARD
network to demonstrate\u00a0companion-screen features of \u00a0the HbbTV 2.0 specification.\u00a0Users\u00a0of can
launch a desired video clip on a desired HbbTV 2.0 device and remotely control the playback of the video on the TV from
the mobile\u00a0app. The app makes use of ...Read More",
"date_published": "2017-01-20T11:32:59+01:00",
"date_modified": "2019-01-16T14:13:14+01:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Christoph Ziegler",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ziegler/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
}
],
"author": {
"name": "Christoph Ziegler",
"url": "https://lab.fktg-media.de/author/ziegler/",
"avatar": "/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lab.irt_.de_default_avatar-01-960x960.png"
},
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"Companion Screen",
"HbbTV",
"HbbTV 2",
"IP",
"Second Screen",
"Platforms and Services"
]
}
]
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