Download The DVB Multimedia Home Platform (MHP)

The DVB
Multimedia Home Platform
http://www.dvb.org
Peter MacAvock (DVB)
Today’s ”Vertical Markets”
Service Provider 1
Appl. 1 Appl. 2 Appl. 3 ...
API 1
Platform 1
API: Application Program Interface
Today’s ”Vertical Markets”
Service Provider 1
Appl. 1 Appl. 2 Appl. 3 ...
Service Provider 2
Appl. 4 Appl. 5 Appl. 6 ...
API 1
Platform 1
Service Provider 3
Appl. 7 Appl. 8 Appl. 9 ...
API 2
Platform 2
API 3
Platform 3
API: Application Program Interface
Future Horizontal Markets
Service Provider 2
Service Provider 1
Appl. 1 Appl. 2 Appl. 3 ...
Appl. 4 Appl. 5 Appl. 6 ...
Internet
...
Appl. a
...
Appl. z
API
Multimedia
Home
Platform
Multimedia
Home
Platform
Multimedia
Home
Platform
Multimedia Home Platform
Implementations on
different HW
Platforms
(Low-Cost STB to
High-End PC)
"Horizontal Markets"
Convergence of Worlds
TV
TV with
integrated
PC
PC
with DVB
Decoder
PC
1998
1999
2000
2001
Convergence of Worlds
EPG
Broadcast
Home
Shopping
TV
PPV
TV with
integrated
PC
e-mail
WWW
(limited
graphics)
WWW
(enhanced
features)
Internet
Telephony
Audio on
Demand
PC
with DVB
Decoder
Full Internet Access
(ftp, WWW, e-mail, ..)
Multimedia
Home Service
Video
Conferencing
Internet
Telephony
Interactive
PC
1998
1999
2000
2001
MHP: Building Blocks
Applications
"MHP API"
Control Application
(Navigator)
System
Software
Transport
Protocols
APIs
Virtual Machine
Broadcast
Channel
MPEG Processing
Interaction
Channel
I/O Hardware
Graphics
CPU
MHP: Application Areas & Profiles
Enhanced Broadcast
Java VM
DVB Java APIs
Broadcast Transport
Protocols
"HTML" subset *)
*) optional element
MHP: Application Areas & Profiles
Enhanced Broadcast
Java VM
Interactive Services
DVB Java APIs
DVB Java API extensions
for interactivity
Broadcast Transport
Protocols
Interactive Transport
Protocols
"HTML" subset *)
*) optional element
MHP: Application Areas & Profiles
Enhanced Broadcast
Java VM
Interactive Services
DVB Java APIs
DVB Java API extensions
for interactivity
Java APIs
for Internet access
Broadcast Transport
Protocols
Interactive Transport
Protocols
HTML 4.0, ECMA script,
DOM, CSS, ...
Internet Access
"HTML" subset *)
Still under discussion
*) optional element