References

Fraunhofer FOKUS developed a SmartTV App for German broadcaster Deutsche Welle. The app was based on consisting design supplies and implemented for LG and Samsung TVs. For implementation and quality assurance the FAME TV Lab provided different testing devices.

The development started in September 2015 and focused on platforms produced from 2013 on. These platforms include SmartTV SDK, Samsung Tizen, LG NetCast (Smart TV Alliance), LG WebOS 1 and LG WebOS 2. The app is available in German, English and Spanish.

The Business Unit Future Applications and Media (FAME) supported Deutsche Telekom AG in developing the first Android based multimedia tablet of the tolino eReader family. tolino is a german brand name for a number of tablets that targeting the eReader market.

The tablets are developed under the hood of the so-called tolino Alliance. While the development is done under coordination of Deutsche Telekom selling is done by a number of German booksellers like Pageplace, Weltbild, Thalia, Bücher.de, Hugendubel and Bertelsmann Der Club.

The latest members of the tolino Family are the tolino Media Tablets with 7 and 8.9 inch displays. In contrast to previous devices, which were eInk readers only, the new tablets are open Android devices where the tolino software is integrated. The tolino software seamlessly integrates the content consumption streams Read, Listen, and View into one application in which several bookshops and a music shop are integrated directly with tolino. Thus, customers can use their preferred shops. For customization recommendations are integrated and home- as well as lock-screen Widgets to control tolino functionalities are provided.

Our Business Unit FAME was involved from the beginning with the first prototype implementation until finally the tolino multimedia device sales started in late 2013.

More coverage with television and internet programmes on one platform

About the multithek

1. Reception of content via DVB-T and the Internet
2. TV portal with numerous apps: media libraries, news, sports, shopping, music, weather, etc.
3. Additional TV programmes via IP streams, listed in the EPG

Benefits for content providers

1. Quick and affordable entry into the pioneering market of hybrid TV
2. Reaching new target groups
3. New business models linking television and online services

Technology

1. HbbTV compliant
2. DVB-T/-S/-C compliant

HbbTV Portal multithek

HbbTV-based Portal

1. Autostart Application via DVB-S and DVBT
2. Access to external Catch-Up-TV, VoD and Web services
3. Personalization of the Portal (e.g. Backgrounds)
4. Recommendation Engine for EPG Programs
5. Responsive Second Screen Applications
6. Content Management System
7. User Tracking & Analyses
8. Standard-compliant: OIPF, HbbTV, CAE, DVB, W3C

IP-Based Live Streams

The Social TV App was developed by the rbb innovation projects in cooperation with the Institut für Rundfunk Technik (IRT) and the Fraunhofer-Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS.

The Social TV-APP was developed for the anniversary of the fall of the Wall: From the 7th November 2014 there was a live blog with the focus on the media event “Without Borders – 25h Fall of the Wall” (Grenzenlos – 25h Mauerfall) which wasn't only accessible via the rbb information portal but could also be aired directly on the TV. 

With the application for Smart TVs, viewers were able to not only watch TV but to follow the live blog by looking at individual entries or pictures. The application can be started by pressing the red bottom on the remote control. The only condition for this application to work is an HbbTV-capable TV. The application was realised with the “HbbTV-Toolkit”: rbb editors are now able to compose additional information for different television programmes. These additional contents will be then offered to the viewer via the internet connection of the television set.

In cooperation with Fraunhofer FOKUS, ImmobilienScout24 developed and launched the world’s first Smart TV Application for real estates. The application enables a multimedia flat-hunting for Internet Television viewers from their TV armchair.

Besides an aesthetic and high-quality source of inspiration all around the subject of flat-hunting, the Smart TV application provides the user with an extra comfort: you can search, share and find apartments across multiple devises and turn your home into a “digital living room”. If you have looked for flats during the day on your desktop or smartphone you can share your results in the evening with your whole family on your Smart TV. Only a few clicks are necessary to connect your tablet or smartphone with the app. Additional information will be automatically indicated on the Smart TV display which will improve your further search. For example, videos about the respective neighborhood or market data will be presented to you. At the same time it also works the other way around; by scanning a QR-code the user can look at apartments of specific neighborhoods on his smartphone.

However, the app has considerably more to offer. The main focus lies on the aspect of “infotainment”. All contributions convey the content in an entertaining and informative manner, which is of high value for the user. The highlight of the Smart TV application are the 360° panoramas in which the user is able to explore the real estates in an interactive way. This is a whole new way of infotainment.