Middleware for Digital TV: It's the intermediate software layer that allows the development of interactive applications for Digital TV, regardless of the hardware platform used by set-top box manufacturers.
Ginga: It’s the specification for the intermediary software layer standard (middleware) developed for the Brazilian Digital TV System by Puc-RJ and UFPB.
Interactivity Component: This is the term created by ByYou Digital to classify each and every application sent by the open Digital TV signal that allows the user to interact with the application using the receiver’s remote control.
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Rio de Janeiro, January 11st, 2009
TQTVD participates in the first presentation of full interactivity in Brazilian Digital TV.
The interactivity in Digital TV was presented – as an experiment – on Friday, May 8th, in Betim, Belo Horizonte, with content from SBT and Alterosa TV.
The initiative began from a partnership between MXT (modem manufacturer), TQTVD, and Visiontec, besides SBT and Alterosa TV. The effort resulted in a public presentation, where Visiontec set-top boxes, running AstroTV (TQTVD's middleware) and connected to a MXT's modem enabled a demonstration of SBT'sInteractivity Portal.
In the event, the Minister of Communications, Hélio Costa, inaugurated the MXT's factory – that will produce modems that enables the interactivity – and tried for the first time the full interactivity, which uses the interactivity channel. David Britto, TQTVD's Technology Director was present and presented SBT's portal to the Minister.