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 TQTVD 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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In Brazil, 90% of the houses have TVs. This means that 97% of the Brazilian population is reached by open TV broadcasting, and 65% of this total belong to C, D and E classes(*). In other words, the great majority of this audience has little or no access to information or public services available over the Internet.
What changes with the open Digital TV? It makes possible to provide to everyone information and government services not previously available to the population at large. When we compare the price of the digital signal receiver to the price of a computer it’s easy to see the Digital TV as an information and communication technology of enormous reach and evolution potential.
TQTVD is compromised to make electronic government solutions possible in the open Digital TV platform and has been investing great resources on new technologies in order to reach that goal.
E-government Interactive Applications on Digital TV could be used for many reasons, always aiming to benefit the society and the digital inclusion. Here are some examples:
- Public Services;
- Long Distance Education;
- Political Campaigns;
- Health Information;
- Citizenship Services.
See what solutions TQTVD may offer:
These are interactive applications accessed through the Digital TV receiver, as long as the e-gov service is made available by the broadcaster. Such applications may work with local interactivity or through return path.
TQTVD offers a variety of consulting services for the development of applications and services. Starting with the creation of the user interface, proceeding to the construction and tests up until the application is aired. Everything done in compliance to the Digital TV Brazilian norms and regulations.
If you are interested in scheduling a visit to meet us and further understand the Digital TV, please contact us at: e-contact@tqtvd.com.
(*) source: Mídia Dados 2007 - Estudos Marplan