TV-Anytime is a set of specifications for the controlled delivery of multimedia content to a user's local storage. It seeks to exploit the evolution in convenient, high capacity storage of digital information to provide consumers with a highly personalized TV experience. Users will have access to content from a wide variety of sources, tailored to their needs and personal preferences. TV-''Anytime'' specifications are specified by the TV-''Anytime'' Forum.

The TV-Anytime Forum

The global TV-Anytime Forum is an association of organizations which seeks to develop specifications to enable audio-visual and other services based on mass-market high volume digital storage in consumer platforms. It was formed in

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was closed down. It was wound up on 27 July 2005 following the publication of RFC 4078 (reference: http://www.tv-anytime.org/). Its first specifications were published by the

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(ETSI) on August 1, 2003 as TS 102 822-1 Broadcast and On-line Services: Search, select, and rightful use of content on personal storage systems'' ("''TV''-Anytime")'. RFC 4078 (The TV-Anytime Content Reference Identifier (CRID)) was published in May 2005. TV-Anytime has more than 60 member companies from Europe (including BBC,

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, Canal+ Technologies,

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, and Nielsen).

The objectives

The TV-Anytime Forum has set up the following four objectives for their standardization work: #Develop specifications that will enable applications to exploit local persistent storage in consumer electronics platforms. #Be network independent with regard to the means for content delivery to consumer electronics equipment, including various delivery mechanisms (e.g.

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, DBS and others) and the

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and enhanced TV. #Develop specifications for interoperable and integrated systems, from content creators/providers, through service providers, to the consumers. #Specify the necessary security structures to protect the interests of all parties involved.

Current status

Several implementations of the TV-Anytime specifications exist among broadcasters, EPG operators, press guide printers, etc. Early implementations have been done in the field of metadata aggregation. More is coming in the field of hybrid broadcast-broadband delivery. A licensing program for TV-Anytime was managed by Via Licensing Corporation until early December 2010. More information on known patents of the defunct licensing programme's patent holders, claimed to be essential, is provided on the new TV-Anytime website now officially hosted by EBU.

References

* Alberto Gil Solla & Rafael G. Sotelo Bovino
TV-Anytime
Accessed October 9, 2013 * http://tech.ebu.ch/tvanytime/ The new TV-Anytime website. (transfer from www-{{Not a typo, tv-anytime.org in November 2010) Accessed December, 2010 * http://www.etsi.org/ The ETSI web site. (go to the standards download section, search for 'TS 102 822', download the most recent version of each part of the specification)
ETSI TS 102 323 V1.5.1 (2012-01)
Accessed March 13, 2011

Accessed September 15, 2011
RFC 4078
Accessed October 26, 2011
White, David & Tol, Ronald. "TV-Anytime An adaptation to DVB Transport Streams and Implementation in European Projects" (2009-09-22)
Accessed November 5, 2011
Free-to-Air Television and other PVR Challenges in Europe
Accessed August 28, 2012
Bradbury, Richard. "Business-to-business metadata interchange: Requirements for transport and packaging"
Accessed November 17, 2012
ETSI TS 102 822-2 V1.4.1 (2007-11)
Chapter 5, "TV-Anytime content referencing scenarios", Accessed December 3, 2012 Digital video recorders Digital television Digital broadcasting Interactive television Digital Video Broadcasting Television terminology Television technology Television time shifting technology Digital media Video storage Mass media technology Broadcast engineering

The TV-Anytime Forum

The objectives

Current status

See also

References