- From: Olivier Thereaux <olivier.thereaux@bbc.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:12:59 +0000
- To: W3C Web-and-TV IG <public-web-and-tv@w3.org>
Dear all, You may recall that during the workshop in Berlin, my BBC colleague Matt Hammond took a few minutes to present the work being done on a Universal Control API - a RESTFul API for query, command and control of set-top boxes, media servers etc. We have recently published the specification for that API, as well as an introduction blog post giving more information on the goals and context of the work: work on orchestrated media for possible future multi-device media services and content distributed across collaborative TV and mobile devices, and a flexibile accessibility solution for digital TV using remote devices. Spec: http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/publications/whitepaper194.shtml Blog: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researchanddevelopment/2011/02/universal-control.shtml We will also have an overview document published very soon on the BBC R&D Web space (http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/). I will send a link as soon as it is out. What has been published is implementable today (indeed, we have implemented it on two set top boxes, as well as an iPhone "remote" and a synchronised web companion app for Orchestrated Media experience across ipad and TV) and we would like to collaborate with other actors in the field to build a standard API (or a set thereof). Your feedback, both on the spec in its current state, and on where/how you believe the standard work could take place, would be really welcome. Thank you, Olivier -- Olivier Thereaux BBC – Senior Technologist, Internet Standards
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