6 HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV)
6.1 HbbTV Standards

The HbbTV Technical Specifications (TS) are developing by industry leaders to improve the video user experience for end users (consumers) by enabling innovative, interactive services over integrated broadcast and broadband networks. The elements of existing specifications from other standards including OIPF (Open IPTV forum), CEA (Consumer Electronics Association), DVB a W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) have been used in the process of the development of HbbTV TS.

ETSI TS 102 796 V1.1.1

This Technical Specification „ETSI TS 102 796 V1.1.1“ was published by Standardization Institution ETSI in July 2010.

This standardization document defines a platform for signaling, transport, and presentation of enhanced and interactive applications designed for running on hybrid terminals (DVB broadcast connection and broadband connection to the internet) [13].

The main uses of the broadcast connection are the following:

The main uses of the broadband connection are the following:

Applications are presented by an HTML/JavaScript browser.

Detailed description of the Technical Specification „ETSI TS 102 796 V1.1.1“ is introduced in [13].

ETSI TS 102 796 V1.2.1

The latest version 1.5 of the HbbTV specification was published by Standardization Institution ETSI in as Technical Specification „ETSI TS 102 796 V1.2.1“ in November 2012 [14].

Key additions to the HbbTV1.5 standard included:

Detail description of the Technical Specification „ETSI TS 102 796 V1.2.1“ are introduced in [14].

ETSI TS 102 796 V1.3.1

In the end of 2012 the work on the HbbTV 2.0 was started. The requirements of the major HbbTV specification have been collected. The HbbTV 2.0 specification has been published by the HbbTV association in March 2015.

The version 2.0 of the HbbTV specification was published as Technical Specification „ETSI TS 102 796 V1.3.1“ in October 2015 [12].

Some technologies have been updated and some new features specified within this ETSI TS 102 796 V1.3.1.

Technologies updated include the following:

New features include support for the following:

The present document defines a platform for signaling, transport and presentation of enhanced and interactive applications designed for running on hybrid terminals that include both a DVB compliant broadcast connection and a broadband connection to the internet.

The main uses of the broadcast connection are the following:

The main uses of the broadband connection are the following:

Applications are presented by an HTML/JavaScript browser.

Detail description of the Technical Specification „ETSI TS 102 796 V1.3.1“ is introduced in [12].

The transfer of existing standards of DVB, EBU, OIPF, CEA, W3C, CI+, ISO, IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) to the actual Technical Specification ETSI TS 102 796 V1.3.1, declared as HbbTV 2.0 specification, is illustrated on Fig. 10.

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Fig. 10 - Transfer of existing standards of DVB, EBU, OIPF, CEA, W3C, CI+, ISO, IEC to the actual Technical Specification ETSI TS 102 796 V1.3.1

The penetration of the HbbTV in the Europe and over the world is illustrated on Fig. 11.

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Fig. 11 - Penetration of the HbbTV over the world