The main goal of this activity is to clarify the relationship between Web and TV, with a view to identifying work items either in the form of new W3C Working Groups, or specific work that should be done in existing Working Groups.
TV is a mature but rapidly-changing market. With the advent of IP-based devices, connected TVs are progressing at a fast pace and traditional TV broadcasting is quickly evolving into a more immersive experience where users can interact with rich applications that are at least partly based on Web technologies. There is strong growth in the deployment of devices that integrate regular Web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and SVG, coupled with various device APIs.
There is huge potential for the future to create an interoperable platform where Web and TV benefit from each other, for instance through the introduction of additional device APIs specifically targeted at TVs, or by bringing Web accessibility guidelines to TVs.
The Media Pipeline Task Force has been discussing requirements placed on the HTML5 media interfaces by media formats used for Web and TV. The TF has identified gaps between our requirements for media interfaces and HTML5, and generated MPTF Requirements for Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming and MPTF Requirements for Content Protection. The TF also brought the requirements to the HTML WG and the WG created a dedicated public-html-media mailing list to discuss the requirements. The TF members are directly participating in the HTML WG as well, and will continue the media handling discussion within the WG. Please see also the Task Force's Wiki page.
On the other hand, the members of the former Home Network Task Force participated in the discussion on Web Intents within the Web Intents Task Force of the Device APIs Working Group and the Web Applications Working Group, and helped them generate Network Service Discovery and Web Intents Addendum. We will continue the discussion on Web Intents within the Web Intents TF.
The current Web and TV Charter is expiring at the end of November, 2012, so the group will review what we have done so far, and discuss what to do for the nextstep during TPAC 2012 in order to update the Charter. Meanwhile the IG participants will continue technical discussion within the Web Intents TF and the HTML WG on the topics transferred from the IG.
| Group | Chair | Team Contact | Charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web and TV Interest Group (participants) | Yosuke Funahashi, Masahito Kawamori, Giuseppe Pascale, Hyeonjae Lee, Mark Vickers | Kazuyuki Ashimura, Philipp Hoschka | Chartered until 28 February 2013 |
This Activity Statement was prepared for AC 2013 per section 5 of the W3C Process Document. Generated from group data.
Kaz Ashimura, Web and TV Activity LeadModified: $Date: 2013-05-21 14:48:16 $