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Media and Entertainment Interest Group

This is the Wiki for the W3C Media and Entertainment Interest Group (formerly the Web and TV Interest Group), used to organize work in the IG. Higher-level information about the IG is available on the main home page of the group. The Interest Group reviews existing work and identifies requirements and potential solutions for the Web and audio-visual entertainment media (TV, movies, etc). The development of Web standards, when required, takes place in other working groups.

Meetings and Minutes

NB: Minutes of Task Forces calls are available from the task forces home pages.

2024

Teleconference 2024-12-03 Agenda TBC
Teleconference 2024-11-05 Agenda TBC
Teleconference 2024-10-01 Agenda TBC
Teleconference 2024-09-03 Agenda TBC
Teleconference 2024-08-06 Agenda TBC
Teleconference 2024-07-02 Agenda TBC
Teleconference 2024-06-04 Agenda TBC
Teleconference 2024-05-07 Topic: TV application development, Apple spatial media requirements Minutes
Teleconference 2024-02-06 Topic: Media Capabilities Minutes
Teleconference 2024-01-02 Topic: Cancelled

2023

Teleconference 2023-12-05 Topic: Cancelled
Teleconference 2023-11-07 Topic: DVB liaison on signaling of accessibility services, Priorities for 2024 Minutes
Teleconference 2023-10-17 Topic: DVB liaison on signaling of accessibility services Minutes
Teleconference 2023-10-03 Topic: Review of TPAC outcomes Minutes
TPAC 2023 Joint Meeting with APA WG and Timed Text WG 2023-09-14 Minutes
TPAC 2023 Hybrid Meeting 2023-09-11 Minutes
Teleconference 2023-07-25 Topic: Managed Media Source Minutes
Teleconference 2023-07-11 Topic: Media Accessibility User Requirements with APA Working Group Minutes
Teleconference 2023-06-06 Topic: Dubbing and Audio Description Profile of TTML2 Minutes
Teleconference 2023-04-25 Topic: HDR image support in HTML Canvas Minutes
Teleconference 2023-04-04 Topic: Rechartering MEIG, Media WG update (MSE, EME), Audiovisual Media Formats for Browsers CG update, TPAC 2023 Minutes
Teleconference 2023-03-07 Cancelled
Teleconference 2023-02-07 Topic: Media WG update (Audio Session API), Rechartering MEIG Minutes
Teleconference 2023-01-03 Cancelled

2022

Teleconference 2022-12-06 Topic: Media Timed Events and TV application development Minutes
Teleconference 2022-11-01 Topic: TV application development at the BBC Minutes
Teleconference 2022-10-04 Topic: Hybridcast update with NHK and Application Development for Consumer Products TF Minutes
TPAC 2022 Hybrid Meeting 2022-09-15: Agenda, Minutes
Teleconference 2022-09-06 Topic: Cancelled (ahead of TPAC the following week)
Teleconference 2022-08-02 Topic: TV application developer experience Minutes
Teleconference 2022-07-12 Topic: TV application developer experience Minutes
Teleconference 2022-06-07 Topic: Lightning.js and TV application performance Minutes
Teleconference 2022-05-09 Topic: Overview of Media Technologies for the Web Minutes
Teleconference 2022-04-05 Topic: DASH and WebRTC streaming Minutes
Teleconference 2022-03-01 Cancelled
Teleconference 2022-02-09 Topic: Interactive Media Community Group proposal Minutes
Teleconference 2022-02-01 Topic: Media WG updates, DataCue and SEI events, TPAC 2021 and Media Production Workshop next steps Minutes
Teleconference 2022-01-04 Cancelled

2021

Teleconference 2021-12-07 Topic: requestVideoLoadCallback and Video SEI events proposals Minutes
Teleconference 2021-11-02 Topic: MiniApps Introduction, MiniApps for TV devices Minutes
Teleconference 2021-10-25 Topic: TPAC Media & Entertainment IG meeting (HbbTV and CTA WAVE) Minutes
Teleconference 2021-10-27 Topic: TPAC Media & Entertainment IG meeting (Hybridcast and Media Timed Events) Minutes
Teleconference 2021-09-07 Topic: WebTransport Minutes
Teleconference 2021-08-03 (Cancelled)
Teleconference 2021-07-06 Topic: C2PA follow-up and review of MEIG activities Minutes
Teleconference 2021-06-01 Topic: Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity Minutes
Teleconference 2021-05-11 Topic: Multicast Receiver API follow-up and Media Timed Events Minutes
Teleconference 2021-04-06 Topic: Multicast Receiver API proposal Minutes
Teleconference 2021-03-02 Topic: Professional Media Production on the Web next steps and Rechartering Minutes
Teleconference 2021-02-02 Topic: Browser Hosted Video Editing and Web Codecs Minutes

2020

Teleconference 2020-12-01 Topic: TPAC 2020 follow-up Minutes
Teleconference 2020-11-03 Topic: CMAF, MSE, and Media Capabilities Minutes
Teleconference 2020-10-21 Topic: TPAC Media & Entertainment IG meeting (Hybridcast and future directions) Minutes
Teleconference 2020-10-19 Topic: TPAC Joint meeting with Color on the Web CG and CSS WG Minutes
Teleconference 2020-10-19 Topic: TPAC Media & Entertainment IG meeting (CTA WAVE topics) Minutes
Teleconference 2020-10-16 Topic: TPAC Joint meeting with WebRTC WG Minutes
Teleconference 2020-10-15 Topic: TPAC Joint meeting with Timed Text WG and Media WG Minutes
Teleconference 2020-09-01 Topic: Network Link Performance Prediction and Adaptive Streaming Minutes
Teleconference 2020-08-04 Topic: Web Codecs, Media Integration Guidelines follow-ups Minutes
Teleconference 2020-07-07 Topic: Web Codecs Minutes
Teleconference 2020-06-02 Topic: Client-side Video Editing Minutes | Slides
Teleconference 2020-05-05 Topic: Updates on current activities Minutes
Teleconference 2020-04-07 Topic: Media Integration Guidelines Proposal Minutes
Teleconference 2020-03-24 Topic: Bullet Chatting Task Force Minutes
Teleconference 2020-03-03 Topic: Media production use cases, Media Timed Events TF update, Web of Things follow-up, Bullet chatting architecture Minutes
Teleconference 2020-02-04 Topic: Media use cases for Web of Things Minutes. See also the WoT wiki
Teleconference 2020-01-07 Topic: Bullet Chatting Task Force Minutes

2019

Teleconference 2019-12-03 Topic: Bullet Chatting, Media Production Use Cases, Web of Things Minutes
Teleconference 2019-11-05 Topic: TPAC follow up Minutes
Teleconference 2019-10-01 (Cancelled)
TPAC 2019 face-to-face 2019-09-16 Agenda Minutes
Teleconference 2019-09-03 Topic: W3C Games Workshop Report Minutes Video
Teleconference 2019-08-06 Topic: Media Playback Quality, Autoplay Policy Detection, and Danmaku / Bullet Chatting Minutes Video
Teleconference 2019-07-02 Topic: Encrypted Media Extensions Minutes Video
Teleconference 2019-06-04 Topic: Media Session and Picture in Picture APIs Minutes Video
Teleconference 2019-05-07 Topic: Web & Networks Interest Group Introduction Minutes Video
Teleconference 2019-04-02 Topic: Media Source Extensions Minutes
Teleconference 2019-03-05 (Cancelled)
Teleconference 2019-02-05 Topic: Subtitles in 360° Video and VR Experiences on the Web Minutes
Teleconference 2019-01-08 Topic: China Mobile / Migu Use Cases Minutes

2018

Teleconference 2018-11-06 Topic: Media & Entertainment at TPAC 2018 Minutes
TPAC 2018 face-to-face 2018-10-22 Agenda Minutes
Teleconference 2018-10-02 Topic: WebRTC for Live Media Streaming Minutes
Teleconference 2018-09-04 Topic: Web Media API Snapshot 2017 Test Suite Minutes
Teleconference 2018-08-07 Topic: Scalable Media Delivery on the Web with HTTP Server Push Minutes
Teleconference 2018-07-03 Topic: CTA WAVE HTML5 Spec Minutes
Teleconference 2018-06-05 Topic: CTA WAVE Content Spec Minutes
Teleconference 2018-05-01 (Cancelled)
Teleconference 2018-04-03 Topic: Media Source Extensions Minutes
Teleconference 2018-03-06 Topic: Media Timed Events Minutes
Teleconference 2018-02-01 Topic: Media Timed Events Minutes
Teleconference 2018-01-04 Topic: 360 degree Video Minutes Summary

2017

Teleconference 2017-12-07 Topic: Media Capabilities Minutes Summary
TPAC 2017 face-to-face 2017-11-08 breakout session minutes
TPAC 2017 face-to-face 2017-11-06 Agenda Minutes
Teleconference 2017-10-05 Topic: Presentation API, Remote Playback API, Open Screen Protocol Minutes
Teleconference 2017-09-07 Topic: TV Control API Minutes

2016

TPAC 2016 face-to-face 2016-09-19 Minutes

2015

Teleconference 2015-12-17 Minutes
TPAC 2015 face-to-face 2015-10-26 Agenda Minutes

2014

TPAC 2014 face-to-face 2014-10-27 Agenda Minutes
Teleconference 2014-10-01 Minutes
Teleconference 2014-09-17 Minutes
Teleconference 2014-09-03 Minutes
Teleconference 2014-08-20 (Canceled)
Teleconference 2014-08-06 (Canceled)
Teleconference 2014-07-23 Minutes
Teleconference 2014-07-09 Minutes
Teleconference 2014-06-25 Minutes
Teleconference 2014-06-11 Minutes
Teleconference 2014-05-28 Minutes
Teleconference 2014-04-30 Minutes
Teleconference 2014-04-02 Minutes

Older

Minutes of previous teleconferences may be found through the archives of the mailing-list

Related Groups

Several groups (Working, Community and Business Groups) work in areas that are relevant to the TV and media entertainment industry. Please see the separate page for TV-related groups.

Task Forces

Active

Media Timed Events Task Force

Bullet Chatting Task Force

Closed or Dormant

Cloud Browser Task Force
- The goal of the Cloud Browser TF is to discuss support for web browser technology within devices such as HDMI dongles and lightweight STBs (set-top boxes) which may not be able to run a browser locally. A solution is to bring the processing of the browser to the cloud. The Task Force looks into use cases, requirements and gaps in cloud browser architecture.

(Closed) Glass to Glass Internet Ecosystem - GGIE - Task Force
- seeks to help standards organizations identify technical standards needs around:
  - media capture (professional cameras, smartphones)
  - media editing systems
  - media storage
  - media packaging
  - media providers (streaming media websites, cable, IPTV & satellite systems)
  - media clients (general-purpose browsers, televisions, tablets, phones)
- See here for a list of the use cases under discussion
- moved to IETF

(Closed) Media APIs TF [apis]
- Merges the work of the Recording and Downloading Media, Terminal Capabilities and Content Metadata Exposure and Content Synchronization TFs with the following focus:
  - Identify requirements for recording and downloading media
  - Investigate requirements for discover and control of device capabilities (e.g. tuner control)
  - Investigate how to expose TV metadata to web applications
  - Investigate mapping between Media Element API and in-band metadata
  - Synchronization of broadcast content and web applications up to frame accurate
- Requirements identified by the Media APIs Task Force were fed into the TV Control API Community Group, created in 2014 to incubate a TV Control API specification. Work on this specification has moved to the Recommendation track in the TV Control Working Group in 2016.

(Closed) Testing TF [testing]
- Identify Requirements for testing from a “Web and TV” perspective
- act as a bridge between ongoing activities in W3C and other organizations interested in testing W3C specifications

(Closed) Stereoscopic 3D Web [3dweb]
- Investigate impact of 3D Video/Graphics on HTML and other web standards
- (note: see notes of a breakout session on this topic during TPAC 2012 here https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC2012/3dweb)

(Closed) Timed Text [tt]
- Develop recommendations to facilitate the use of TTML and WebVTT content on the Web, including interoperability with other timed text formats.

(Closed) Media Pipeline TF [mptf] — discuss requirements placed on the HTML5 video, audio and media interface by media formats that will be used for Web and TV
- Requirement document published: Adaptive Bitrate Requirements for HTML5 Media Element
  - Led to the Adaptive Bitrate calls for HTML5 <video> tag proposal
  - Led to the Mediasource specification proposal
- Requirement document published: Content Protection Requirements for HTML5 Media Element
  - Led to the Encrypted Media Extensions proposal

(Closed) Home Network TF — [hntf] identify gaps to enable discovery and control of devices and services in the local area IP network.
- The TF published a requirement document: Requirements for Home Networking Scenarios
- Follow-up ongoing in the DAP WG
(On hold) Web Media Profile TF [profile] — discuss a profile to be used in TV deployments.
- The Web Media API Community Group was created in September 2016 to specify a minimum set of Web technologies that developers can rely on being supported.

Resources

Member Wiki

A member only wiki is available, for member confidential information. Note that confidentiality of this wiki is at W3C membership level, and NOT IG level. Note also that use of this (public) wiki is preferred when possible.

Teleconferences / Meetings

Whole IG call

The IG holds a monthly teleconference on the first Tuesday:

7am US Pacific
10am US Eastern
2pm UK
3pm Europe
10pm China
11pm Korea/Japan

WebEx Service: [Call-in info (member-only)] [WebEx Best Practice]

IRC channel: We use the #me IRC channel on irc.w3.org, port 6665 to take minutes and record issues, actions and resolutions during meetings.

TF calls

Task Forces also hold topic-specific teleconferences.

See the TF-specific wiki pages for the detail:

Cloud Browser TF

F2F meetings

F2F meetings are organized once per year during TPAC. More F2F meetings may be organized if needed.

Mailing-lists

Archives of the public-web-and-tv@w3.org mailing-list are publicly available. This mailing-list should be used for all technical discussions within the group.
Archives of the member-web-and-tv@w3.org mailing-list are available to W3C Members only. Use of this second list should be restricted to administrative purposes

IG Specific Processes

TF handling rule to propose the creation of a task force
TF charter template to precise the scope of a potential new task force
Use Case template to be used as base for drafting a use case input document. Note that TFs may have their own further refined template (check TF page)

GitHub

GitHub Issues is used to track issues and actions within the group.

Historically, the Web & TV Interest Group used Tracker for this purpose.

Other Useful W3C Resources

World Wide Web Consortium Process Document 1 September 2015
Art of Consensus Guide W3C member confidential
Notes on IRC at W3C
The Zakim IRC Teleconference Agent
Quick Start Guide to taking minutes
TV-related W3C groups and specifications

Emulators and Testing Tools

Archived Reports and Deliverables

Group Reports

The IG produced a couple of reports to categorize topics of interest for the Web and TV in terms of standardization needs:

The editor's draft for these reports.

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