theibcdaily For the latest show news and updates follow #IBC2014 Semantic TV comes home LinkedTV By Adrian Pennington
The big brains at the Fraunhofer Institute have turned their attention to imagining how a converged web search and TV content might be experienced in the living room of the 2020's. Visitors to the IBC Future Zone can make themselves comfortable in a living room simulation and, while watching a TV programme, explore more information and content about concepts and topics via a companion app. The technology, which makes this programme enhancement possible, is targeted at broadcasters and OTT content providers and runs under the name LinkedTV. “We will show this for two
genres where further information exploration is a typical interest of viewers: a newscast by Rundfunk
Berlin-Brandenburg and a documentary series of the Dutch TV station AVRO,” explained Lyndon Nixon of the Institute's Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS) department. “We think that viewer
interest is sometimes lost or frustrated because it is not possible to easily find everything we see on TV: how do I Google for the painting I just saw on the wall behind the presenter when I don't know the name of the artwork nor the artist?”
The institute is working
with 11 partners from seven countries on the project. Software scans the contents of a show prior to its broadcast via speech analysis and image processing for topic-related content from the web. Since the software provides a great number of unfiltered hits and semantic links, the researchers have developed methods to narrow down the
results according to certain criteria. “For example, content will be displayed only if it complies with laws for the protection of minors and for which the copyright is no problem,” said project manager, Heike Horstmann. The editorial team adds the final touches, checking suggested content for relevance and eliminating any duplications from the hit list.
“Unlike one-size-fits-all second screen enhancements, LinkedTV incorporates viewer profiling to enable personalised enhancements, highlighting concepts they are interested in and adapting the additional information and content to them,” said Nixon. The automated LinkedTV workflow permits a lower cost scaling up of TV programme enhancement for broadcasters and OTT providers.” 8.F42
Full HD camera- mount monitor
Marshall Electronics By David Fox
The new V-LCD71-MD 7-inch monitor from Marshall Electronics is claimed to be the first camera-mount monitor to offer full HD resolution. It uses a high-brightness 700-nit, backlit 1920x1080 LCD panel, and input/output modules that can be easily swapped to give the specific I/O combination users require.
The base model, known as
the V-LCD71 MD comes with HDMI input and pass through, while the V-LCD71MD-O** comes with a preinstalled MDO- 3G module providing dual 3G- SDI outputs converted from the HDMI input. The V-LCD71MD-
3G includes the base unit with a preinstalled MD-3GE module providing a 3G/HD/SD-SDI input with loop-through. Features include: a wide variety of formats and markers; waveform display; dual audio bars; front panel headphone output; variable pixel-to-pixel function; and a peaking filter in four colours for easier focus assist. Also new are: multiple DSLR presets; six User presets; adjustable IRE clip guide; and backlight control.
All the new MD series monitors come with an HDCP compliant HDMI input with pass-through, a selection of 10 battery adapters, and a choice of one input or output module. 11.D20
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