Remote control android application for second screen DTV environment

Abstract

Living room is a shared space, in which families carry out their daily routines. The proliferation of personal devices (handhelds or laptops) has modified traditional family behaviors including watching television. Great improvement of hardware performance for handheld devices such as tablets and smartphones is the main reason of their increased usage as a second screen device and their newly acquired popularity with digital TV vendors. In this paper, one proposal of system architecture and SW framework for a second screen concept is presented. The paper focuses on implementation of DVB multimedia second screen broadcasting, providing live TV and mosaic content as well as other digital television services such as: EPG, teletext, subtitles, PVR, and remote controller for the TV or STB on the second screen.