Exploring the interactivity for citizenship applications in the Brazilian Digital Television System

Author

Santos, João Benedito dos, Jr. ; Braga, Kim Pontes ; De Souza, Danilo ; Lopes, João Paulo Luis ; Vilela, Gustavo ; Lima, Douglas

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Minas Gerais, Pocos de Caldas, Brazil

fYear

2012

fDate

23-25 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents some contributions towards Interactive Digital Television, focusing on interactivity for citizenship in the context of Brazilian Digital Television System Terrestrial (SBTVD-T/ISDB-TB). The paper is focused on the necessary infrastructure, applications and services that can help with the challenges of promoting digital inclusion in Brazil. In the infrastructure issue, the BluTV (Bringing All Users to the Television) is discussed, specially in terms of its components to develop interactive applications and to explore the back channel (interactivity channel). As a product of this investigation, a prototype of Interactive TV Application Guide to promote citizenship through digital inclusion is presented.

Keywords

digital television; interactive television; BluTV; Brazilian digital television system; SBTVD-T-ISDB-TB; back channel; citizenship applications; interactive TV application guide; interactive digital television; Context; Educational institutions; Government; HDTV; Internet; Brazilian Digital Television System; Digital Inclusion and Citizenship; Interactive Television; iTV Applications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telematics and Information Systems (EATIS), 2012 6th Euro American Conference on

Conference_Location

Valencia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4503-1012-3

Type

conf

Filename

6218061