CCMA Publish Its HbbTV Subtitling Software as Open Source
The Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA), committed with universal accessibility, has shared the software code to show subtitles on its TV3alacarta HbbTV VoD service, developed in the scope of the HBB4ALL European project. - October 21, 2016
HBB4ALL Workshop 2016: Enabling Accessibility in a Connected World 26 February 2016, Lisbon - Portugal
The HBB4ALL project announce its second workshop “Enabling Accessibility in a Connected World” hosted by the project partner RTP (Rádio e Televisão de Portugal), 26th February 2016 in Lisbon. The project will present its last achievements with some demonstrations and the ongoing user test results. - February 12, 2016
HBB4ALL, Connected TV Accessibility: From Prototypes to Operational Pilots
HBB4ALL relevant advancements for 2015 and future steps for the next year. - December 30, 2015
IRT Shows MPEG-DASH and EBU-TT-D Subtitles with HbbTV 2.0
In close cooperation with rbb and TV manufacturer Samsung and in the scope of HBB4ALL, IRT presents first HbbTV2.0 showcases at the IFA 2015 in Berlin and at the IBC 2015 in Amsterdam. A prototype service has been developed that combines live IP-streaming using MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) and subtitles based on the EBU-TT-D specification. - September 03, 2015
European Connected TV: From the Accessibility Vision Into Market Reality
HBB4ALL addresses media accessibility for all citizens in the connected TV environment. Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV, is a European standard increasingly adopted by European broadcasters. One of the challenges in the coming years will be the delivery of multi-platform audiovisual content and making this content accessible. The elderly and people with disabilities rely on subtitles, audiodescription or sign language, etc. - March 19, 2014