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ITU Workshop on Making Media Accessible to all: the options and the economics (Geneva, Switzerland, 25 October 2013 ). - Successful Access services for IPTV-. Yushi Naito/Masahito Kawamori ITU-T Study Group 16 & ITU-T IPTV-Global Standards Initiative. Topics.
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ITU Workshop on Making Media Accessible to all: the options and the economics(Geneva, Switzerland, 25 October 2013 ) -Successful Access services for IPTV- Yushi Naito/Masahito Kawamori ITU-T Study Group 16 & ITU-T IPTV-Global Standards Initiative
Topics • Brief Introduction to ITU-T IPTV • ITU-T Compliant TV set • IPTV as Accessible User Interface • ITU-T IPTV Terminals available in market • ITU-T IPTV for Accessibility • Conclusion
The ITU INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon • United Nations agency for telecommunication and ICTs • Members: • 193 Governments and regulatory bodies • 700 Private Sector • 20 Academia • Developing standards for ICT
IPTV Value Chain End-to-end solution Interact with content Discover and acquire service Announce and advertise service Deliver Content Monitor and Manage service Content Provisioning ITU-T IPTV standards cover all IPTV value chain
ITU-T H.721 Standardized Managed Smart IPTV Power cable Ether cable for IP connection World’s first standard for “connected TV”, support managed “smart TV”. Wireless devices are also provided, for easier access Multiple remote service providers can provide managed IPTV services on any of these standardized terminals Interactivity for “smart” app is provided by H.762
ITU-T IPTV Terminals available in market • ITU compliant IPTV sets are already available in the market • E.g., Over 2 million terminals from different manufacturers in Japan • Customer can buy this TV at a shop, connect to network, and receive an IPTV service • Accessibility features are easily supported by these TV Connected TV STB PC
IPTV as Accessible User Interface for all • Human Interface is the Key for Accessibility • Human Interface Persists • E.g: Keyboard has a long history since the days of typewriter • TV is a Universal Human Interface that helps people acceptable to Information and Opportunity
TV set as Universal Interface • Since its introduction, familiar to both Young and Old • Accessible to a wide range of population, without special training • It is the universal user interface for various services
IPTV and Accessibility for all In the recent years, South Korean dramas became popular in Japan This popularity is partly attributed to closed captions and subtitles these dramas often have, and the elder people were attracted to these dramas because of accessibility The elderly is similar to Person With Disability in many respects
ITU-T IPTV for Accessibility ITU-T’s standardized IPTV has been already widely deployed in the market It is expected that ITU-T IPTV will provide better chances for accessible media services It has been demonstrated the effectiveness of IPTV-based accessibility on several occasions A test service dedicated to Accessibility, using ITU-T IPTV, is being conducted (“Listen with your Eyes IPTV”) Collaboration with relevant organizations (WFD, WHO, etc.)
IPTV Accessibility Experiments Feb. 2013: IPTV delivery transcontinental (Japan-Geneva-Manila-Singapore) experiment at the Sapporo Snow Festival with multilingual captioning (multi-location with multi-source content) April 2013: IPTV Accessibility demo at Kaleidoscope Event, an ITU-T’s academic event, in Kyoto, Japan June 2013: live multicasting delivery of the Annual Conference of Japan Federation of the Deaf. September 2013: Start of “Listen with your Eyes IPTV” test service (live streaming, scheduled programming, and VOD)
Accessibility service Portal on IPTV A test service dedicated to Accessibility, using ITU-T IPTV, is being conducted (“Listen with your Eyes IPTV”) to provide 100% closed captioning to various program
Delivery of IPTV content with integrated closed-captions ITU-T IPTV was the basis of transcontinental provisioning of closed caption (from multiple locations in Japan
Multiple Protocol Delivery Of Special Programs for PWD ITU-T IPTV was used to deliver live content from the Annual Conference of JFD, to various locations in Japan PWD watching IPTV programs with captioning Delivered IPTV program for the Deaf The Rehabilitation and Treatment Centerfor People with Hearing and Speech Disorders, Kyoto
IPTV Application for Accessibility ITU-T IPTV is used for various accessibility services, including accessible education
Conclusion IPTV can provide accessible Interface to many services ITU-T’s IPTV is already widely available, and is being used for various testbeds as well as test services ITU-T’s IPTV and its work on Media Accessibility is the key for reaching the Media Have-Nots of the Developed and Developing Worlds