Espial BML Browser (WebKit)

Product Overview

Enhance Digital Television with Interactive Web Browser

Espial® BML Browser (based on WebKit) is a SDK designed to handle the unique characteristics of the Broadcast Markup Language (BML). Espial BML Browser's technology is built on the Espial Portability Engine and is portable across devices which allows it to port and integrate quickly with ARIB middleware. It is an ideal platform for enabling new services from Japanese broacasters for interactive advertising, voting, games, social, and program-bound services.

media and information convergence in digital TV, GUIs and web browsing for your cell phone line and dynamic information feeds for your smart Internet device.

In 2003, the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) specified use of BML for content that enhances digital broadcast television (ISDB in Japan). BML supports including additional program related information for the viewer. The scope of this markup language is not limited to TV - there is work underway to bring this revolutionary new approach to program delivery to the mobile and smart devices industries.

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Features & Benefits : The Espial BML Browser Advantage - a single code base for HTML, BML and Net TV.

• Supports the ARIB STD-B24 standard including CS, BS and Digital Terrestrial profiles.
• Shares the same code-base as the Espial TV Browser - for HTML, BML and Net TV services.
• Standards compliant - in addition to BML, the TV Browser adheres to accepted internet standards such as HTML, XHTML, CSS, DOM and JavaScript.
• Easy to port and Integrate - achieved through Espial TV Browser's SDK approach, navigation and functionality are completely customizable to the requirements of the design, tailoring product capabilities to the needs of the end user
• A DSM-CC module is available as an option.
• Scalable technology - uses a modular architecture that allows developers to easily add content support and to maximize functionality in resource constrained environments.
• Multimedia capable - plug-in architecture supports multimedia plug-ins. Espial provides a Adobe Flash plug-in, with additional support available for custom plug-in development.
• Extensible and Modular - supports a range of image formats, custom protocols and content renderers including XML, WTVML, XHTML, HTML, DVB-HTML and more. It can be integrated with no risk to the core technology.

Applications

BML Browser Applications

• Internet Web Browsing 
• Walled Garden
• Video On Demand - Movies, TV Shows
• News Portal
• Weather Portal
• Sports Portal
• Games Portal

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