28 March 2011 --
The Web and television convergence story was the focus of W3C's
Second Web and TV
Workshop, which took place in Berlin in February. Today, W3C publishes a
report that
summarizes the discussion among the 77 organizations that participated, including broadcasters, telecom companies, cable operators, OTT (over the top)
companies, content providers, device vendors, software vendors, Web
application providers, researchers, governments, and standardization
organizations active in the TV space. Convergence priorities identified in the report include:
Adaptive streaming over HTTP
Home networking and second-screen scenarios
The role of metadata and relation to Semantic Web technology
Ensuring that convergent solutions are accessible.
Profiling and testing
Possible extensions to HTML5 for Television
