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1.
A dedicated symbol in the
Info bar of a channel identifies
to the user the existence of
HbbTV content (6th symbol
from the left with the four
colorful points and the label
“
HbbTV”)
2.
The HbbTV function can be
turned on or off through the
Spark software’s main menu
3.
A symbol in the lower right
corner of the screen signifies
that HbbTV content is ready to
be accessed
4.
HbbTV content from the
German/French channel ARTE
5.
Through HbbTV the user
has access to the entire media
content of a channel
6.
The content can be sorted by
editor’s recommendation or by
popularity
7.
Through HbbTV providers
can make available detailed
programming descriptions
including trailers
8.
ARTE’s Media Library
with HbbTV content. In do-
ing this we discovered that
German channels in Eu-
rope are a step ahead of all
the others when it comes
to HbbTV. In Germany, in
addition to the two public
broadcasting channels ARD
and ZDF, there are quite a
few other privately owned
channels that offer HbbTV;
this is not the case in other
countries. Exceptions to
this are the public channels
in France and Holland that
also offer HbbTV.
There’s quite a bit of
HbbTV testing going on in
other countries so it’s safe
to say that this Spark soft-
ware feature will eventually
become available in many
other European countries.
The technical capabilities
of HbbTV include text, pic-
tures, online voting and di-
rect input to providers (for
example, entering in your
postal code for localized
weather information). Not
only that, there’s also the
ability to play back videos
via the internet through the
receiver.
All of the broadcasters
with HbbTV also make avail-