Steven Morris is an experienced developer in the area of interactive digital television. Formerly of Philips Electronics, one of the major players in the development of MHP, he was heavily involved in the development of the standard, its predecessors, and related standards such as JavaTV. In addition to work on the standard itself, Steven has experience developing MHP middleware and applications and is the Webmaster and content author for the 'Interactive TV Web' website (www.interactivetvweb.org and www.mhp-interactive.org), a key resource for MHP, JavaTV and OCAP developers. Anthony Smith-Chaigneau is the former Head of Marketing & Communications for the DVB Consortium. In that role, he created the first MHP website www.mhp.org and was responsible for driving the market implementation of this specification. Anthony left the DVB to join Advanced Digital Broadcast, where he helped them bring the first commercial MHP receivers to market. He is still heavily involved in the DVB MHP committees with Osmosys, an MHP and OCAP licensing company, based out of Switzerland.
Preface: Intended audience, How this book is organized, Versions; Chapter 1
The middleware market; Chapter 2
A brief introduction to digital TV; Chapter 3
Middleware architecture; Chapter 4
Applications and application management; Chapter 5
The JavaTV service model; Chapter 6
Resource management issues; Chapter 7
Graphics APIs; Chapter 8
Basic MPEG concepts in MHP and OCAP; Chapter 9
Reading service information; Chapter 10
Section filtering; Chapter 11
Media Control; Chapter 12
DSM
CC and broadcast filesystems; Chapter 13
Security in MHP and OCAP; Chapter 14
Communicating with other Xlets; Chapter 15
Building applications with HTML; Chapter 16
MHP 1.1; Chapter 17
Advanced topics; Chapter 18
Building a common middleware platform; Chapter 19
Deploying MHP and OCAP; Appendix A
DVB service information; Appendix B
ATSC service information
Preface: Intended audience, How this book is organized, Versions; Chapter 1 - The middleware market; Chapter 2 - A brief introduction to digital TV; Chapter 3 - Middleware architecture; Chapter 4 - Applications and application management; Chapter 5 - The JavaTV service model; Chapter 6 - Resource management issues; Chapter 7 - Graphics APIs; Chapter 8 - Basic MPEG concepts in MHP and OCAP; Chapter 9 - Reading service information; Chapter 10 - Section filtering; Chapter 11 - Media Control; Chapter 12 - DSM-CC and broadcast filesystems; Chapter 13 - Security in MHP and OCAP; Chapter 14 - Communicating with other Xlets; Chapter 15 - Building applications with HTML; Chapter 16 - MHP 1.1; Chapter 17 - Advanced topics; Chapter 18 - Building a common middleware platform; Chapter 19 - Deploying MHP and OCAP; Appendix A - DVB service information; Appendix B - ATSC service information
