About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 104. Chapters: MPEG-2, TiVo, BBC Red Button, ReplayTV, XBMC, YouView, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, MSN TV, Attack of the Show!, The Game Show, ASTRA2Connect, BD-J, Moxi, Advanced Digital Broadcast, ActiveVideo Networks, Smart TV, Google TV, Individual Television Experience, Solaris Mobile, Telly, Interactive television standards, IMX, Full Service Network, U-Pick Live, Pushbutton, Datacasting, Multimedia Home Platform, Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV, WapTV, First Business, Hauppauge MediaMVP, Hugo, Transformers: The Headmasters, MHEG-5, Slime Time Live, ASTRA Platform Services, ASTRA2Connect Maritime Broadband, TiVo, Inc., Yasmin's Getting Married, Playin' TV, Globally Executable MHP, Satellite contribution, IVOD, Control System Middleware for operator functioning, Televisionary, Rock Star, OEDN, Viera Cast, OpenTV, Portable Content Format, Open...., MetaTV, Xlet, TV Site, Ginga, Football First, SWRV, Larry the Lobster, IceTV, WTVML, CBS Summer Playhouse, Accidental Lovers, Crid, Multiprotocol Encapsulation, AOL TV, AFDESI, Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation, IP over DVB, Broadcast Markup Language, Free Stuff, Key & See, Enhanced TV, CloudTV, Stoneroos, Overcasting, TVWorks, OpenTV Hardware Porting Kit. Excerpt: XBMC Media Center (formerly Xbox Media Center) is a free and open source cross-platform digital media hub and HTPC (Home theater PC) software with a 10-foot user interface designed to be a media player for the living-room TV. Its graphical user interface (GUI) allows the user to easily manage video, photos, podcasts, and music from a computer, optical disc, local network, and the internet using a remote control. The XBMC project is managed by the non-profit technology consortium XBMC Foundation. It is a popular alternative to Microsoft's Windows Media Center and Apple's Front Row for HTPC (Home Theat...