Methodologies and tools for the cost-effective development of high-quality Web applications for Internet-enabled TV Consumer Electronics and IPTV

Objective

The development of Web applications targeting Internet-enabled TV Consumer Electronics (TV-CEs) place a multitude of different requirements as compared to Web applications for PCs, PDAs or smartphones.
The industry has already realized the importance of standards in this field. Industrial forums as the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) have developed relevant technology standards, as well as joined their forces for the harmonization of their efforts.
Nevertheless, existing standards have not been adequately adopted by the industry and therefore the degree of standards support varies significantly across different IPTV service providers, platform providers, and manufacturers of TV Consumer Electronics. This situation has proven to favour big software development companies against SMEs that seek to enter the market.
The W3TV project aims to provide a set of software engineering methodologies and tools that will allow European software SMEs to easily enter the market of applications development for Internet-enabled TV Consumers Electronics and IPTV, and easily migrate their applications across different platforms (TV-CE products, product customisations, and IPTV services platforms).
The W3TV methodological framework will remove the need for SMEs to cope with a variety of platforms. Instead, they will only need to possess know-how on the development of applications on top of a reference platform that the project will define on the basis of existing standards.
In addition, the project will define appropriate business models, centred on the role of SME Associations, for the exploitation of the W3TV results with the focus set on the commercialization of Platform Migration Services targeting software development SMEs.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software › software development
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › internet › world wide web
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › internet › web development

Programme(s)

• FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs

Topic(s)

• SME-2011-2 - Research for SME associations

Call for proposal

FP7-SME-2011
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Funding Scheme

BSG-SME-AG - Research for SME associations/groupings

Coordinator

ASSOCIATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES OF NOTHERN GREECE

Address

Technopolis Thessalonikis Business Park Building C2
55510 Thessaloniki
Greece

Activity type

Other

EU contribution

€ 231 475

Administrative Contact

Spyros Ignatiadis (Mr.)

Participants (9)

HEALTHCARE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Participation ended

United Kingdom

Address

Coombe Lane The Old Stable
SO510HN Awbridge, Romsey

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Denis Carroll (Mr.)

EPISTIMONIKO TECHNIKO EPIMELITIRIO KYPROU (Technical Chamber of Cyprus)

Cyprus

EU contribution

€ 483 821

Address

Kerverou 8
1513 Lefkosia

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Antonis Valanidis (Mr.)

SDRUZENIE BULGARSKA ASOCIACIA NA SOFTUERNITE KOMPANII BASCOM

Bulgaria

EU contribution

€ 75 435

Address

Jk Mladost 4 Biznes Park Sofia Bl11 Vh B Et 1
1766 Sofia

Activity type

Other

 

Administrative Contact

Maya Marinova (Mrs.)

DRUSTVO ZA INFORMACIONE SISTEME I RACUNARSKE MREZE INFORMACIONO DRUSTVO SRBIJE UDRUZENJE

Serbia

EU contribution

€ 88 606

Address

Tadeusa Koscuska 52
11000 Beograd

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Miodrag Ivkovic (Prof.)

ATESE ANONYMI TECHNIKI EMPORIKI SYMVOULEFTIKI NAFTILIAKI ETAIRA - IDIOTIKIEPICHEIRISI PAROCHIS YPIRESIONASFALEAIS

Greece

EU contribution

€ 168 308

Address

Syngrou Avenue 80 88
11741 Athina

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Gregorios Agriopoulos (Mr.)

SAFEVIEW SL

Spain

EU contribution

€ 285 155

Address

Calle Burgo Hondo 4
28023 Madrid

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Daniel Arribas (Mr.)

TELETEL TECHNOLOGIA AERODIASTIMIKIS KAI AMINAS

Greece

Address

Kifissias Avenue 124
115 26 Athina

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Vangelis Kollias (Dr.)

THOMSON VIDEO NETWORKS SAS*TH-VN

France

Address

Rue Du Clos Courtel
35510 Cesson Sevigne

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Raoul Monnier

SINGULARLOGIC ANONYMI ETAIREIA PLIROFORIAKON SYSTIMATON KAI EFARMOGONPLIROFORIKIS

Greece

Address

Achaias 3 & Troizinias
14564 Nea Kifisia

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Stelios Pantelopoulos (Mr.)