ANT Galio Core Applications

Enhance the TV experience

The ANT Galio Core Applications build on the powerful graphics capabilities and flexibility of the ANT Galio Platform to provide operators and manufacturers with a comprehensive set of core TV applications. Constructed with familiar Web 2.0 technologies, the ANT Galio Core Applications can dramatically accelerate your service and product development cycles across an entire product family, whether as the complete solution for mid-range products or as the foundations for enhanced functionality top end products. They can be easily customised, such as adapting the user interface to match existing service branding, and will integrate with your pre-existing applications and capabilities to enable an existing product range to be grown for the future.

BUILT WITH WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES

• Advanced features built on HTML, JavaScript and CSS technologies

• Optimum flexibility and control for a rich, dynamic TV experience

• Readily customised using standard Web development tools

FLEXIBLE AND FEATURE-RICH

• Fully customisable applications supporting rich, high-value and interactive graphical content

• Multi-lingual support built in, with new languages, such as Chinese or Arabic, easily added

• Choice of standard user interface skins, or option of developing a bespoke style and theme

• Supports both high definition and standard definition user interfaces

TOTAL PORTABILITY AND DEPENDABILITY

• ANT Galio Platform architecture ensures portability of applications across multiple platforms

• Deployed by world leading STB and consumer electronic companies

• Expert consultancy, engineering, support and training services available

ANT Core Applications

Zapper/ Channel Banner

The Zapper Application provides the basic functionality required to change channels and display information about programmes on the current channel.

• Lists available channels from all sources, such as IPTV and DVB channels in a single list

• Provides channel navigation and detailed programme information

• User can sort and filter the channel list by favourites, genre or by operator ‘bouquet’

• Supports parental control, blocking restricted material according to user settings

Electronic Programme Guide (EPG)

The EPG Application provides a detailed guide to broadcast content, as a full-screen application that lists channels and programme schedules. The user can move around this display using standard TV navigation.

• Choice of EPG formats and styles, including

• Translucent

• Opaque with scaled TV window

• Grid-style

• Newspaper-style

• Display all channels or filter by favourites

• Schedule recordings and set reminders with on-screen indication in EPG

• Search for programmes with keyword search facility

Personal Video Recorder (PVR)

The PVR Application enables a user to schedule, manage and play recordings.

• Schedule recordings either directly from the EPG or manually

• Enables quick review of content with trick play – fast forward or rewind, pause or slow play

• Conflict manager alerts user to scheduling or resource conflicts and creates free space by deleting recordings where necessary

• View a detailed description of a recording

• Provides ability to automatically record all episodes of a series, or linked programmes

• Hard disk drive management – format and check disk for errors

• Enhanced recording management – PVR list, time entry and reminder functions all updated

• ‘Advanced seek’ control during content playback – direct jump, jump forward or back by user defined amounts

Main Menu/Settings Menu/Parental Control

The main menu provides the user with access to available services on the device. The operator can customise this list at the time of deployment, or when new services are deployed.

• Set configurations for user interface language, subtitles, output options, favourites, restricted channels and define device start up options

• Set parental control behaviour based on a range of options

• Choose alternative user interface themes and multiple screen resolutions

• Easy Installation – quick configure and setup function

• Satellite channel scanning application

Video on Demand

The Video on Demand (VOD) Application enables the user to browse VOD catalogues, purchase, preview, or play items. This application requires an element of configuration and integration effort, dependant on the operator’s solution.

• Browse multiple VOD catalogues through nested menus

• Search for items with keyword search facility

• Browse list of active rentals or previous purchases

• Cancel scheduled purchases

• Supports a variety of common VOD models

• Independent of VOD catalogue

For more information on ANT Galio Core Applications email info@antplc.com