A study on standards and platforms for HBBTV applications and developing an application pool conforming these standards

HbbTV is an initiative serving entertainment, information and social networking services to end users by combining the broadcast and broadband. HbbTV applications are delivered to end users through connected TVs and set-top boxes. HbbTV compatible TVs and set-top boxes are becoming widespread in Europe. Moreover, in many countries in Europe, HbbTV is accepted as a standard. In addition to Germany, France, Holland and Austria, Spain has agreed to adopt HbbTV has its systems of choice for connected TVs. In this thesis, those existing standards needed to develop HbbTV applications are analysed, the differences between normal WEB programming and HbbTV application programming are explicated and it is aimed to develop a HbbTV application pool that is user-friendly, having various content of services, its contents can be configured to different digital platforms and TV channels and working problem-free in all of the HbbTV compatible TVs and set-top boxes.