An apparatus and a method for providing information used for generating and consuming multimedia content in a broadcast system supporting a multimedia service based on an Internet protocol are provided. The method includes composing a message type field containing information indicating on a type of control information contained in the control message, composing a length field containing information on the length of the control message, composing optional fields having different values according to the type of the control information, and composing a payload field containing content of the control information.

An apparatus and a method for providing information used for generating and consuming multimedia content in a broadcast system supporting a multimedia service based on an Internet protocol are provided. The method includes composing a message type field containing information indicating on a type of control information contained in the control message, composing a length field containing information on the length of the control message, composing optional fields having different values according to the type of the control information, and composing a payload field containing content of the control information.

The present invention provides a method for transmitting a broadcasting signal. A method for transmitting a broadcasting signal according to the present invention suggests a system capable of supporting a next generation broadcasting service in an environment which supports a next generation hybrid broadcast using a terrestrial broadcast network and an internet network. Furthermore, in an environment which supports a next generation hybrid broadcast, suggested is an efficient signaling scheme which can embrace both a terrestrial broadcast network and an internet network.

A method of processing transmission of a broadcast signal includes generating broadcast data for one or more broadcast services, generating first level signaling information including information for describing attribute for the one or more broadcast services, generating second level signaling information including information for listing the one or more broadcast services, generating link layer packets including the encoded broadcast data, the first level signaling information, and the second level signaling information, and generating a broadcast signal including the generated link layer packets.

A method of processing transmission of a broadcast signal includes generating broadcast data for one or more broadcast services, generating first level signaling information including information for describing attribute for the one or more broadcast services, generating second level signaling information including information for listing the one or more broadcast services, generating link layer packets including the encoded broadcast data, the first level signaling information, and the second level signaling information, and generating a broadcast signal including the generated link layer packets.

Disclosed are a dynamic multi-mode service (MMS) transmission apparatus, a dynamic MMS reception apparatus, and a method for providing a dynamic MMS. The method includes generating, by the dynamic MMS transmission apparatus, signaling information including information about linkage between service channels based on broadcast schedule information about a broadcast service; transmitting, by the dynamic MMS transmission apparatus, the signaling information and the broadcast service to the dynamic MMS reception apparatus through at least one of a broadcast network and a broadband network; receiving, by the dynamic MMS reception apparatus, the signaling information and the broadcast service; interpreting, by the dynamic MMS reception apparatus, the information about the linkage between service channels, included in the signaling information, by decoding the signaling information; and providing, by the dynamic MMS reception apparatus, the broadcast service by performing dynamic channel switching based on the information about the linkage between service channels.

Disclosed are a dynamic multi-mode service (MMS) transmission apparatus, a dynamic MMS reception apparatus, and a method for providing a dynamic MMS. The method includes generating, by the dynamic MMS transmission apparatus, signaling information including information about linkage between service channels based on broadcast schedule information about a broadcast service; transmitting, by the dynamic MMS transmission apparatus, the signaling information and the broadcast service to the dynamic MMS reception apparatus through at least one of a broadcast network and a broadband network; receiving, by the dynamic MMS reception apparatus, the signaling information and the broadcast service; interpreting, by the dynamic MMS reception apparatus, the information about the linkage between service channels, included in the signaling information, by decoding the signaling information; and providing, by the dynamic MMS reception apparatus, the broadcast service by performing dynamic channel switching based on the information about the linkage between service channels.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal for providing HEVC based IP broadcast service. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: generating a video stream by encoding video data; generating signaling information which includes any one among information indicating the generated video stream is a HEVC video stream, information indicating the characteristic of the generated video stream, and information indicating a broadcast service on the basis of the generated video stream is the HEVC based broadcasting service; multiplexing the generated video stream and the signaling information; and transmitting the multiplexed broadcast stream.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal for providing HEVC based IP broadcast service. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: generating a video stream by encoding video data; generating signaling information which includes any one among information indicating the generated video stream is a HEVC video stream, information indicating the characteristic of the generated video stream, and information indicating a broadcast service on the basis of the generated video stream is the HEVC based broadcasting service; multiplexing the generated video stream and the signaling information; and transmitting the multiplexed broadcast stream.

There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform obtaining video data, creating, based on the video data, a timed metadata track indicating a segment bandwidth and comprising information of a plurality of aligned segments of a media adaptation set such that duration information and size information of each of the aligned segments are included in at least one metadata sample, switching to one of a plurality of representations of the video data based on whether the timed metadata track indicates at least an overflow to an input buffer per each of the plurality of representations, and delivering the one of the plurality of representations to a client as a part of an event stream and based on at least one mode indicated in the event stream.