Disclosed herein are a machine architecture implementing a staging automation process, including features such as multiple IR transmitters and composite video inputs for automated high volume quality testing. Diagnostic display outputs from a unit under test are input to OCR and video quality algorithms to validate that the units under test are ready for a functional test process at the next stage.

Disclosed herein are a machine architecture implementing a staging automation process, including features such as multiple IR transmitters and composite video inputs for automated high volume quality testing. Diagnostic display outputs from a unit under test are input to OCR and video quality algorithms to validate that the units under test are ready for a functional test process at the next stage.

A system for generating, providing and/or receiving an encapsulated service guide data.

A system for generating, providing and/or receiving an encapsulated service guide data.

Device for providing a playable sequence in renderable manner comprises: a providing unit for providing defined functions, said functions for applying playable effects to objects, a time unit for adding time boundaries to said functions, to provide time bounded functions, an ordering unit for ordering said time bounded functions into a sequence, and a translation unit for applying translations to said objects in accordance with said effects.

Device for providing a playable sequence in renderable manner comprises: a providing unit for providing defined functions, said functions for applying playable effects to objects, a time unit for adding time boundaries to said functions, to provide time bounded functions, an ordering unit for ordering said time bounded functions into a sequence, and a translation unit for applying translations to said objects in accordance with said effects.

The present invention presents a method for transmitting a broadcast signal. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal, according to the present invention, presents a system capable of supporting a next-generation broadcast service in an environment supporting next-generation hybrid broadcasting using a terrestrial broadcast network and an Internet network. In addition, presented is an efficient signaling method capable of covering both the terrestrial broadcast network and the Internet network in the environment supporting the next-generation hybrid broadcasting.

The present invention presents a method for transmitting a broadcast signal. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal, according to the present invention, presents a system capable of supporting a next-generation broadcast service in an environment supporting next-generation hybrid broadcasting using a terrestrial broadcast network and an Internet network. In addition, presented is an efficient signaling method capable of covering both the terrestrial broadcast network and the Internet network in the environment supporting the next-generation hybrid broadcasting.

A media generation system and method are provided. The system has a media generation computer that has a store that contains a marked-up script with a scene having a plurality of shots that each has a plurality of splitscenes and a computing device that uses a streaming protocol and receives a rendered sceneplay from the media generation computer. The media generation computer automatically directs actors with stage and blocking directions to generate recorded splitscenes and automatically edits and combines the recorded splitscenes.

A media generation system and method are provided. The system has a media generation computer that has a store that contains a marked-up script with a scene having a plurality of shots that each has a plurality of splitscenes and a computing device that uses a streaming protocol and receives a rendered sceneplay from the media generation computer. The media generation computer automatically directs actors with stage and blocking directions to generate recorded splitscenes and automatically edits and combines the recorded splitscenes.