Manage audiovisual media services available regionally, nationally, or globally.
Integrate scheduled channels with library titles in any combination of free or paid services.
Consolidate traditional broadcast distribution with modern online delivery.
Discover and access relevant services through any compatible device, display, or application.
The Service List Registry allows audiovisual media services delivered over diverse networks to be discovered and accessed by any compatible device, display, agent, or application, offering users simple service selection with choice, convenience, and control.
The simple service layer enables free, subscription or mixed models and preserves prominence, branding and accessibility for broadcasters. It allows users to select from a wide range of relevant local, regional, national, and international services according to location, language, and personal preferences.
Supporting any combination of conventional satellite, terrestrial, or cable transmissions, seamlessly aggregated and integrated with online offerings, the registry incorporates traditional television and radio channels with services and applications delivered over any wireless or fixed internet connection, including mobile and fibre networks.
Devices — Any consumer device or application can query the registry entirely free of charge using published application programming interfaces and freely implementable open standards.
Providers — The registry is offered as a managed platform to media providers and service operators, with transparent pricing based on usage, subject to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.
Users can simply select from lists of relevant services, scheduled channels and library titles based on their location and device capabilities.
Client devices and applications can retrieve service lists using open web standards and present the results in their own interface.
Media providers and service operators can publish lists of services available by region across various delivery networks.
Legislators, regulators, and authorities can maintain compliance with prominence, availability, and accessibility requirements.
The Service List Registry provides an online directory to enable different devices and displays to discover and connect to audiovisual services delivered over diverse networks.
The public query interface allows any compatible device or application to retrieve relevant service lists with references to relevant services.
A compatible internet connected client device or application can query the Service List Registry to discover relevant services based on its capabilities.
When the user selects a service, the service list information enables the client to connect to the appropriate broadcast or broadband source to access and present the selected channel, stream, or app.
The Service List Registry is based on freely available open standards and protocols:
Requests to the registry are easily integrated using widely adopted internet standards.
The Service List Registry is compatible with the open DVB-I specification for service discovery and programme metadata developed by the DVB Project.
DVB-I services are supported by the open HbbTV specification for Hybrid Broadcast Broadband Television.
The Service List Registry is hosted on globally resilient infrastructure and is designed to be highly available and scalable to meet the requirements of service providers worldwide.
The platform simply provides structured information about audiovisual services and how to access them.
Media providers, service operators, and suppliers of devices and displays are free to brand, innovate and differentiate the user experience of their services and products, while taking advantage of global economies of scale across multiple markets.
A browser-based administration console provides a simple and secure interface to enable authorised users to manage service list offerings.
The privacy of end users is paramount. All end-user requests are anonymous and no personally identifiable information relating to end users or their usage of services is available to the Service List Registry platform or any third party.
Only non-identifying data is stored and processed for operational and statistical purposes to report on and improve the performance of the platform.
The Service List Registry Pilot Programme enables early adopters to evaluate the service discovery platform and to register, administer and publish their own service list offerings free of charge.