Media providers can package, publish, and promote audiovisual services by region, territory, or globally.
Services can be delivered online or over mobile, terrestrial, satellite, cable, or telco networks, in any combination.
Compatible devices and applications use the registry to discover and access relevant audiovisual media services.
Early adopters can evaluate the platform and publish their own service list offerings free of charge.
The Service List Registry allows any compatible screen, device, or application to discover audiovisual services from multiple sources, delivered over diverse broadcast and broadband networks, 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 cable, satellite and terrestrial transmissions, seamlessly aggregated and integrated with on-demand offerings, the registry incorporates traditional television and radio channels with services delivered over any wireless or fixed internet connection, including mobile and fibre networks.
Services — Offered to media and service providers as a platform-as-a-service, with transparent pricing based on usage, subject to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.
Devices — Any consumer device or application can query the platform entirely free of charge using published application programming interfaces and freely implementable open standards.
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 web standards from the W3C World Wide Web Consortium and the DVB-I specification developed by the DVB Project.
DVB-I services are supported by the 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 federated directory simply provides structured information about audiovisual services and how to access them. Service providers can deploy their own systems to support information for programme guides or to deliver programming on demand.
Programme providers, platform operators, and suppliers of devices and displays are free to brand, innovate and differentiate 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.