Teatro-4.0

The ideal software choice to make your TV genuinely smart.

Teatro-4 is a comprehensive line of turnkey software solutions targeted at Smart TVs running on Linux or Android OS.

Core component of Teatro-4 is Comedia 4.0, a field proven software stack that handles analogue TV (NTSC, PAL, SECAM), digital TV (ATSC, DVB) , TV chassis and that has been deployed within millions of STBs and TV sets.
Teatro-4 features three editions:

  • Teatro-4.0 targeting Linux based devices
  • Teatro-4.5 targeting Android based devices
  • Teatro-4.GTV targeting Google TV devices

Each edition comprises a collection of reference end user apps written in either HTML5/JavaScript (Teatro-4.0) or in Java (Teatro-4.5, Teatro-4.GTV), and designed to deliver a smooth and intuitive User eXperience.

A wide range of options are available with Teatro-4 from PVR, CI Plus, and MHEG-5 through to DLNA, DTCP-IP, and HbbTV. Moreover, Teatro-4 is pre integrated with the client SDKs of major Over-The- Top (OTT) services and Digital Right Management (DRM) systems.

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Key features

  • Successfully integrated within Linux environment
  • Easy to customize as the end user apps are regular HTML5/JavaScript apps that can be simply authored using the numerous tools available on the market
  • Easy to port as the solution is platform agnostic as it relies on the Comedia Hardware Abstraction Layer (CHAL)
  • Continuously tested and validated on reference platforms on the basis of a Validation Test Plan (VTP) which includes the relevant pre certifications
  • “Production-ready”: the solution may be delivered integrated within turnkey complete (i.e., hardware and software) solutions designed by iWedia and based on chipsets provided by key market players
  • Integrated options:
    • PVR
    • CI Plus
    • MHEG-5
    • DLNA
    • DTCP-IP
    • HbbTV
  • Pre integrated with the client SDKs of major Over-The-Top (OTT) services and Digital Right Management (DRM) systems

  • The iWedia’s WebKit-based Web browsing engine allows for the rendering of both visually rich embedded end-user applications developed in HTML5/JavaScript and of HbbTV applications
  • The embedded apps access the service-level API exposed by Comedia through the Comedia JavaScript plug-ins
  • The HbbTV apps access the service-level API exposed by Comedia through the HbbTV/OIPF JavaScript plug-ins
  • The Linux-based distributed architecture takes full benefits of features provided by Linux and its associated libraries (e.g., DirectFB)

Architecture overview

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Deliverables

  • Teatro-4 software solution generated as a library on the Customer environment
  • Hardware abstraction layer (CHAL): APIs documentation, reference implementation (in ANSI C source code)
  • Reference end-user embedded applications in HTML5/JavaScript source code 
  • Documentation of the JavaScript APIs used by the end user embedded applications
  • Validation Test Plan (VTP) including the relevant pre-certifications and Validation Test Report (VTR) on a reference platform
  • Reference system demonstrating Teatro-4 solution

Platform requirements (examples)

Teatro-4.0
SW requirements Linux platform SDK with DirectFB support
OS Linux
Flash size 64MB
RAM size 256MB

Screenshots

Screenshots gallery - USA model example with ATSC

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Screenshots gallery - EU model example with DVB featuring HbbTV

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