Portable Content Format

The DVB's Portable Content Format (PCF) is a data format for the description of interactive digital television (iTV) services. It is intended to support the businessto-business interchange of interactive content and to enable deployment on multiple target platforms with a minimum amount of re-authoring. This will reduce both the production cost and time to air of iTV services. White Papers are distr Authorisation of the Chi publi © BBC 2006. All rights reserved. Except as pr reproduced in any material form (including photo means) without the prior written permission accordance with the provisions of the (UK) Copy The BBC grants permission to individuals and or (including this copyright notice) for their own in published, distributed or made available to thi means without the BBC's prior written permis directed to the relevant page on BBC's website this document. ibuted freely on request. ef Scientist is required for cation. ovided below, no part of this document may be copying or storing it in any medium by electronic of BBC Research & Development except in right, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ganisations to make copies of the entire document ternal use. No copies of this document may be rd parties whether by paper, electronic or other sion. Where necessary, third parties should be at http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp for a copy of 1 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ BBC Research & Development White Paper WHP 134 Portable Content Format – a standard for describing an interactive digital television service R. Bradbury, R. Cartwright, J. Hunter, S. Perrott, J.E. Rosser