Aplicações para TV baseadas em templates

Abstract

Altice Labs is developing a new Internet Protocol television (IPTV) platform to replace the one it currently possesses, being based on standard technologies and open standards allowing for greater evolution and resilience. To check if it is capable of incorporating services used in production, the company decided to implement one of these services on the new platform. The chosen service was a back office service, designated by Landing Pages (LP) that allow the creation of applications based on predefined templates. Applications are then presented through an interpreter present on the client, as in their set-top boxes. This master’s dissertation aims to implement this interpreter of LP applications on the new platform, and also check if it is able to support the services that are currently available. The implementation was made in JavaScript using Google Chrome as a web browser and the NW.js platform (node-webkit) as tests environments, since the specification of the set-top box, where the platform should run, is still unknown. An analysis of the service and its templates led to their division into groups. Each group was then implemented sequentially in an iterative and incremental process. The implemen tation revealed that the platform is capable of incorporating the intended features but it has flaws that must be corrected. This dissertation presents the process followed to recreate all templates on the new platform and corresponding analysis of its features on the new platform. This process provides pointers on how the interpreter and platform should evolve to enable deployment of the services that the company Altice Labs intends to make available.