-Successful Access services for IPTV- Yushi Naito/Masahito Kawamori ITU-T Study Group 16 & ITU-T IPTV-Global Standards Initiative ITU Workshop on Making Media Accessible to all: the options and the economics (Geneva, Switzerland, 25 October 2013 )

Topics Brief Introduction to ITU-T IPTV ITU-T Compliant TV set IPTV as Accessible User Interface ITU-T IPTV Terminals available in market ITU-T IPTV for Accessibility Conclusion 2

The ITU INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION United Nations agency for telecommunication and ICTs Members: 193 Governments and regulatory bodies 700 Private Sector 20 Academia Developing standards for ICT 3 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré

IPTV Value Chain ITU-T IPTV standards cover all IPTV value chain Interact with content Discover and acquire service Content Provisioning Announce and advertise service Monitor and Manage service Deliver Content End-to-end solution 4

ITU-T H.721 Standardized Managed Smart IPTV World’s first standard for “connected TV”, support managed “smart TV”. Wireless devices are also provided, for easier access Multiple remote service providers can provide managed IPTV services on any of these standardized terminals Interactivity for “smart” app is provided by H.762 Power cable Ether cable for IP connection

6 ITU-T IPTV Terminals available in market ITU compliant IPTV sets are already available in the market E.g., Over 2 million terminals from different manufacturers in Japan Customer can buy this TV at a shop, connect to network, and receive an IPTV service Accessibility features are easily supported by these TV STB Connected TV PC

IPTV as Accessible User Interface for all Human Interface is the Key for Accessibility Human Interface Persists E.g: Keyboard has a long history since the days of typewriter TV is a Universal Human Interface that helps people acceptable to Information and Opportunity 7

TV set as Universal Interface 8 Since its introduction, familiar to both Young and Old Accessible to a wide range of population, without special training It is the universal user interface for various services

IPTV and Accessibility for all In the recent years, South Korean dramas became popular in Japan This popularity is partly attributed to closed captions and subtitles these dramas often have, and the elder people were attracted to these dramas because of accessibility The elderly is similar to Person With Disability in many respects Geneva, 25 October

ITU-T IPTV for Accessibility ITU-T’s standardized IPTV has been already widely deployed in the market It is expected that ITU-T IPTV will provide better chances for accessible media services It has been demonstrated the effectiveness of IPTV- based accessibility on several occasions A test service dedicated to Accessibility, using ITU-T IPTV, is being conducted (“Listen with your Eyes IPTV”) Collaboration with relevant organizations (WFD, WHO, etc.) Geneva, 25 October

IPTV Accessibility Experiments Feb. 2013: IPTV delivery transcontinental (Japan- Geneva-Manila-Singapore) experiment at the Sapporo Snow Festival with multilingual captioning (multi-location with multi-source content) April 2013: IPTV Accessibility demo at Kaleidoscope Event, an ITU-T’s academic event, in Kyoto, Japan June 2013: live multicasting delivery of the Annual Conference of Japan Federation of the Deaf. September 2013: Start of “Listen with your Eyes IPTV” test service (live streaming, scheduled programming, and VOD) Geneva, 25 October

Accessibility service Portal on IPTV A test service dedicated to Accessibility, using ITU-T IPTV, is being conducted (“Listen with your Eyes IPTV”) to provide 100% closed captioning to various program Geneva, 25 October

Delivery of IPTV content with integrated closed-captions ITU-T IPTV was the basis of transcontinental provisioning of closed caption (from multiple locations in Japan Geneva, 25 October

Multiple Protocol Delivery Of Special Programs for PWD Geneva, 25 October The Rehabilitation and Treatment Center for People with Hearing and Speech Disorders, Kyoto PWD watching IPTV programs with captioning Delivered IPTV program for the Deaf ITU-T IPTV was used to deliver live content from the Annual Conference of JFD, to various locations in Japan

IPTV Application for Accessibility ITU-T IPTV is used for various accessibility services, including accessible education Geneva, 25 October

IPTV can provide accessible Interface to many services ITU-T’s IPTV is already widely available, and is being used for various testbeds as well as test services ITU-T’s IPTV and its work on Media Accessibility is the key for reaching the Media Have-Nots of the Developed and Developing Worlds Conclusion 16