Multimedia Home Platform Technology
The Standards and Specifications
This section of the website contains information about technical aspects of MHP including:
MHP Profiles
MHP specifications
Globally Executable MHP
MHP Test Suite
Please use the menu to the left to navigate through these sections.
The MHP Chain
The MHP chain is divided into the following elements:
1. Content producer
MHP applications are what attracts viewers (users), and they are the heart of any successful interactive television system. MHP applications are produced by a "Content Producer", and can be games, navigators, EPGs, enhanced information services, educational applications, etc.
2. MHP broadcaster
MHP applications can be, and often are, linked to broadcast services, such as games, events, etc., and the applications need to be aggregated into a service which is offered to the consumer - hence the "MHP" broadcaster. Typically, this is the public face of the MHP offering - where the applications developed by the content producers are brought together.
3. MHP network operator
In many cases, the MHP broadcaster WILL BE the MHP network operator, but in some cases, e.g. satellite delivery, the network operator may not be the broadcaster.
MHP applications could be aggregated by the network operator prior to uplink to a satellite for example.
4. MHP terminal equipment vendor
The most important element of the MHP chain is the terminal, or set-top-box, on which the MHP applications will run. This terminal is the public face of MHP - the user will use his remote control and set-top-box to navigate through the MHP applications.
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