Value Added Services for Connected TV

This book presents a research work on some value added services for connected TV. The work has been done in the context of consumer electronics. An in-depth academic research is carried out in order to address several existing commercial challenges. The central theme of this book is TV with Internet which is going to become a popular product in the electronics market. The content starts with discussing about the platform on which value added services are implemented. Next, a video compression algorithm is realized on the target hardware platform. The issues like video encryption, video watermarking, and services like channel logo recognition, text localization and recognition in video stream are successfully explored. Implementation details as well as experimental results show the utility and viability of the proposed services in the context of RF TV. All the book chapters are supported by thorough state of the art analysis that would help the new comers to understand the subject well. The experts will benefit from a few deployed solutions based on the proposed technology. In summary, the book can be used as a ready reference for both the academia and the industries.