Michael Lagally (Oracle)
 | Michael Lagally is a Senior Staff Engineer at Oracle. He works in the technology management group and represents Oracle in TV related standardization organizations, such as the DVB, the Blu-ray Disc Association, the Open IPTV Forum and the Java Community Process (JCP). He chairs the MUG group in the DVB, which is responsible to create the GEM specification. Michael holds a Master of Computer Science of the Technical University of Munich and has gained experience over many years in the IT and telecommunications industry. Before joining Oracle, Michael worked for Sun Microsystems as specification lead and contributor to various standardization activities for Java in TV and Mobile. |
Abstract
| GEM-based hybrid broadcast systems
The presentation gives an overview of the new Java-based GEM 1.3 specification, which was recently extended with a new profile for OTT services. GEM is deployed in broadcast and broadband networks as well as in every Blu-ray player on the planet. The new OTT profile closes the gaps for hybrid broadcast/broadband systems and enables a wide variety of new OTT and HBB services. These hybrid services can range from red-button applications to HD teletext replacements and full interactive services, which benefit from the combination of GEM profiles. |