[M4IF Technotes] BIFS profiles for Set-top box

[AVARO Olivier FTRD/DIH/REN]

Dear Angus, all,
> I want to get general feedbacks on BIFS profiles from people 
> in set-top box
> industry.  Is there a general consensus on what graphics and 
> scene profiles
> (e.g., Core2D) should be used?  Are there any activities or 
> plan in DVB-MHP,
> ATSC, OpenCABLE, etc?

There has been some discussions in France within the context of the digital
TV and so far what I got is the following : 
1- A good BIFS profile would the one that maximises the functionnality with
the constraints of fitting in existing STB. This is in a scenario where
there will be an intermediate step between the deployed DTV and a full MHP
solution. People are working in assessing what this profile can be.
2- Another good BIFS profile would be the one that provide rich interactive
content in a declarative form to complement the application execution
environment provided by MHP. Here, Advanced 2D could be a good candidate.
Kind regards,
Olivier