XDTv: agile development of applications for digital TV

Abstract

Nowadays, more and more computing devices arise with different applicabilities. Software applications peculiarities for Digital TV (DTV), for example, require special attention in its development process, such as multimedia content gathering requirements (size, display time, location and timing) and development time (limited by the production time of the TV program). This work presents an agile and hybrid development method, instantiated for DTV environment and named eXtreme Digital Television (XDTv). The goal is to contribute with the handling of such peculiarities. Experimental results provide outcomes that XDTv contributes to improve the performance of software applications development for DTV.