Show TV program in Samsung SmartTV app

Question

I'm thinking of an app for Samsung SmartTV which, besides other information, displays the currently running TV program. Since I haven't found any documentation about accessing and displaying the TV program inside of an app, I was wondering if this is even possible. Has anybody further information?

Thanks, Markus

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible to show TV signal inside your SmartTv application. Guide to do that can be found here: http://www.samsungdforum.com/Guide/tec00103/index.html

However, make sure you read the note at the end of that guide. Mixing TV signal and app content needs approval from broadcasters, which can result in locking your app for only a specific TV channel. It goes the same for ticker applications.

Answer 2

Be really aware about the fact that in EU you cannot overlay even part of the screen of the broadcasted channel by TV application content -> such an application will not approved by TV vendors unless it is for specific channel only for which you must have an agreement - but this is typically more task for a HbbTV...

That regulation is quite limiting - because otherwise you can have nice eweather or sport betting widgets overlaying the screen during e.g. tennis or football match. I am however not sure about similar restrictions on other markets like e.g. MENA or Latin America.

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