Fraunhofer FOKUS, FAME | FAME - Future Applications and Media

Contact Person

Dr.-Ing. Stephan Steglich

Director

Business Unit FAME

+49 30 3463-7373

Dr.-Ing. Stefan Arbanowski

Director

Business Unit FAME

+49 30 3463-7197

Intelligent Services and Applications – interactive, personalized, everywhere

The FOKUS Business Unit Future Applications and Media (FAME) hosts all the technical know-how needed for the realization of interactive media applications: services that can be converged on multiple media platforms, and personalizable services that enable interaction with a broad array of end devices. In all their work, the experts at FAME make consistent use of Web-based technologies. Moreover, they also play active roles in standardization committees (including ETSI, HbbTV, DASH-IF and W3C), support customers in the development of interoperable solutions, evaluate them and engineer showcases for visualization of their possible functionalities.

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German public broadcaster ZDF offers “Fernsehgarten” Sunday variety as 360° livestream

News from Thu., May 09, 2019

This Sunday, viewers of the German music variety show “ZDF-Fernsehgarten” were able to experience the program as a 360° livestream through the HbbTV on-demand service of public broadcaster ZDF. This complementary experience was provided by using the Fraunhofer FOKUS “Cloud-based 360° Video Playout” technology. The unique and patented solution enables the viewing of high quality 360° videos on nearly any device.

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Biathlon Worldcup live in 360°

News from Thu., January 17, 2019

German public broadcaster ZDF shows Biathlon World Cup as 360° video live stream in their HbbTV on-demand service using the Fraunhofer FOKUS Cloud-based 360° Video Playout.

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Web Media API Snapshot 2017 Test Suite released

News from Thu., August 30, 2018

The Web Media API Snapshot 2017 Test Suite has been published recently. Developed by Fraunhofer FOKUS under contract from CTA WAVE, it is the first public toolset from the CTA WAVE project designed to test that HTML user agents in consumer products are based on recent releases of browser code bases.

TV channel ERT launches 360° Videos of FIFA Worldcup using FOKUS Video Playout

News from Thu., July 19, 2018

The Greek broadcaster ERT has launched the first of its kind HbbTV 360° Video Portal for FIFA World Cup Games in Russia. Main enabler for this offer is the “360° Video Playout” by Fraunhofer FOKUS, a unique and patented solution that enables the playback of 360° videos on nearly any device.