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Figure a: ARD start bar application
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Figure b: ARD EPG application, broadcast video is shown on the left bottom, can be terminated by pressing 0.
HbbTv applications use keys on the remote control to interact with the user. When an HbbTv applications is
launched, the control of some keys are owned by the application. For example, numeric channel selection
may not work on a teletect application where the numbers indicate teletext pages.
HbbTv requires AV streaming capability for the platform. There are numerous applications providing VOD
(video on demand) and catch-up TV services. The user can use play, pause, stop, forward, and rewind
keys on the remote control to interact with the AV content.