Patent ID: 9693095
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. Broadcasting device for broadcasting video programmes comprising: at least one acquisition module for acquiring at least one main programme; at least one production module for producing at least one additional element chosen from a group comprising a secondary programme and an inlay; at least one composition module for composing a programme composed from said at least one additional element and said at least one main programme; at least one coding module for broadcasting said video programme at the output of the composing module over at least one transmission network for video signals; wherein the composition module processes the images of the at least one main programme and of the at least one additional element in uncompressed format and the production, composition and coding modules are supervised by a common control module; and wherein the common control module is configured to receive information associated with planning of the composing and decoding of the at least one main programme and the at least one additional element from an automaton and to condition said information into metadata that are provided to the coding module, and the coding module is configured to receive said metadata as an input and to deduce therefrom a coding strategy for the composed programme.