<s>
RSS-TV	O
is	O
an	O
XML-based	O
navigation	O
protocol	O
for	O
Internet	O
media	O
services	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
RSS	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Example	O
video	O
devices	O
include	O
set	O
top	O
boxes	O
,	O
game	O
consoles	O
,	O
broadband-connected	O
digital	O
video	O
disc	O
(	O
DVD	B-Device
)	O
players	O
,	O
digital	B-Application
video	I-Application
recorders	I-Application
(	O
DVRs	O
)	O
,	O
personal	B-Application
video	I-Application
recorders	I-Application
(	O
PVRs	O
)	O
and	O
next-generation	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
implementing	O
the	O
RSS	B-Device
TV	I-Device
protocol	O
,	O
these	O
devices	O
provide	O
user	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
growing	O
library	O
of	O
online	O
media	O
(	O
video	O
,	O
audio	O
and	O
games	O
)	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RSS-TV	O
is	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
RSS	O
and	O
includes	O
additional	O
XML	B-Protocol
elements	O
and	O
attributes	O
to	O
enable	O
Premium	O
TV-centric	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Readers	O
familiar	O
with	O
Digital	B-Application
Video	I-Application
Broadcasting	I-Application
(	O
DVB	B-Application
)	O
can	O
compare	O
RSS-TV	O
with	O
the	O
DVB	B-Application
Service	O
Information	O
standards	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
for	O
digital	O
TV	O
EPGs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
difference	O
is	O
that	O
RSS-TV	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
for	O
two-way	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
IP	O
)	O
networks	O
rather	O
than	O
broadcasting	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RSS-TV	O
compliant	O
applications	O
can	O
be	O
implemented	O
using	O
any	O
language	O
and	O
operating	O
system	O
including	O
AJAX/HTML	O
,	O
Flash	O
,	O
OpenTV	O
,	O
or	O
C	O
.	O
Similarly	O
,	O
service	O
providers	O
can	O
use	O
any	O
web	O
service	O
technologies	O
(	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
.NET	O
,	O
PHP	B-Application
)	O
to	O
build	O
RSS-TV	O
compliant	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
other	O
XML-based	O
standards	O
,	O
RSS-TV	O
documents	O
are	O
assumed	O
to	O
be	O
8-bit	O
Unicode	O
Transformation	O
Format	O
(	O
UTF-8	O
)	O
encoded	O
.	O
</s>
