Time Capsules
Time Capsules was Pushbutton’s prize winning entry into Microsoft’s MPF Developer Contest in 2009. The application was voted into second place in a worldwide competition which received 38 entries. Time Capsules was designed to create a new way to use IPTV to unlock the wealth of content available in archives, or give users an easy way to navigate through episodic or documentary content. Time Capsules lets users browse VOD content via a time-based interface, and find out more information about a particular piece of VOD before playing it in full screen.
Microsoft were once again impressed with Pushbutton’s pioneering and inventive use of the tools available in MPF, to create an interface which had never been seen before on the platform. The application is designed to be easily hooked up to new feeds or APIs, to let content owners quickly and efficiently create new ‘time capsules’ around any set of media or VOD assets they need to provide access to. It can also be easily re-skinned to match any desired look and feel. Time Capsules was ported to Silverlight at Microsoft’s request, to be demoed as part of a three screens cross-platform demo suite at Management America’s TMF Forum Orlando 2009. It has since been ported to Flash, iPhone and Android.
