Highlight

Television is changing in France. Video websites such as Dailymotion and Youtube are bringing a social dimension to the video media and people are also consuming TV differently (TV on demand, downloading, streaming, illegal dowloads). New perspective are appearing with the arrival of DVB-H (Broadband TV for mobiles). So the TV is not any more the main screen for watching TV. What could possibly be the future usages for the TV that fits the user needs and way of living?

Client Orange is the French leading company for the phone and the internet and is also delivering TV content such as cinema and soccer.
Brief Desing a service and UI associated that offer a better experience for the user and help him make a better and more transparent use of all the screens of the house (PC / TV / Mobile)

The result is "highlight". It is a service that use Orange network to offer the possibility to the user to watch video content from TV broadcast, Internet, and personal video library on any device in a transparent way. The specificity of highlight is to offer the possibility to add content to the videos thanks to the EVO (Exalteurs Vidéo Orange). EVO are small applications "embedded in" the video and activited by the player of the Highlight application. Highlight service offers : TV on demand, Video sharing, Personal channels, multi-device TV, EVO marketplace, EVO management, EVO creation / edition, EVO SDK.
PS Highlight is a collaborative project with Julien Dumail and Clément Lalande, two interaction designers