 <p>You cannot auto-start application on TV launch.</p> <p>The only way is to use custom firmware like SamyGo (http://www.samygo.tv/)</p> <p>About the "background process"... as far as we assume that JavaScript's <code>setTimeout</code> or <code>setInterval</code> can be used to execute application's "internal" background process, there is no problem - Just DO it! :)</p> <p>But if you were thinking about system's background process - for ex. crontab of device - it's impossible.</p>