This paper proposes an idea for constructing a personalized recommendation system for the Electronic Program Guide (EPG). This system would use a basic statistics method with feedback process to predict television programs. We have applied this method to personal prediction of online Internet Electronic Program Guide (IEPG). The system was found to have good accuracy and dynamically adaptive ca...

While mass media campaigns have been shown to contribute to reductions in smoking prevalence, little research has been undertaken on the effectiveness of radio advertising as a communication medium. This is despite radio being less expensive and having greater reach than television in some low and middle income countries. We aimed to explore the potential of radio as an adjunct or alternative t...

This work addresses the development of a unified approach to content-based indexing and retrieval of digital videos from television archives. The proposed approach has been designed to deal with arbitrary television genres, making it suitable for various applications. To achieve this goal, the main steps of a content-based video retrieval system are addressed in this work, namely: video segment...

On Beninese television, TV series are making remarkable progress in the ranking of most viewed productions. Whether Benin particular or Africa general, serial dramas increasingly appreciated for their effectiveness. By promoting Aziza, Office de Radiodiffusion et Television du (ORTB), has managed to satisfy viewers appetite this type program. Series such as confirm that African productions can ...

The French National Audiovisual Institute (INA) is in charge of archiving continuously the video stream of every French television channel. In order to provide an access to particular programs in these streams, each program must be described. Presently, a stream is manually structured and annotated. Our work focuses on the use of electronic program guides to structure and annotate a video strea...