ShapeShifting Documentary: A Golden Age p. 40 HyLive: Hypervideo-Authoring for Live Television p. 51 Composer: Authoring Tool for iTV Programs p. 61 Ubiquitous Interactive Video Editing Via Multimodal Annotations p. 72 Unobtrusive Dynamic Modelling of TV Program Preferences in a Household p. 82 An Ethnographic Study on Recommendations in the Living Room: Implications for the Design of iTV Recom...

This paper describes a multi-agent framework designed to support the creation and effective management of virtual communities in an Interactive Digital Television (IDTV) scenario. The possibilities that this framework offers are demonstrated by means of two sample applications: a real-time community game and an asynchronous auction. For the sake of completeness, the paper also presents an overv...

This contribution presents some recent developments in interactive digital television and discusses the trends and challenges of bringing TV services to mobile devices. Two areas will be addressed: portable use of mobile devices to complement the TV set in the home and mobile TV services while on the move using the emerging mobile broadcasting technology.

The transition from analog to digital video is about to bring the expected convergence of television, computer and communication, however a suitable platform for delivery of multimedia interactive services has not emerged yet. In this paper the approach of the EMBASSI project in the field of easy content access and retrieval for home usage is introduced.

Recent data confirm the central role that YouTube plays in media life of young people west, and especially practices adolescents preadolescents. This article presents a study on tweens’ preferences practices. The was based uses gratification theory applied quantitative-qualitative approach: questionnaire administered to 1,406 preadolescents (x = 12, 11 years-old) from 41 secondary schools, thre...

In this paper, we propose a solution to build a Domain Specific Language (DSL) for interactive television applications with the Atlas Model Management Architecture (AMMA) platform. We demonstrate how to give a textual concrete syntax to a metamodel and how to build an Eclipse editor automatically. Finally, we discuss the need of a megamodel for managing all of those modeling artifacts.

Media planning consists of (1) establishing a desired market; (2) finding media (in particular, periodicals and television shows) which reach that market; and (3) allocating advertising funds to these media. This paper discusses the design, implementation and operation of an interactive, terminal -based computer system which manages a large data base and provides models that aid the advertising...