Title: End-user live editing of iTV programmes

Authors: Maria da Graca Campos Pimentel, Renan G. Cattelan, Erick Lazaro Melo, Antonio Francisco Prado, Cesar Augusto Camillo Teixeira

Addresses: Departamento de Ciencias de Computacao, Instituto de Ciencias Matematicas e de Computacao, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. Trabalhador Sao-carlense 400, Caixa Postal 668 Sao Carlos-SP 13560-970, Brazil. ' Departamento de Ciencias de Computacao, Instituto de Ciencias Matematicas e de Computacao, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. Trabalhador Sao-carlense 400, Caixa Postal 668 Sao Carlos-SP 13560-970, Brazil. ' Departamento de Computacao, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Rod. W. Luiz, km 235, Caixa Postal 676, Sao Carlos-SP 13565-905, Brazil. ' Departamento de Computacao, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Rod. W. Luiz, km 235, Caixa Postal 676, Sao Carlos-SP 13565-905, Brazil. ' Departamento de Computacao, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Rod. W. Luiz, km 235, Caixa Postal 676, Sao Carlos-SP 13565-905, Brazil

Abstract: Watching TV is a practice many people enjoy and feel comfortable with. While watching a TV programme, users can be offered the opportunity to, while making annotations, create their own edited versions of the programme. In this scenario, it is a challenge to allow the user to add comments in a ubiquitous, transparent way. In this paper, we exploit the concept of end-user live editing of interactive video programmes by detailing an environment where users are able to live edit a video using the iTV remote control. We contextualise our approach in the context of the Brazilian Interactive Digital TV platform.

Keywords: WaC; watch-and-comment paradigm; transparent interactive video; live video; video editing; multimedia document engineering; Brazil; interactive TV; interactive television.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAMC.2010.030007

International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, 2010 Vol.4 No.1, pp.78 - 103

Published online: 03 Dec 2009 *

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