UITV.INFO Newsletter - July 2004

July 2004

UNDERSTANDING INTERACTIVE TELEVISION (UITV.INFO)
Academic and research resources about interactive television
http://uitv.info/


What's new on the site?

PhD thesis in HCI design for Interactive TV
http://uitv.info/about/editors/chorianopoulos/thesis/phd.pdf (5.6MB PDF)
[konstantinos:] I have recently completed my PhD thesis entitled =
'Virtual
Television Channels:  Conceptual Model, User Interface Design and =
Affective
Usability Evaluation.' In brief, it is a wide ranging theoretical and
empirical research about human-computer interaction design for computer
mediated entertainment applications in domestic settings (interactive =
music
television is the case study).

PhD theses in Interactive TV
http://uitv.info/theses/
A new section has been added to the web site. Now, you can find =
interactive
television research that has been performed in the context of PhD =
theses.
Some notable MSc theses may be added, as well.



Industry News
http://uitv.info/news/

Microsoft Plugs PC as Media Hub
http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,63356,00.html
At this year's confab for hardware developers, Microsoft continues to =
plug
the PC as the center of home entertainment in the future. It's a =
category
the company must master, because time is running out for the plain ol' =
PC.

Kill Your Television
http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62944,00.html
Nobody ever claimed that watching television made you smarter, and now a
study of preschool-age children seems to confirm that the boob tube may =
be
harmful.

TiVo looks to tune in to advertisers
http://news.com.com/2100-1041-5178017.html
TiVo plans to unveil a new feature this fall that will bring Web-like,
interactive advertisements to TV, highlighting early efforts to reinvent
television for the age of the digital video recorder.

Calls to Burn the Broadcast Flag
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,62619,00.html
A coalition of public-interest groups is suing to ensure that even as =
the TV
goes digital, viewers can share a copy of their favorite episodes.

Personal services
http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1169255,00.html
The new push to persuade everyone to by Sky Plus promises to change =
viewing
habits forever. But will it work?



Events
http://uitv.info/events/

IUI 2005 - International conference on intelligent user interfaces=20
http://www.iuiconf.org/=20
San Diego, California, January 9 - 12, 2005
Deadline: 20 September, 2004=20

Entertainment Everywhere: System and Networking Issues in Emerging
Network-Centric Entertainment Systems=20
http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/commag/cfpcommag505.htm
IEEE Communications Magazine, Feature Topic
Deadline: 1st November 2004=20

Universal Access and Interactive Television=20
http://www.springeronline.com/east/journal/10209/
Universal Access in the Information Society, Special Issue
Deadline: 31st December 2004=20

Computers in Entertainment
http://www.acm.org/pubs/cie.html
Computers in Entertainment covers a wide range of theoretical and =
practical
computer applications in the field of entertainment such as online =
games,
CGI movies, interactive TV, virtual reality, and animatronics. It =
publishes
high-quality papers on the latest development in software, hardware, and
business policies that improve existing mainstream entertainment and =
that
create new genres of entertainment. The magazine welcomes submissions of
articles from scholars and professionals involved in all aspects of
entertainment technology.



Edited by Konstantinos Chorianopoulos
Intelligent Systems and Networks Group
Imperial College London



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