Understanding iDTV in a developing country and designing a T-gov application prototype

Authors:
Lara Schibelsky;Godoy Piccolo;Maria Cecília;Calani Baranauskas
Affiliations:
Fundação CPqD / IC -- Unicamp, Campinas -- SP - Brazil;Fundação CPqD / IC -- Unicamp, Campinas -- SP - Brazil;Instituto de Computação (IC) -- Unicamp, Campinas -- SP - Brazil;Instituto de Computação (IC) -- Unicamp, Campinas -- SP - Brazil
Venue:
Proceedings of the 7th ACM conference on Designing interactive systems
Year:
2008

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Abstract

TV is an artifact present in 90% of Brazilian homes and it is the main source of information for a major part of the population. The moment of definition and consolidation of an interactive digital TV technology in Brazil provides us with a unique opportunity to cope with the digital divide issues. Making sure that iDTV contents and devices are flexible enough so that people are able to perceive, understand and interact with them is an essential requirement for the democratization of information via TV broadcasting. This paper investigates the basis for setting an interactive digital TV in Brazil by analyzing the Brazilian scenario and by proposing recommendations for the design of accessible user interfaces for iDTV applications; this basis is illustrated with the design of ciT-goV, a t-gov application prototype.