Where Have You Ended Up Today? Dynamic TV and the Inter-tainment Paradigm

  • Authors:

  • Rossana Simeoni;Marina Geymonat;Elena Guercio;Monica Perrero;Amon Rapp;Francesco Tesauri;Roberto Montanari

  • Affiliations:

  • Telecom Italia, Technology, Research and Trends department, , Torino, Italy 10148;Telecom Italia, Technology, Research and Trends department, , Torino, Italy 10148;Telecom Italia, Technology, Research and Trends department, , Torino, Italy 10148;Department of Computer Science, University of Torino, Torino, Italy;Department of Computer Science, University of Torino C.so Svizzera, 185,Torino,Italy Telecom Italia, Technology, Research and Trends department "Progetto Lagrange --- Fondazione C.R.T",;Department of Science and Methods for Engineering, Human-Machine Interaction Group, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy 42100;Department of Science and Methods for Engineering, Human-Machine Interaction Group, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy 42100

  • Venue:
  • EUROITV '08 Proceedings of the 6th European conference on Changing Television Environments
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Traditional TV was based on a time-dependent and passive paradigm of use: the availability of audiovisual contents was pre-defined by a rigid scheduling, and user's role was to choose among limited alternatives. A potential for active TV experience is now available: users should be allowed to access contents that fit their attitudes at any time, while being encouraged to discover new domains of interest. This paper outlines the basic elements of the new Inter-tainment paradigm, which builds on an active role of the user and on attitude-centred fruition. Successful applications of the new paradigm require flexible and reconfigurable structures of navigation: the development stages of an Inter-tainment system are reported here.