Next Generation Live iTV Formats and Aesthetics: A Joint Scientific and Artistic Approach

Richard Wages, Stefan M. Grünvogel, Georg Güntner and Janez Zaletelj (2007)
In: Cunningham, P. and Cunningham, M. (edt.), eChallenges e-2007: Expanding the knowledge economy: Issues, applications, case studies , pp. 1605-1612 , IOS Press

Abstract

In this work we describe our vision of next generation live iTV formats, which consist of a broadcast bouquet of meaningfully interwoven and cross- referencing parallel sub-channels covering a single live event in multi-view or even several concurring live events. At the same time these sub-channels have to serve a diversity of consumer interests and moods.

To achieve this future live broadcasting production teams will need both, artistic and conceptual patterns to create such live formats, as well as a maximum technological support to realise such shows in real-time. We describe our developed foundational components of the envisaged system, which according to our approach consist of a set of live staging concepts, a framework for the management of intelligent media assets and a recommender system.

Furthermore we argue for the integration of knowledge and sophistication achieved by live audio-visual artists, namely Video Jockeys, who hence participated in our first live staging tests. We conclude with a short description of our next step, the integration of instant consumer feedback, to complete the system for the upcoming field trial during the 2008 Olympics.

Next Generation Live iTV Formats and Aesthetics: A Joint Scientific and Artistic Approach