Despite most of the authoring systems for digital TV assume the author to be seated in front of a computer on the broadcaster side, current research is interested in the new role of the viewer in producing and distributing content. The goal of this paper is to identify a number of research directions around the authoring from the couch paradigm, an entertainment-oriented approach in which the authoring task is performed incidentally.
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Network Infrastructure Support for Convergent Interactive Media , Together Anywhere, Together Anytime
European Conference on Interactive TV and Video
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Guimarães, R., César Garcia, P. S., & Bulterman, D. (2008). Authoring from the Couch: Research Directions and Possibilities. In Proceedings of European Interactive TV Conference 2008 (EUROITV ) (pp. 37–38).