Adaptive Hypermedia for Personalised TV

Abstract

Adaptive hypermedia techniques have until now been applied mainly to Web pages populated by text and images. In this chapter, we explore how these techniques can be extended to time-based media, particularly in the domain of interactive television. Using illustrative examples from the UK television industry, we discuss the range of TV-based interactivity. Concentrating on enhancements to the digital broadcast stream, we discuss the relevance of the techniques compiled by Brusilovsky (2001) when applied to situations where the dominant media are not text and stills, but video and audio.