Analyzing audio-visual content
Filmmakers can identify faults during production with an automatic fault identification and quality assessment system for video sequences. Scientists are also presenting automatic classification for...
View ArticleResearchers: Swear words less offensive on cable than broadcast TV
Four letter words may offend you more depending on which television channel you watch, according to a recent study out of Florida State University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
View ArticleNot all viewers of Arab TV networks develop anti-American feelings
Despite the fears of some Americans, Arab television networks such as Al Jazeera do not promote anti-American feelings among all their viewers, according to a new study.
View Article3D television without glasses
When the boundaries merge between the action and the viewer, television becomes a special experience. Fraunhofer research scientists are optimizing the technologies that make it possible to watch TV in...
View ArticleIs this real or just fantasy? ONR Augmented-Reality Initiative progresses
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is demonstrating the next phase of an augmented-reality project Aug. 23 in Princeton, N.J., that will change the way warfighters view operational environments—literally.
View ArticleDiscursive Politics: Language with a Spin
A project sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund FWF has made a detailed investigation on what viewers understand and how they evaluate the statements of politicians during televised debates. To this...
View ArticleOptions explode for consumers seeking TV content via Web
Not too long ago, TV viewers had three programming options: satellite, cable or the good ol' antenna if you just wanted to watch free broadcast channels and DVDs.
View ArticleBroadcasters worry about 'Zero TV' homes
(AP)—Some people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives around network show schedules. They're tired of $100-plus monthly bills.
View ArticleUS teen's Internet plugin foils Twitter plot-spoilers
Fed up with Twitter friends ruining the plots of her favorite TV shows, high school senior and budding software engineer Jennie Lamere took matters into her own hands.
View ArticleCan 30-second ads save newspapers?
(Phys.org) —A researcher from Murdoch University's Audience Labs suggests economically pinched news outlets should take advantage of positive attitudes to online TV ads as a better way to balance the...
View ArticleTwitter dials deeper into TV
A start-up specializing in tuning into online banter by TV viewers said Wednesday that it has been bought by Twitter.
View ArticleFacebook, Twitter battle in 'real-time' arena
Want to see what people are saying online, right now, about the newest iPhone software? You could always search for "#iOS7" on Twitter. But now you can also click the same hashtag on Facebook.
View ArticleStudy: Media everywhere, bathroom included
TV viewers increasingly are watching programs on their own schedule, according to a Nielsen company media study released Monday.
View ArticleTwitter expands 'social TV' efforts, buys two firms
Twitter said Monday it was expanding its "social TV" efforts with new global partnerships, as it struck deals to acquire companies in Britain and France.
View ArticleOne screen not enough for US viewers, survey finds
American television viewers are increasingly finding that one screen won't do: almost all have a second-screen device and 87 percent use it while watching shows, a survey said Tuesday.
View ArticleStudy shows how to open wallets of web-surfing TV watchers
A growing fear among television advertisers is that distracted viewers – those multitaskers using smartphones, laptops and tablets while watching TV – are becoming less susceptible to advertisers'...
View ArticleFor marketers, failing to align the emotions of your ads with TV programs may...
A sad TV drama comes to conclusion, fading to black as music swells, and leaving the audience emotionally torn about the future of the main characters. Suddenly, the TV cuts to a peppy commercial and...
View ArticleTV producers may start making you wait for new shows online
The Golden Age of Online Television may be in peril.
View ArticleTwitter to launch app on Apple TV, others to stream NFL
A new Twitter app is coming to Xbox One, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV, where viewers will be able to watch NFL games on Thursday nights.
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