Interactive Television News 

ABSTRACT:

We propose a way to modify television news to make it interactive for viewers so they can get more of what they want and less of what they don’t want.  This solution should be intuitive for users and easily fit into existing news production processes.  Viewers will care because they will enjoy watching the news more.  News producers will care because they can provide more transparent journalism and have viewers enjoy their news more.  Our solution is to augment the existing news broadcast structure in the following ways: add a video headlines menu, provide on-demand access to additional story content, and provide interactive navigation controls between stories.  For news producers we will create a video annotation program to simplify creating the interactive news.  The production tools will be evaluated by using them in a news production room for a week and getting feedback from producers.  We will also evaluate the home interactivity by having viewers provide feedback after watching the interactive news produced during that week.