[opendtv] Segmentation, was: Re: Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: "Kon Wilms" <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 11:07:00 -0700
>> How is it any better than my getting just about all the news I need in a
>> half hour of listening to a commercial all news station?
>>
>As I mentioned, on the all news station you have to listen to the
entire loop. The times when I've watched CNN Headline News I either
wanted a summary or was interested in some breaking event. So the
random access would be nice on mobile.
Already patented (if I remember correctly)... oh, by NDS :) -- 'News
Segmentation'. A full news hour is broken into segments, each later
accessible via DVR, and indexed with tags and XML descriptors. The viewer
can call up a summary of all items, and skip within the program to segments
he wants to watch. I believe the UK Sky+ top-of-the-line DVR/STB supports
this feature in the service, but I may be mistaken.
>> Does it give news that is more timely than live TV or radio news (no)
>Yes, see above. 1 minute vs maybe 10-30
Unlike live news it has to be pre-indexed. If you want it live, you don't
get the indexing (or the news is delayed with a buffer while drones index
the news in 'realtime'), and need to watch it later.
>> Does it give news that is more detailed than the morning paper/morning
web
>> site read (no)
>Yes, the links.
Links to other segmented items via self-maintained database queries on
same-topic pre-indexed data. Golden rule: never connect to external data --
you want to keep the viewer watching *your* news, right?
Cheers
Kon
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