At no other time in human history has so much content been available so conveniently to so many of us. Information is truly at our fingertips. You like cats? Find images of kittens, videos of cats, scholarly articles about felines – and much more — online. To ‘go online’ is quickly becoming an old expression: we … [Read more…]
On our journey to becoming more perfectly linked to available digital assets, we will create new methods to discover them. I believe that one way we will be able to find stills as well as digital videos will be based on exploiting computer generated metadata. This new method will support the creative process by better … [Read more…]
“The future isn’t either traditional or digital: it’s a feedback loop between the two. Television fans want to get involved and be counted. It’s how creative we are in engaging those fans – and keeping them connected even as they may move away from the traditional network – that will determine how potent and profitable … [Read more…]
During the second day of the conference, participants continued to explore computer-driven and crowdsourced approaches to tag audiovisual assets. Although there exists a tension between these two methods, many participants argued for a combination of both. In spite of the challenges, solutions are already underway and were introduced as case studies at the conference. In … [Read more…]
There’s been a lot of talk about how important metadata is to Social TV. Obviously, without it videos cannot be found. Poor metadata will return poor results. Garbage in garbage out. However, metadata is but one piece of the Social TV puzzle. Video recommendations are a result of a complex intersection of metadata (about the … [Read more…]