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Affective usability evaluation for an interactive music television channel

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Computer-mediated television brings new requirements for user interface design and evaluation, since interactive television applications are deployed in a relaxed domestic setting and aim to gratify the need for entertainment. Digital video recorders, the generation of custom computer graphics on each digital set-top box, and the introduction of new advertising formats are important issues for research and practice. We explore the employment of an animated character and the dynamic insertion of advertising in the design of an intuitive user interface for interactive music-video television. We found that the animated character and the skippable videoclip feature seamlessly enhanced consumer satisfaction, as shown by affective usability questionnaires.

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cover image Computers in Entertainment
Computers in Entertainment   Volume 2, Issue 3
Theoretical and Practical Computer Applications in Entertainment
July 2004
114 pages
EISSN:1544-3574
DOI:10.1145/1027154
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  1. TiVo
  2. affective usability
  3. animated character
  4. interactive television
  5. music video
  6. set-top box
  7. user interface

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