Tools for media conversion and fusion of TV and web contents

Abstract

This paper describes tools for media conversion and fusion of TV and web content. Conventionally, web pages are browsed on a personal computer (active browsing) and TV programs are watched on TV (passive watching). However, if TV and web content is converted and integrated, it can be viewed in different ways, depending on one's mood, age, or situation. Two kinds of tools are presented in this paper: tools for converting web content to TV content and tools for converting and integrating TV content to web content. As examples of the former, we explain tools for converting web content, after stage-managing, in the form of comic talkshows or animated picture books for easier understanding by children. As examples of the latter, we describe tools for converting TV content in the form of a storyboard, followed by searching related web pages that complement the original TV content, and integrating the results into a single storyboard-style web page. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.