MyChannel
Frank R. Bentley, Karolina Buchner, Joseph Kaye · 2014
We see the television as a primary device to connect view-ers with the information and people that matter most in their lives. Televisions, as central places where the family gath-ers, provide a unique location to elevate news and social updates that can connect family and friends across a dis-tance. Through creating the MyChannel service, a TV-based personalized news program, we have explored the types of content that work best in this format. We have also gained a detailed understanding of how television content can inspire feelings of connection and communication with friends and family at a distance through an 8-day in-home field evaluation. We describe the system and findings from our studies and close with a discussion on the future of per-sonalized television news.