


One channel type are common channels to which the reader can subscribe (Top News, the weather, etc). IMU user interface offers a set of channels (Figure 1). Personalisation of News, and Event and Media Calendar A TV Set Top Box was built from a computer to study how these media portal services could be used in a living room with a tv remote control. One purpose of our research was to examine how the features and functions on PC service works on TV service. Through PC, TV, WAP and MP3 terminals, the trial users could access the same news content at work, at home in the living room and on the move. The goal is to integrate content for a multiplicity of distribution channels and receiving terminals. Video articles, mostly TV news, and text-based articles are treated and presented in a similar way. The IMU system developed at VTT integrates related articles, video clips and media events.

They combine both audio and video material into the news, chat, community, etc. To attain more and more users new features have been included to the portals. Usability on a Multiple Terminal Media Portalīy Antti Tammela, Sari Lehtola and Katja RenttoĬomplex, multiple service portals are very popular entry points into the internet.
