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Oppenheim, Charles; Turner, Margaret - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 9, pp. 290-301

An investigation of what happens when fans take material related to popular TV science fiction/fantasy programmes without permission, give the copyright holder full credit, and use it to promote the show from which they have taken the material. The web sites relating to two TV series were chosen...

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Digital visibility: menu prominence and its impact on use. Case study: the NHS Direct Digital channel on Kingston Interactive Television

Nicholas, David; Huntington, Paul; Williams, Peter; … - In: Aslib Proceedings 54 (2002) 4, pp. 213-221

During an evaluation of a digital interactive consumer health television channel (NHS Direct) on Kingston Interactive … Television the prominence of the channel’s menus regarding the interactive element of its service diminished considerably over a …

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Accessibility and usability of a digital TV health information database

Thompson, Deborah; Williams, Peter; Nicholas, David; … - In: Aslib Proceedings 54 (2002) 5, pp. 294-308

of digital interactive television as a source of health information. The aim of this study was to evaluate access issues …

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Digital information provision via interactive television: understanding the digital consumer

Gunter, Barrie - In: Aslib Proceedings 55 (2003) 1/2, pp. 43-51

evaluated the use and effectiveness of health information and advice services provided via the television. The assumption is … television. This paper explores key concepts of platform availability, use and access, service and information access, service …

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Comparing the use of two DiTV transmission services: same service, different outcomes

Huntington, Paul; Nicholas, David; Williams, Peter - In: Aslib Proceedings 55 (2003) 1/2, pp. 52-63

transmission DiTV companies: Kingston Interactive Television (KIT) and HomeChoice. This paper employs metrics based on server …

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First steps towards providing the UK with health care information and advice via their television sets: an evaluation of four Department of Health sponsored pilot services

Nicholas, David; Huntington, Paul; Williams, Peter; … - In: Aslib Proceedings 55 (2003) 3, pp. 138-154

digital interactive television services in the consumer health field. These were launched in various locations in the UK in … health digital interactive television has a healthy future. …

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The potential for using hospital bedside TV services in England to provide patients with access to health information

McWhirter, Gavin - In: Aslib Proceedings 55 (2003) 5/6, pp. 339-345

This article is a summary of a report which looks at the potential of using television sets at hospital bedsides to … infrastructure. The latest generation of systems from all three of the main suppliers of bedside television service could provide …. Interviews were held with the main suppliers of bedside television services. Opinions were also taken from several academics …

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Digital interactive television: health information platform of the future?

Gunter, Barrie; Nicholas, David; Huntington, Paul; … - In: Aslib Proceedings 55 (2003) 5/6, pp. 346-356

Presents research that was designed to explore the early take‐up of a pilot digital interactive television (DiTV …) health information service (Living Health) by cable television subscribers in Birmingham, UK. Log data indicated real …

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The prospects for e‐government on digital television

Gunter, Barrie - In: Aslib Proceedings 56 (2004) 4, pp. 222-223

television may eventually become the platform of choice. Television's wider penetration and familiarity gives it an edge over the … television (DTV). This paper presents a review of early evidence to emerge about DTV services and public opinion from DTV pilots … digital switchover will require a shift in mindset of the television audience as a different paradigm of television use comes …

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Seen and heard: duality at the access points to television databases

Caldera‐Serrano, Jorge; Zapico‐Alonso, Felipe - In: Aslib Proceedings 58 (2006) 4, pp. 304-315

medium and large television companies. This derives from the complexity and cost of human resources and time dedicated … that stems from the study of indexation in television. …

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