Special Issue on Social Recommendation and Delivery Systems for Video and TV Content

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Interactive video and TV content has become available in many settings which include the web, mobile devices, and desktop applications, as well as smart TVs. Although the above multimedia developments (e.g., Web-based TV, IPTV, and broadcast TV) have followed parallel or even competing paths, there is a set of underlying common themes that regard the users, as creators, distributors, and viewers of content. In the past, broadcast developments have been in competition with video streaming approaches, and the TV as device has been in conflict with the PC. Nevertheless, the convergence of network and rendering platforms has made such distinctions somewhat superficial. In particular, there are significant research issues that regard the social and the personal preferences of the user. Thus, the recommendation and delivery of multimedia content requires attention to significant research issues, such as semantics, pragmatics, and user preferences. The main goals of this special issue is to assess current approaches, systems, and applications, to evaluate how they treat the main issues of recommending and delivering video and TV content, as well as to propose novel designs for future multimedia systems. …