Synchronising Live Second Screen Applications with TV Broadcasts Through User Feedback

Pedro Centieiro (1) , Teresa Romão (1) , A. Eduardo Dias (1) , Rui Neves Madeira (1)

1 NOVA - Universidade Nova de Lisboa = NOVA University Lisbon

A common issue on live sports TV broadcasts happens when a viewer hears a neighbour screaming a goal before watching it on his TV. Similarly, viewers will also have a disruptive experience if a second screen application, designed to present information synchronised with the live TV broadcast, displays information beforehand. This paper presents a simple and universal synchronisation mechanism for second screen mobile applications, which does not rely on automatic content recognition, but rather on user feedback to help users achieve a pleasant and effective second screen experience. Results from user tests helped validate our approach, as users were able to synchronise a mobile application with a simulated live TV broadcast, with different delays.

Mots clés: Second screen; Delays; Live TV broadcasts; User experience; Sports

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Pedro Centieiro, Teresa Romão, A. Eduardo Dias, Rui Neves Madeira. Synchronising Live Second Screen Applications with TV Broadcasts Through User Feedback. 15th Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), Sep 2015, Bamberg, Germany. pp.341-349, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-22698-9_22⟩. ⟨hal-01609402⟩