A Digital TV system is necessary for not only video and audio, but also data processing. Especially in the case of bidirectional broadcasting, it should manage the return channel created by the Internet, PSTN, and so on. Because of many functionalities and multitasking jobs, it needs an Operating System. Embedded Linux, as open source program can increase cost effectiveness in the market and ha...

In this paper, we describe an audio fingerprinting-based commercial monitoring system for TV broadcasting. The goal of the commercial monitoring is to identify commercials being broadcasted and find out the time duration. If there are similar commercials in the fingerprint database, we sometimes have trouble in determining which commercial has been broadcasted. To solve this problem, we propose...

Television (TV) food advertising has attracted criticism for its potential role in promoting unhealthy dietary practices among children. Content analyses indicate junk food advertising is prevalent on Australian children's TV; healthy eating is rarely promoted. This paper presents (a) a cross-sectional survey examining associations between children's regular TV viewing habits and their food-rel...

This study examines the content and presentation of food and drink on fictional, commercial television. It provides the first comparison of food and drink consumption across different television program genres designated for different age groups. Data originated with a random sample of 50 taped episodes of children's shows, 50 episodes of "tween" programs (shows targeted for 9- to 14-year-olds)...

An Automatic Commercial Search Application for TV Broadcasting Using Audio Fingerprinting (August 2012) Yaohua Song, B.S., University of Science and Technology of China Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Zixiang Xiong Nowadays, TV advertising is an important part of our daily life. However, it is usually hard for organizations that produce and pay for the advertisements to confirm whether their c...

What is the e¤ect of liberalizing a country’s broadcasting system on the level of information of its citizens? To analyze this question, we …rst construct a model of state monopoly broadcasting where the government selects the amount of television news coverage of di¤erent public policy outcomes, and then sets public policy and political rents. Voters vote retrospectively given the news provide...