Simple models of the content duration and the popularity of television content
April 1, 2014·
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Francisco Fraile
Juan Carlos Guerri
Abstract
This paper presents parametric statistical models for the content duration (running length) and the popularity of TV programs. The parameters of the models are obtained by curve fitting data obtained from the Internet Movie DataBase (IMDB). Later, the accuracy of the models is numerically assessed, providing an estimation of the error, together with a use case example. The content duration model has been obtained exclusively from the actual duration of TV programs, which is intrinsic to the content, instead of the file size of encoded videos which is application dependent. It is also worth emphasizing that, unlike several previous studies, the model does not account for User Generated Content. The model can be used to obtain the file sizes of video items in video delivery services for different formats or resolutions, by applying their characteristic video encoding rates. On the other hand, this paper shows parametric popularity models adjusted to fit the distribution of user ratings in the IMDB database. The popularity models can be used to estimate the probability of access of programs in video on demand services. Therefore, the content duration and popularity models hereby presented are useful to evaluate the performance of video delivery services dealing specifically with TV content.
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Publication
Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 40, 12–20. Elsevier BV
Authors
PhD 2013
Francisco Fraile obtained a degree in Telecommunication Engineering from UPV, an M.S. in Microwave Engineering from the University of Gävle (2004), an M.S. in Telematics from UPV (2009) and his PhD in Telecommunications (2013). From 2004 to 2010 he worked for the Swedish company Interactive TV Arena, and in 2006 he joined COMM. His work focused on DVB and IP networks for the delivery of television content.
Authors
Full Professor · Head of the group
Juan Carlos Guerri Cebollada was born in Valencia, Spain in 1969. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in 1993 and 1997, respectively. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Communications Engineering at UPV, where he teaches at the ETSI Telecomunicación. He leads the Multimedia Communications research group (COMM) of the iTEAM (Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications). His research spans multimedia communications, adaptive video streaming (DASH), quality of experience, wireless and ad hoc networks, and the application of multimedia technologies to industry, medicine, education and communications.