New IEEE.tv Web Site Features Advanced Viewer Interface and Improved Video Watching Experience
20 January – IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional association, launched a new IEEE.tv Web site designed to bring an improved internet video watching experience to its members and technologists around the globe.
The new Web site incorporates advanced features as well as a redesigned viewer interface for watching programs. The Web site enables visitors to easily search and sort through the more than 130 videos currently part of the IEEE.tv video library, based on specific topics of interest.
The viewer that is used to play programs has also been upgraded to include additional capabilities including video sharing, social media integration, and full screen viewing.
The following are a list of additional new features:
- Series Navigation – Upgraded navigation now allows for improved video searching, sorting and scrolling similar to other Web sites;
- Video Search - A feature not available previously, users can now visit IEEE.tv and search through the video library without interrupting a video they are watching;
- Full Screen Viewing – Users will be able to expand all videos for full-screen viewing on their PC and/or Internet-connected television monitor;
- Social Media - The enhanced navigation improves portability to popular social networks (Facebook, Twitter, mySpace, Blogger, etc.), enabling viewers to make IEEE.tv more easily accessible across multiple domains;
- Improved RSS – Users can now pull RSS feeds based on the IEEE.tv series types;
- Video sharing - This feature will include embed, e-mail referral, and linking;
- Marketing Homepage – The ieee.tv marketing homepage presence has been initiated with the intent of promoting upcoming programs, improving organization and layout, so users can easily find what interests them most.
Member-Exclusive Features:
- IEEE.tv Program transcripts- Transcripts for every video are available for download as a new feature for members only. Designed to assist members for whom English is a second language, the transcripts are also incorporated into a pilot initiative by IEEE Educational Activities that teaches technical English in the classroom.
- Exclusive programming, personalized tagging of favorite videos, and the ability to download videos for off-line viewing are also available only to IEEE members.
