Royal Philips Electronics N.V. of the Netherlands and Waseda University are jointly developing a household TV server that would allow viewers to watch the programming of their choice at any time, researchers said Saturday.
The device, dubbed the personal channel server, would automatically select and store TV programs according to viewer preference by comparing descriptions of the content with preference profiles input by the viewers themselves, they said.
Waseda University Professor Wataru Kameyama is leading the research team, which also includes Philips Japan Ltd. researcher Loys Belleguie and radio station director Soichiro Ushio.