1. Preface: Special Issue on User Modeling and Personalization for Television

   • Liliana Ardissono
   • Mark Maybury

   Preface Pages: 1 - 3

2. Improving the Quality of the Personalized Electronic Program Guide

   • Derry O’Sullivan
   • Barry Smyth
   • Alan Smeaton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 36

3. Group Modeling: Selecting a Sequence of Television Items to Suit a Group of Viewers

   • Judith Masthoff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 85

4. Categorization of Japanese TV Viewers Based on Program Genres They Watch

   • Yumiko Hara
   • Yumiko Tomomune
   • Maki Shigemori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 117

5. Personalcasting: Tailored Broadcast News

   • Mark Maybury
   • Warren Greiff
   • Lisa Ferro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 144