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Social TV: The impact of social awareness on content navigation within IPTV systems

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Social TV: The impact of social awareness on content navigation within IPTV systems. / Mitchell, K.; Jones, Andrew; Ishmael, Johnathan et al.
In: Computers in Entertainment (CIE), Vol. 9, No. 3, 19, 01.11.2011.

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Mitchell K, Jones A, Ishmael J, Race NJP. Social TV: The impact of social awareness on content navigation within IPTV systems. Computers in Entertainment (CIE). 2011 Nov 1;9(3):19. doi: 10.1145/2027456.2027465

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Mitchell, K. ; Jones, Andrew ; Ishmael, Johnathan et al. / Social TV: The impact of social awareness on content navigation within IPTV systems. In: Computers in Entertainment (CIE). 2011 ; Vol. 9, No. 3.

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