Abstract
We are continuing to investigate desk-top program production (DTPP) with the aim of implementing a next-generation program production environment. In this paper, we propose a DTPP-based hierarchical program production method that supports a full range of production capabilities including the editing and rearrangement of program data obtained by regular broadcast program production processes, the assignment of relations among the various individual data, and the ability to save the data while preserving the assigned relations. This method greatly simplifies the process of producing multimedia programs based on regular broadcast program data.
