  This work aims to investigate how the amenities offered by Intelligent
Environments can be used to shape new types of useful, exciting and fulfilling
experiences while watching sports or movies. Towards this direction, two
ambient media players were developed aspiring to offer live access to secondary
information via the available displays of an Intelligent Living Room, and to
appropriately exploit the technological equipment so as to support natural
interaction. Expert-based evaluation experiments revealed some factors that can
influence the overall experience significantly, without hindering the viewers'
immersion to the main media.
