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Tuning In To iTV - Interactive TV Apps w/XML

Posted by Hemos on from the the-glory-and-promise-of-settop dept.

Suhani writes "The dream of using your remote control to interact with television broadcast shows has finally become a reality, thanks to interactive television (iTV). Here, John Papageorge explores the opportunities and challenges of creating applications for the set-top box platforms (such as OpenTV, AOLTV, and Worldgate) that allow for interactive television."

7 comments

  1. Used for good or evil? by PD · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can imagine that there are those out there salivating at the prospect of showing a character using a product and then providing an interaction - "Would you like a (product) right now? Just click yes." That's evil.

    What I really want to do is to use this to make the shows I watch much better. For example, in Voyager if Capt. Janeway starts to say something like "the Prime Directive could be a problem here" I want the program to pop up a screen asking me if I want her to ignore the damn directive. That would be good.

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  3. I've had iTV for a long time. by Dead+Penis+Bird · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's called "Video Games". Been interacting with my TV for years!

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