Interactive Television

The average person in Western countries spends much of their time infront of the TV,majorely they spend half of their life infront of this set.Its like having someone in the room with the watcher.Television had a great impact on us,which made us have fewer conversation with people and less involved wityh them.But there was a new type of television being produced(Interactive Television-Tommorrow's Television)."Mathew Timms,head of programming at two way tv in London describes it as a digital revolution,he claims that its somehow they feel they're sitting there,it's just them and the television,eventhough the reality is its got a wire leading straight back to somebody's computer".
So what's an Interactive Television?"its a television with return path".Infos not only flowing from broadcaster to viewer,but also vice-versa.It represent low interactivity(on/off,volume) to modern interactivity(simple movies on demand without player controls),and high interactivity for instance,(an audience member affect the program being watched).

Forms of interaction:
Interactivity with TV Set:its the use of remote control and than this had evolved to video on demand,commercial skipping,and and VCR-like pause.
Interactivity with Tv Program:Its the idea that the program itself might changed based on viewer input.
Interactivity with Tv related contents:getting more infos about what is on TV.

People are talking about Interactive TV for some reasons:T-commerce(people will be able to buy pizza without dialling a phone).Interactive Goodies(you'll be able to pause live tv shows).

Posted By Fady Naddour