This paper provides an internal look at the thoughts and activities of American interactive television (iTV) executives and producers circa 2002. Based on in-depth interviews it first suggests a comprehensive definition of the US iTV landscape. Then, by providing a case study of three pioneering iTV productions, it examines the organizational aspects of producing interactive television through ...

This paper presents results from a qualitative user study. The aim of research was to include the future users of a new technology in the product design of interactive television programs. During the study, the study participants were interviewed. They were asked to answer questions about their television use and to comment on artist’s drawings presenting the possible future setup and equipment...

In this paper, we define the concept of digital actors and show their importance in the future interactive digital television and multimedia. We discuss the applications of these digital actors in the new multimedia services especially for training and education. We summarize the main techniques to create and control these digital actors and emphasize the importance to develop new tools for the...

This paper proposes an architecture for the development of interactive digital television systems accessible via voice. The proposed architecture is applicable to any interactive digital television application developed under the MHP standard, which runs on an interactive receiver equipped with return channel via Ethernet. The user needs only a mobile device with audio I/O, capable of running a...

The term 'convergence' increasingly dominates discussions of our media environment, yet due to the embryonic nature of the newer interactive media platforms it remains hard to predict patterns of use and meaning making among consumers. As the UK moves into the world of digital plenty leaving behind the comfortable world of analogue scarcity, television executives are increasingly looking to int...

Interactive TV research spans across a rather diverse body of scientific subfields. Research articles have appeared in several venues, such as multimedia, HCI, CSCW, UIST, user modeling, media and communication sciences. In this study, we explore the state-of-the-art and consider two basic issues: What is interactive TV research? Can it help us reinvent the practices of authoring, delivering, a...

Currently, the number of non-PC devices used for interactive applications is increasing. Digital television set-top boxes, PDAs, and mobile phones are typical examples. Interactive applications are controlled via a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Consequently, a GUI framework is required. The objective is a unified GUI framework for all these new devices. Since one of the new devices is digital...

To interact as audience to a live television production is today a common procedure. New is to use Augmented Reality support to reach the audience at home. Also new is the situation to have many Television Sets at private houses connected with the internet. Both are offering lots of possibilities for interactive live television productions. The author shows current productions, a by himself pro...