Developer's Digital Media Reference

Section IV: Merged Architectures

CHAPTER 16

Interactive Television

This chapter provides information that will help you to understand the challenges, choose your tools, and then create interactive television geared toward a variety of devices.

 

Part A: Background

•  Introduction

•  What Is iTV?

•  Competing Systems

•  Specifications to the Rescue

•  What Does iTV Look Like?

•  How Does It Work?

 

Introduction

As the slow burn of high-definition television (HDTV) adoption leaves some wondering whether mass acceptance of the big boxes might fizzle ...