Interactive Television

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Interactive Television
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What is it

• Interactive TV is the content and services which
  are available for digital viewers to watch on
  their TV screen.
• Interactive TV gives the viewer control over some
  video, audio, graphical, and text elements, or
  allowing them to use simple games and quizzes, or
  send simple communications back to the
  broadcaster.

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Characteristics

• User Interaction
• Email via the TV
• TV on demand sporting events, films
• Different angles in sports/films
• Online shopping
• Games
• 24/7 services video or text based news, weather
  information or educational services.

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Advantages

• More information is given to the user
• Helps to keep the attention of user dual
  information being feed Text and pictures

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Disadvantages

• Bandwidth is required
• Hackers can break the encryption code
• With all telecommunications and TV on the same
  line, if it breaks then the whole system goes
  down.

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What can you do?

• PVR personal video recorder
• Records TV programmes onto a built in hard drive,
  instead of onto DVD.
• It has an integrated programme guide
• Pause option allowing you to pause live
  television and play back at a later time, so you
  dont miss anything
• Larger capacity then video tape or DVD, therefore
  more programmes can be recorded.