There is a market for aggregation services, and yet instead of creating a two way interactive service like Google's still in development SocialStream will be (the real future of aggregation), FriendFeed seems to be nothing more than a fancy RSS service with commenting thrown in for good measure.
In addition, the Internet provides a range of synchronous and asynchronous communication services that can be employed for distant education such as email, the Web, messaging, video streaming (live and on demand), and two way interactive videoconferencing.
It is trying to do this in two ways: by selling interactive TV directly to consumers (see article) and by selling software to interactive TV providers.Over the past year, satellite companies have been rolling out interactive television services.
The idea is to add an interactive game to an ordinary programme, something that seems to work best with quiz shows and sport.In trials conducted by Two Way TV, a British interactive-TV company, ratings jumped by an average of 30% in peak time, and more than doubled in the daytime.
Two Way has just devised an interactive game for the new British series of Big Brother (see article).Even if games and betting take off, however, it will be some time before broadcasters can make interactive television pay for their investment in digital.
One way to play with those questions is through The Times's interactive Build Your Own Inaugural Address.
There are two ways to activate the interactive installation--the viewer either walks by a motion sensor or presses on a discrete black button labeled "START".
What makes this deal intriguing is that Veon is one of the leading developers of technology that can transform static one-way video content into dynamic two-way interactive content.
One-way and two-way interactive nesting errors with and without temporal refinement are evaluated.
Manufacturers and developers still harbor skepticism over the viability of two-way, interactive TV.
