UITV.INFO Newsletter - August 2006


August 2006

UITV.INFO - Interactive TV Research Resources
http://uitv.info



***EuroITV07 1st call for papers is available***
http://uitv.info/euroitv07
5th European Interactive TV conference (EuroITV07)
CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24-25 May 2007
Special theme on "Interactive TV: A Shared Experience"



Interactive TV News
http://uitv.info/news

Networks Rush TV Shows Online
http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,70626-0.html
After ABC struck the first deal to sell commercial-free TV episodes online, television networks are rushing to offer everything from individual programs to season subscriptions. Web viewers can even watch some shows for free -- with advertising.

Build Your Own PVR, Then Trash It
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,70328-0.html
First, the good news. Plummeting storage costs and the availability of special hardware have finally made it cheap and easy to shrug off the shackles of TiVo and build your own personal video recorder out of an old PC. The bad news is digital-rights management technologies will probably make your homebrew PVR obsolete faster than you can say "Super Bowl Sunday."

Europe rules out compulsory interactive TV standards
http://informitv.com/articles/2006/02/07/europerulesout/
The European Commission has ruled out the imposition of compulsory technical standards such as MHP for the roll-out of interactive digital television in Europe.

Mobile DTV Alliance to promote broadcast mobile TV
http://informitv.com/articles/2006/01/23/mobiledtvalliance/
A group of leading companies, including Nokia and Motorola, has formed the Mobile DTV Alliance to promote the growth and evolution of the DVB-H standard for digital video broadcasting to handheld devices.



Interactive TV Events
http://uitv.info/events

5th European Interactive TV conference (EuroITV07)
http://uitv.info/euroitv07
CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24-25 May 2007
Deadline (Full Papers): 15 December 2006

1st International Workshop on Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalization
(SMAP 2006)
http://image.ntua.gr/events/smap
University of Indianapolis (Athens Campus), December 5th, 2006, Athens, Greece
Deadline: 7 August 2006

Interactive Digital Cinema Workshop
http://www.sagasnet.de/sagaswif/index.php
ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany Oct. 19 - 25 2006




Edited by Konstantinos Chorianopoulos, PhD
Understanding Interactive TV (UITV.INFO)
http://uitv.info/konstantinos




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