UITV.INFO newsletter - January 2008

January 2008

UITV.INFO - Interactive TV Research
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6th European Interactive TV conference (EuroITV 2008)
http://www.euroitv2008.org
Final call for papers deadline: January 11, 2008
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Multimedia Tools and Applications
http://www.springerlink.com/content/r8q605471633
Special issue on Personalized and mobile digital TV
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Interactive TV News
http://uitv.info/news

HD DVD gets "community screening" while Blu-ray pulls ahead in Europe
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071127-hd-dvd-takes-advantage-of-the-net-while-blu-ray-pulls-ahead-in-europe.html
The HD DVD version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix takes
advantage of HD DVD spec's mandatory Ethernet hookup to do "community
screening", which is a way to watch the movie simultaneously with your
friends while you're all in the comforts of your own homes. Other
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix owners will be able to join an
invitation-only viewing of the movie and exchange chats through the
remote, a computer, or mobile phones.

Make My Day: Choose-Your-Adventure for iPhone
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/19/make-my-day-choose-your-adventure-for-iphone/
What is Make My Day? It's a free interactive video
choose-your-adventure for iPhone. Make My Day offers a story where you
make decisions at critical points. The program works by contacting a
central media server and playing segments of your story. Your choices
drive which video segments you watch.

Miro broadband video player claims to be better than Joost
http://informitv.com/articles/2007/10/31/mirobroadbandvideo/
The creators of an open source broadband video player are holding up
their Miro product for positive comparison with closed proprietary
platforms. The Miro player is now being promoted as being 'better than
Joost.'

Dear Microsoft: Enough with Interactive TV
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/04/dear_microsoft.html
Dear Microsoft, thank you for your concern about the lack of
interactivity in my television. I realize that your researchers have
only my best interests at heart, but please tell them that
interactivity isn't necessary. TV is passive entertainment and I'm
fine with that. If I want to interact, I'll do so using the computer
in my home office, or maybe, if I'm feeling decadent, from my laptop
while watching TV.



Interactive TV Events
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6th European Interactive TV conference (EuroITV 2008)
http://www.euroitv2008.org
Salzburg, Austria, 3-4 July 2008
Deadline (Full papers): 11 January 2008




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