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Interactive television: new genres, new format, new content

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IE '05: Proceedings of the second Australasian conference on Interactive entertainment

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Published: 23 November 2005 Publication History

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The aim of this paper is to discuss some of the main issues associated with interactive genres, formats and content in the context of interactive television (ITV). First, a set of new forms or categorizations of ITV will be presented. Second, the suite of interactive genres, formats and applications that currently constitutes ITV will be introduced and discussed. And third, some general conclusions concerning interactivity, television and the interactive user/viewer will be drawn.

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IE '05: Proceedings of the second Australasian conference on Interactive entertainment

November 2005

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