Microsoft's investing in UltimateTV, a satellite-based set top box. With only a phone connection going the other way, interactive services might take a back seat to digital video recording and pushed digital content.
Wednesday, August 01, 2001
Microsoft, News Corp. sign deal to build version of UltimateTV
INTERACTIVE TV TODAY - Event Review - ITV Content E-mergency
Brain dump from the conference in mid-July presented by the Interactive Design Lab at Columbia University. Some interesting quotes:"Today, of course, narrative and documentary are poorly represented on the ITV platform. Content driven navigation is paramount in order to produce those genres in the future."
Of course, I'd argue that narrative and documentary are poorly represented on regular television, much less interactive television.
Issues ranged from content creation to privacy to the future of iTV. This industry may be more practical than we were in the Web's infancy:
"Panelists discussed how to get past the challenge of the current lack of consumer interest by doing nothing less than continuing to create and distribute content on whatever platform currently is available - be it one-screen, two-screen, or both."
