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09-25-07, 09:04 AM
Today's Show:
Al Gore recently won an Emmy Award for interactive television for his Current TV network. The network features a mix of professionally produced and viewer submitted content. It's almost like the Cable TV version of YouTube. Gore says that we live in a world where viewers want to be in control of their media. Whether the Current TV model is actually what one would call "Interactive TV" is probably debatable. Just because there's a network devoted to running home movies, like a 24 hour Funniest Home Videos, and I can see see the next Star Wars Kid video on Cable doesn't necessarily mean I'm in control, or I can interact with it, but evidently the Academy believes it is. More... (http://www.htguys.com/archive/2007/September25.html)
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Al Gore recently won an Emmy Award for interactive television for his Current TV network. The network features a mix of professionally produced and viewer submitted content. It's almost like the Cable TV version of YouTube. Gore says that we live in a world where viewers want to be in control of their media. Whether the Current TV model is actually what one would call "Interactive TV" is probably debatable. Just because there's a network devoted to running home movies, like a 24 hour Funniest Home Videos, and I can see see the next Star Wars Kid video on Cable doesn't necessarily mean I'm in control, or I can interact with it, but evidently the Academy believes it is. More... (http://www.htguys.com/archive/2007/September25.html)
Listen Now - mp3 (http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.libsyn.com/media/hdtvpodcast/HDTV-2007-09-25.mp3)