Georgia Tech’s eTV Protoyping Group explores the future of narrative forms in the new digital medium that is emerging as TV converges with computational formats.

The eTV Prototyping Group works by prototyping applications on current and hypothetical platforms, using narrative material drawn from actual and planned television shows and by creating its own narratives specifically designed for interactivity. Drawing on students in the Georgia Tech’s graduate program in Digital Media and Information Technology, the group has prototyped interactive video applications for delivery on the internet, dvd, and consumer TV platforms.

Industry partners include: Microsoft, ABC, the AFI eTV Workshop, the ITV Alliance, PBS Series POV, Texas Instruments, and Turner Broadcasting.

FCC to propose new net neutrality rules disallowing data discrimination

Based on what we’re hearing, a slate of soon-to-be-proposed FCC rules may stop the likes of Comcast from discriminating against P2P applications on their networks, and AT&T sure will have a tougher time justifying why it won’t let the iPhone’s version of SlingPlayer run on 3G while giving WinMo and BlackBerry users all the bandwidth they can handle. EngadgetHD

Hybrid Internet-TV Makes Progress in Europe

Internet television has become so popular that some European broadcasters want to put it on TV — the one in the living room. NYTimes/ERIC PFANNER

Goldenberg, Sergio Creating Augmented and Immersive Television Experiences Using a Semantic Framework UXTV'08, October 22-24, 2008, Silicon Valley, California, USA

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