Shreyash

1.) Describe the term ‘interactive TV’.
Interactive TV is the next generation of entertainment, as the name suggests interactive TV is a television which can be changed around and be cutomized to our taste.

 2.) Explain the reasons why interactive TV is now called TV 2.0.
Interactive TV is called TV 2.0 for reason being that it is a next generation of television which can access more than media channels (e.g. Channel 7) it will be able to access to the internet and the user will be able to all things that a person would normally do on the internet.

3.) Outline the positives and negatives of implementing interactive TV.
Some of the positives of having the next generation interactive TV is that their their is more viewing power of the user of the interactive TV e.g. a person can watch the new while doing is banking on the TV, this kind of ability is unseen in our normal LCD or Plasma TV’s. A negative of having this kind of this kind of entertainment unit is that much of the face to face communicating and social skills will drop as much of our jobs are done on the TV

4.) Apple released recently Apple TV – Take 2. Describe the reasons why it needed to be changed.