The Inside Story of Interactive Television and Microsoft WebTV for Windows
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0122515706 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 366 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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It also lacks an international perspective and doesn't address issues involved with European, Asian, or U.K.-based implementations of WebTV. Although the subject matter is handled without repetition, hesitation, or deviation, the book reads more like a collection of feature-length articles than a fully integrated book. WebTV made its start in the U.S., but with limited success. Written by leading industry figures, The Inside Story of Interactive TV and Microsoft WebTV for Windows is an excellent, if nontechnical, examination of the emerging WebTV technology and an equally excellent, if biased, guide to the short history of its development. (The book includes various notables from Microsoft and its partner, NBC, and producers involved with the production of material for "enhanced" TV.) Helpful diagrams and screen shots complement the text. Three case studies show how new technologies available to programmers help them enhance their content. In
Book Behind The Times A Customer There are few books available today that discuss interactive television, so it's great that there's this one to help explain it. However, as someone who has been involved in this business for 2 years now, I found the book blatantly biased toward PC-based interactive TV programming -- something that in the last year has taken a back seat to settop box-based interactive TV programming. Also, the vendors and producers mentioned in the book are not necessarily the industry leaders. The book makes no mention of Screamingly Different Entertainment, B3TV, Mixed Signals Technologies, or Wink. Take this book for what it is: a. A Customer said Excellent Foundation. I had to get up to speed on the world of WebTV quickly. This book did it for me. If you're a beginner like I was, this is the first book you should read before getting into the details through other, more industry-specific sources.. give an aspect of the future function of the Web tv and feature of the web tx
* First-hand accounts of industry veterans who made the decision to explore new forms of television and the Internet.* Complete narration of the adverse set of issues as told by advertising agency executives, producers of popular favorite television shows, and everyone in between.* Tells the evolution of Interactive Television, offers a technical reference to the new technologies involved, and details case studies of the cutting-edge companies that have begun to bring interactive content to the public today.. Interactive Television is a budding, yet potentially revolutionary, technology application. The future of the Internet, World Wide Web, and television are marching towards a shared and interconnected future, where the Web and television will eventually be linked. In this book, David Feinleib tells the r