Interactive Digital Television for Developing Countries: a software/hardware perspective
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Interactive Digital Television is mostly a matter of entertainment for developed countries, but bears great potential to narrow the digital divide in developing countries. The television’s return channel might become the family’s gate to the Information Society. For this to come true, however, digital receivers and return channel technologies must reach cost levels that enable mass penetration. In this essay, we discuss design decisions around the receiver that can drastically impact the success of interactive digital television in the developing world.
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