"It's not programming 101, it comes from wanting to tell a story through new technology," says NYU's ITP Lab Prof. Shawn Van Every. "You see this proliferation of screens in our lives: television, mobile, web - it's a natural thing for our students to develop cross-platform or transmedia applications.... we see interactive TV as a very exciting possibility to come and are glad to be working with OEDN." Follow Shawn and his students as they continue their work with the TVWorks XDK and OEDN to build and test EBIF applications.

OEDN's + AISDK + Universities = Innovation

OEDN's Academic ITV Software Development Kit (AISDK) is putting Interactive TV App Development & Testing Tools in the hands of Students for the first time. See our current participating schools below:

Center for Media Design http://www.bsu.edu/cmd/aboutus/

The Center for Media Design is a research and development facility focused on the creation, testing and practical application of digital technologies for business, classroom, home, and community. These efforts are being accomplished through the Digital Exchange initiative...Learn more.

NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) http://itp.nyu.edu/itp/program.php

An oversized Greenwich Village loft houses the computer labs, rotating exhibitions, and production workshops that are ITP -- the Interactive Telecommunications Program. Founded in 1979 as the first graduate education program in alternative media, ITP has grown into a living community of technologists, theorists, engineers, designers, and artists uniquely dedicated to pushing the boundaries of interactivity ...Learn more.