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Read moreIt's Working: NYU's Twitter ETV Test Application
Introducing the Twitter proof-of-concept app, an EBIF app created by Shawn Van Every of NYU. With EnableTV's help to get this app running and accessible via SlingPlayer, this the the first example of and end-to-end test that OEDN has facilitated.
More about this application:
This is a bound application (tied to an MPEG-2 stream) that puts up a button that says "Get Last Tweet". If you push the "Select" button on the remote, a Java CGI application which is used for EBIF 2-Way Packaging triggers a PHP script, which returns XML for packaging. The PHP script uses the Twitter API and pulls up the latest message to Twitter. When the EBIF application receives a response from the Java CGI app, it displays that message over the top of the video.
SI Tablet - a premium TV experience?
Time Inc’s Sports Illustrated and design partner, The Wonderfactory, are introducing the SI Tablet, a tablet magazine for 2010. There's a long list of rich media features, including a tablet-to-tv game for live TV events. Watch the demo:
Ball State and OEDN
One year ago, OEDN announced today the formation of an Academic ITV Software Developer Kit (AISDK) program with the Center for Media Design at Ball State University as its first participating school.
Ball State has been prototyping various interactive television applications using OCAP and EBIF tools over the past few months. With the help of Vinayak Tanksdale, Instructor of Computer Science, we're pleased to bring you regular updates from the program. Vinayak has designed vital software for a variety of groundbreaking projects since starting at Ball State in 2001. He's been able to work with faculty across disciplines on projects involving art, journalism, music and telecommunications.
OEDN Speaks to ITVT RE:Success in 2012
Tracy Swedlow wants to know: What was the single most significant factor that led to iTV's success in 2012?
In today's ITVT, Swedlow published responses from Time Warner Cable senior director and founder of OEDN, Will Kreth, and Ball State University's Mike Bloxham, who is a charter OEDN academic partner.
While Mike ponders the proliferation of NextGen Remotes, Will analyzes new customer behaviors to tell his story.
"Phonebook" - Storytelling via iPhone + Book
2010 Advanced Video Product Guide
What kind of excitement is in store for the interactive television industry?
2010 - The year of EBIF
As Verizon's Widget Bazaar vision rolls out, excitement for EBIF applications is spreading with increased urgency. FiOS's new widgets, including Facebook and Twitter on TV, are examples of these micro-apps that can spin up in short order.
Leslie Ellis, technology analyst for Multichannel News, breaks EBIF all the way down to “ee-biff” in today's feature. She cautions, "if consumers are exposed only to EBIF triggers that lead exclusively to ads, they could easily 'learn,' incorrectly, that clickable things on the TV screen are ads, so why bother."
EBIF App Development @ NYU
Special thanks to Shawn Van Every, who led a group of students from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunication Program (ITP) through an introductory EBIF & tru2way (OCAP) course last week.
During the first OEDN Academic Software Kit workshop, Prof. Van Every's students were exposed to the emerging opportunities available for developing interactive television apps.
On July 9th, OEDN team members and TWC engineers dropped in on the summer session at the ITP lab, to talk about developing apps in EBIF. Take a look at the video and photos from the event below:
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