Guest editorial: Networked television

摘要

This special issue on networked television consists of a selection of the best papers of the 7th European Interactive TV Conference (EuroITV 2009), which was held in Leuven, Belgium, in June of 2009. Networked television is a new concept, which is about TV sets becoming yet another node in many IP-based networks, such as managed IPTV networks and in-home networks. This increased level of connectivity allows for new types of services and will eventually result in the seamless integration of interactive TV into the wide range of other services that people have at their disposal.