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useful for iTV designers and producers to fully leverage these attributes when creating<br />

new interactive experiences for the viewer.<br />

Multiple streams of audio / video – Viewers are able to choose and shift between<br />

multiple camera views or audio commentaries. For example, this is frequently<br />

utilized by the BBC for major sporting or concert events.<br />

Time shifting – Viewers can watch and record video and audio streams, pause live<br />

television, record to play back later, and skip through commercials.<br />

Navigation within a program – Viewers can jump back and forth to pre-<br />

determined spots within a program.<br />

Multiple access paths – Information can be accessed in more than one way.<br />

Two-way networking – Viewers are able to interface with and send information<br />

back to the networks. For example, poll results can be instantaneously tallied and<br />

displayed on screen. Networking also allows members of the viewing community<br />

itself to be in touch with one another.<br />

Nonlinearity – Broadcasts are no longer limited to delivery in a linear manner, as<br />

with analog television.<br />

Customizability – Viewers have more control than ever over their viewing<br />

experience.<br />

The affordances outlined here serve as a general framework for thinking about the<br />

potentials of the digital medium and how they might be utilized to promote successful<br />

iTV programming.<br />

5.1.4 New Conventions Emerge<br />

It is clear that new conventions will need to be established for interaction design<br />

for interactive television to fully take advantage of the functional affordances of the new<br />

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