The Definition of 2-Screen Interactive TV

2-Screen Interactive TV (May be known as 2-Screen TV, Two-screen Interactive TV, PC-delivered two-screen Interactive TV applications, 2-screen Synchronized Interactive TV, SyncTV, Synchronized TV, PC-Synchronous Enhancements, Two-screen TV, Split Screen Programming, Split-screen TV, Synchronized Interactive TV {Application}, Telewebbing, 2-screen Interactive Applications, Broadcast-synchronized Interactive TV, 2-screen Internet Application.) - 2-screen Interactive TV is slowly giving way to Single-screen Interactive TV. However it's still a dominate form of Enhanced and Interactive Television.

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(This is the primary definition) - The most dominate example of 2-screen TV is when a TV program asks you to go to their Web site for more information. If that Web site makes available interactive features (as they most often do,) technically it's known as "2-screen Interactive TV."  2-screen Interactive TV was developed for use as so many television systems currently lack a built-in return path. With 2-screen Interactive TV, someone watching TV can separately use a computer, phone or another device to interact with that TV program, the network operator, the program's viewers and/or advertisers. An example is Mobile Interactive TV.


 
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Split-screen TV, Split Screen Programming) - When the television programming and
return path (often the Internet) are presented in separate frames on the TV screen, perhaps in the form of picture-in-a-picture.


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