{"id":46229,"date":"2014-06-03T17:34:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T21:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=46229"},"modified":"2014-06-04T15:39:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T19:39:13","slug":"what-new-affordances-might-be-coming-down-the-pike-from-our-smartconnected-tvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/06\/03\/what-new-affordances-might-be-coming-down-the-pike-from-our-smartconnected-tvs\/","title":{"rendered":"What new affordances might be coming down the pike from our “Smart\/Connected TV’s”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goodbye, TV Channels\u2014And Hello, TV Apps<\/strong> <\/a>— from readwrite.com by Adriana Lee
\nHow a small change in language represents a universal shift in the television experience.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"GoodbyeTVChannels-May2014\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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But television is evolving. Increasingly, it’s all about the apps now\u2014browsable, downloadable, interactive TV applications.<\/span><\/strong> You can thank the swelling\u00a0ranks of streaming services and devices for that.<\/p>\n

The software applications they’re delivering to our living rooms are growing in number and prominence. And they’re starting to eclipse\u00a0the passive, one-way broadcasts we once fought over for two-way, interactive experiences <\/strong><\/span>that let you share democratically among multiple users (n\u00e9e viewers) across mobile devices and computers.<\/p>\n

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According to research firm NPD Group<\/a>,\u00a0the smart television business has begun to boom. In the beginning of 2013, there were 140 million Internet-ready TVs in American homes.\u00a0By 2015, it will grow 44 percent, to 202 million. And by that time, nearly two-thirds of them will actually be connected to the Internet, compared to just 56 percent now.<\/p>\n

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How they connect is important. When it comes to television, “apps” are where it’s at, not ye olde \u201cTV channels.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> It’s just a shift in language, true\u2014but it’s also a shift in thinking.<\/p>\n

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In a multi-screen future, phones don\u2019t control TVs, TVs control phones<\/strong><\/a> — from foxnews.com by Alex Tretbar<\/p>\n

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Right now, most \u201csecond-screen\u201d usage is more distracting than it is enriching, but that\u2019s about to change. Soon your tablet will spring to life when you tune into your favorite show, and you\u2019ll have more opportunities than ever to engage. The million-dollar buzzword here is Automatic Content Recognition, or ACR. But, before we get too far into that, let\u2019s start at the beginning: the screen itself.
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\nNavin wants his apps to automatically deliver content viewers might otherwise seek out manually. This might mean recommendations, related video, social-media discussions, or even a simple plot synopsis.<\/p>\n

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What television will look like in 2025, according to Netflix<\/a><\/strong> — from\u00a0 wired.com by\u00a0Issie Lapowsky<\/p>\n

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People have traditionally discovered new shows by tuning into the channels that were most aligned with their interests. Love news?\u00a0 Then CNN might be the channel for you.\u00a0 If it\u2019s children\u2019s programming you want, Nickelodeon has you covered.\u00a0 And yet, none of these channels can serve 100 percent of their customers what they want to watch 100 percent of the time.<\/p>\n

According to Hunt, this will change with internet TV.\u00a0 He said Netflix is now working to perfect its personalization technology to the point where users will no longer have to choose what they want to watch from a grid of shows and movies.\u00a0 Instead, the recommendation engine will be so finely tuned that it will show users \u201cone or two suggestions that perfectly fit what they want to watch now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this vision is possible,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cWe\u2019ve come a long way towards it, and we have a ways to go still.\u201d He said Netflix is now devoting as much time and energy to building out that personalization technology as the company put into building the infrastructure for delivering that content in the first place.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe stories we watch today are not your parents\u2019 TV,\u201d Hunt said, \u201cand the stories your kids watch in 2025 will blow your mind away.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And by the year 2025, he told his audience, everyone will own a smart TV.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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TV transformed by smart thinking<\/strong><\/a> — from theaustralian.com.au\/ by<\/p>\n

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As LG puts it, your apps to the right of the cards are \u201cthe future\u201d \u2014 what you will watch, while the display of your recently used apps, to the left of the cards, is \u201cthe past\u201d \u2014 so the launcher is an amalgam of your past, present and future viewing activity<\/p>\n

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\n“…everyone will own a smart TV by 2025.”\u00a0 Well, maybe not everyone, but many of us will have access to these Internet-connected “TV’s”\u00a0 (if they are even called TV’s at that point).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope that Netflix will license those personalization technologies to other vendors or, if not, that some other vendor will create them for educationally-related purposes.<\/em>
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Can you imagine a personalization engine — focused on education and\/or training — that could provide the scaffolding necessary for learning about many topics?\u00a0 i.e. digital playlists of learning. Streams of content focused on education.\u00a0 Such engines would remember where you left off and what you still need to review…what you have mastered and what you are still struggling with…what you enjoy learning about…your learning preferences…and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Addendum:<\/em>
\nHow Samsung is enabling the future of social TV<\/strong><\/a> — from lostremote.com by Natan Edelsburg<\/p>\n

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