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Interactive Television - is this the future?

BBC's Click celebrates its 1000th episode with an interactive episode (July 2019)

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JO
Josh
BBC's Click has recently celebrated its 1000th episode with an interactive "choose-your-own path" episode. It delves in to the topic of discovering what "television" might be like in the years to come. Do we think broadcasters will be creating more content like this in the future, or is it a waste of time?
JA
james-2001
I remember when interactive TV was the "next big thing" 20 years ago, and it never took off.

In fact I remember some "choose your own path" things in the early 00s. It never took off then, can't see it being much different now.
MD
mdtauk
Bandersnatch
LL
Larry the Loafer
As far as I'm concerned, interactive TV technology peaked with Beehive Bedlam on Open....
DB
dbl
Interactive episodes are fun until the novelty wears off, which is what I found with Bandersnatch. Because there's no allotted timeframe, you could easily get lost in the narrative. If I'm coming home from work, the last thing I want is to drain even more energy into choose every arc in a programme.

Even in a world of On Demand.
JC
JCB
Bandersnatch was a novelty but I doubt it's anyone's favourite episode of Blackmirror. Interactive TV will die out just like 3D did.
Spencer, W1LL and davidhorman gave kudos
FO
FanOfTV99
It's only a matter of time before we see a phone vote for the news where we vote on what story we want to see.
DB
dbl
It's only a matter of time before we see a phone vote for the news where we vote on what story we want to see.

Yeahh... I don't think that will happen, even for tabloidy news programmes.
JO
Jonny
As far as I'm concerned, interactive TV technology peaked with Beehive Bedlam on Open....

King Tut and Playjam's Smash Twins.
DB
dbl
Jonny posted:
As far as I'm concerned, interactive TV technology peaked with Beehive Bedlam on Open....

King Tut and Playjam's Smash Twins.

Oh the memories!
JO
Joe
It's only a matter of time before we see a phone vote for the news where we vote on what story we want to see.

It happens every day already. Maybe not in form of a phone call, but over phone lines and mobile data connections as we use social media and news apps to choose which stories we read.
JF
JetixFann450
Wasn't there a Doctor Who interactive episode that aired after the first appearance of David Tennant as The Doctor?

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