The subject of the future of the interactive Television medium has become a topic of great interest to the academic and industrial\r\ncommunities particularly since in the recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the pace of innovation of convergence of\r\ndigital TV systems and services. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of what we know as digital TV converged\r\nservices, to present and categorise the digital Television middleware technologies that contributed to it, and to present possible\r\nfuture trends and directions. A new Television era of converged wireless and mobile content delivery, user-authored content,\r\nmultimodal interaction, intelligent personalisation, smart space awareness, and 3D content sensations is foreseen, creating ambient\r\nand immersive experiences.
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