At the EuroITV 2010, Tampere, Finland, 9th June, 2010

With the deployment of Digital Television in countries such as Brazil, Russia, India and China,
and with several others in the process of adopting one of the existing standards, if not
developing their own, there is a growing demand for new services and content to be provided,
as well as many ways of integrating these new features with existing technologies. Additionally,
the potentiality for digital inclusion that Interactive Digital Television provides is a great
incentive to its adoption, for it means a cheaper way to supply access to technology and
knowledge in emerging countries. It also provides scenarios for integrating Digital Television
with other areas of knowledge such as smart environments and ubiquitous systems, allowing
access to services until now not easily achievable. The growth in Digital Television technology
provides to extraordinary opening to significantly broaden the role of television as a content
delivery channel. T-health, T-government, T-commerce, and T-learning are some examples of
value-added services (VAS) offered over digital televisions infrastructures.

Fonte: http://www.ufam-automation.net/idtvec/