Interactive digital television

iDTV : opportunities, consumer behavior and business models

By Manuel Pueyo on 4 March 2010 in Friday Session | 1 Comment

In the current context of traditional mass marketing reduction and intense media fragmentation, the debate at Cleverwood Friday Session on Friday 26 of February turned out to be a interesting exercise to discuss challenges that Television industry is facing and the rise of Interactive Deigital Television in Belgium.

The session was animated by Saky Kourtidis, Trainee Business Consultant at Cleverwood and student in Business Engineering at ICHEC.

Saky Kourtidis (click for more pictures)

During the presentation we all had an interesting discussion about the impact that interactivity could have in future marketing practices.

New models will appear in this new era for Television. During many years, consumers were forced to waste their time watching linear advertisements that were imposed to them. With the new IDTV it remains to be seen if they will accept to play the game of interactivity with advertisers. Industry actors, their role in this new television landscape was also a source of passionate debate.

Saky Kourtidis explained his thesis work and exposed his vision on how advertisement budget will evolve in this new scenario. Despite the sometimes, and typical, disruptive atmosphere, he managed to answer rather complex questions asked by experienced consultants. “It was an amazing experience but also an exercise sensibly different from a presentation in front of my ICHEC class because I was in front of expert consultant that have been researching innovative solutions, pursuing knowledge in their core competences and looking for interactivity Saki said after the presentation.