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  • E-government and digital TV in China

    A city in Guangdong province intends to establish a 'Sunshine e-government' channel on a local cable TV channel.

    The city of Nanhai has announced plans to launch digital TV e-government services, in collaboration with the local TV network and a digital content provider, China Digital Media Corporation.

  • India: Researchers using TV to broadcast printable data

    While the world of television is moving toward the digital age, engineers are experimenting on using TV networks to send data to end-users who, in turn, can store, retrieve and print them for reference.

    Considering that television penetration remains higher than Internet penetration in India, researchers here have created a way to deliver data using existing television broadcast networks to people. Dubbed TVPrintcast, this innovation that came out of the HP Lab in India uses television broadcast networks to distribute printable data.

  • India: Visakhapatnam’s T-Governance

    The Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation is using the telephone to deliver government-to-citizen services. N Srikanth, Municipal Commissioner; Satyendra Badugu, CEO of Dialabs; and Saraswathi Sonti, Engineering Director of Dialabs, talk about the project.

    Tech-savvy state governments have taken the e-governance route to deliver government-to-citizen (G2C) services using a Web-centric approach. But the penetration of Internet is still very low in India, especially in the smaller towns, and although it is improving it is yet to catch up with the growth of the telephone network, both mobile as well as landline. We wanted to leverage the growth of the telephone network and provide solutions to municipal corporations so that they could serve their citizens better and increase revenues. We were in search of a city / municipal corporation where we could do our preliminary study. A chance meeting with the mayor and the municipal commissioner of Visakhapatnam solved the problem for us. Both of them are tech-savvy, and were very excited at the proposal and helped us a great deal in doing the study.

  • Is India ready for IPTV?

    Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is all set to revolutionize the way the television is working now. With IPTV, apart from just watching television, one can use the television as a two way media to interact with the world.

    According to experts, IPTV is a complementary way of transmission of entertainment, data and interactive communication. So far in the evolution of television, there has been only one way of communication (Broadcasting), but the IPTV promises an interactive way of viewing television.

  • Italy: STANCA, 7 MLN EURO FOR CIVIL SERVICE ON HOME TELEVISION

    A new t-government service will offer multimedia services via land digital on home television to provide on-line civil service information and services. Innovations and Technology Minister Lucio Stanca, in the context of the "land digital" project already approved by the Committee of Information Society Ministers, has announced the setting aside of seven million euro for co-funding of e-government information applications, based on "land digital" and destined for the public. The Minister has also provided for the setting up of a centre responsible for land digital to assist local administrations in setting up the new technology.

  • KR: Seoul to extend e-Govt services via Smart TV

    While Governments nowadays are leveraging the use of web and mobile based platforms to extend e-government services, the capital city of South Korea is also gearing to extend public services via Smart TV as part of its smart technology blueprint.

    According to Dr. Jong Sung Hwang, Chief Information Officer of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, it is estimated that one million households in Seoul will use Smart TV by 2015, about three million people, and an estimated 30 per cent of the population in Seoul.

    Dr Hwang told FutureGov that in order to prepare for this, Seoul will develop TV-based administrative services and also diversify service channels to be responsive to the needs of the N-Screen generation.

  • Live TV broadcasts to mobile phones is tested in Finland

    A unique mobile TV pilot has been kicked off in Finland - which if successful could add a significant new delivery channel to TV broadcasting, and be a valuable delivery media for e-Government communication services.

    The project tests mobile TV services and consumer experiences, as well as the underlying technology, with 500 users in the Helsinki capital region. The partners in the project are Digita, Elisa, MTV, Nelonen, Nokia, Sonera and YLE (The Finnish Broadcasting Company).

  • New Zealand: Government looks to digital TV service

    Multi-channel approach to help achieve e-government goal

    The government is looking at digital broadcasting as an alternative way of offering e-government services to people without internet access.

    The idea is being canvassed as part of a multi-channel approach that the State Services Commission believes will help achieve the e-government strategy’s 2010 goal: a government transformed by online access.

  • South Africa: Government vows to meet digital-TV deadline

    Digital TV will be a success, and timelines for the project will be met.

    That is the word from the communications department, which is in charge of making sure that the big switch from analogue to digital broadcasting happens by 2011.

    “There are no signs to suggest that we will not be ready by 2011. One of our goals is to speed up uptake and use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) among South Africans,” department spokesman Joe Makhafola said.

  • South Korea: 'TV-Govt' Goes Beyond Internet

    Fifty-year-old Lee Jin-soon has been addicted to the Internet ever since she learned how to use it from her son, a college student in a remote city.

    It was a great surprise for her to know that she could get civil documents, such as certificates of residence and land without going to a district office some 3 kilometers away from her house. She used to have to catch rides in neighbors’ cars due to inadequate public transportation in her small rural town in Yonchon, Kyonggi Province.

  • South Korea: IPTV e-Government to be Launched by Seoul City in March

    The era of IPTV e-Government, which provides interactive public services through Internet Protocol televisions (IPTV), will be ushered in next year.

    According to an industry insider, Seoul City plans to provide public information such as tender notices through IPTV on a real-time basis starting in March next year. They will then to move on to offering e-Government services including submission of civil petitions and tax payments.

  • South Korea: Pay TV with a twist: government papers

    Television is not just an idiot box anymore: The government will use cable networks next year for services such as ordering documents and paying taxes at the click of a remote control.

    "So far, we provided various e-government services via the Internet, but elderly citizens and others who are not acquainted with the Internet could hardly use it," said Oh Young-kyo, Minister of Administration and Home Affairs during a report of the ministry's policies to President Roh Moo-hyun.

  • UK: Astonishing progress towards Digital TV switchover

    DCMS Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell yesterday underlined the Government's commitment to switchover to total digital TV as she welcomed a new report into the issue. It's an important factor in planning future e-Government services which rely on digital TV as a deliervy mechanism.

    The BBC report, Progress towards achieving digital switchover, describes progress so far as "astonishing", stating that it "puts the UK in an enviable position".

  • UK: BBC White Paper: Important to plans for e-Government-via-digital-TV

    The Green Paper on the review of the BBC's Royal Charter was published yesterday, outlining major changes which are of potential importance for those planning e-Government services delivered by digital TV.

    The Department for Culture, Media and Sport CultureSecretary Tessa Jowell said the Green Paper aims to ensure a strong, independent BBC for the future. But not everyone agreed yesterday.

  • UK: Community services via IPTV launched in London's East End

    IBM and Newham.net are working with the East End London Borough of Newham to roll out a community-based digital services system: RegenTV.

    Offering selected residents the opportunity to access community services, digital TV channels, web and internet services from their existing TV set, RegenTV has been developed from a prototype system which has been running on the Carpenters Estate in Newham. The service has proven highly attractive to households, with a 70 per cent up-take p rate among 500 potential users. A local community TV channel, managed by Home 2 Home, a local social enterprise set up with the support of the Media Trust, offers some 100 videos on local issues, many of which were produced by locals.

  • UK: Coventry launches StreetTV screen messaging system

    Coventry City Council has launched a new community messaging system called StreetTV.

    The City Council has joined forces with the police, fire service, Coventry Primary Care Trust and CV One to pilot the system at three locations in the city - Holyhead Road, Jubilee Crescent and the Butts.

  • UK: Digital TV creates digital divide

    New UK government research has raised fresh questions over digital television's suitability as a medium for e-government.

    Studies released on 21 July show that poor design and usability of digital TV equipment and services exclude many elderly and vulnerable citizens, with interactivity being the least used feature.

    The findings come from digital TV trials in the Welsh villages of Ferryside and Llansteffan, who in March 2005 became the first two areas in the UK to switch permanently from analogue to digital television.

  • UK: Digital TV switchover: Timetable is unveiled, starts in 2008...

    Department for Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Tessa Jowell yesterday announced the go ahead for the switch to digital only TV in the UK and support to make sure no group is left behind. Digital TV will become a key distribution channel for e-Government services.

  • UK: DigiTV launches ‘Looking Local' brand for TV-based e-government services

    Looking Local is the new brand for Local Government interactive services on Sky, ntl:, Telewest and 3 mobile; run by DigiTV. Information and services from over 80 Local Authorities and partners can be accessed at home or on the move, a handy alternative to the web or call centre.

    With over 20% of all Local Authorities using digital TV and mobile to offer services and communicate with their citizens, there is a wealth of information at the touch of a button.

  • UK: Directgov expands to digital TV

    Directgov, the replacement for the Government's UK Online e-government citizen portal, has extended its services to digital TV in a new deal.

    The new service, which provides a major boost to efforts to make government services available through digital platforms, will be available on Sky and Telewest, with NTL to follow soon, making it available to nearly 10 million households.

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