{"id":408,"date":"2015-08-27T08:17:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T08:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2021-07-02T15:18:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T15:18:20","slug":"episode-17-interactive-tv-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"Episode 17 &#8211; Interactive TV, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week join Steve, Andrew, and Jonathan as they discuss early experiments in interactive television as well as a history of future projections of what interactive television would be like. Join us this week for part one of our discussion. 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