Enhanced TV represents the fusion of video, audio, images and text in an entirely new medium.
For the first time, producers will be able to combine the storytelling power of video and film with the enormous data channel of a digital television signal. Viewers will be able to simultaneously watch an enhanced TV production and, in the background, receive hundreds of megabytes of additional video, audio, text and images related to the program. In addition, viewers can experience all of this content and data simultaneously or watch the program, and then interact with the data later. Enhanced TV is tailor-made for PBS programming. PBS has a 30-year history of creating content and joining it with technology to help people engage in lifelong learning.