• Still in the developmental stages, interactive TV is often used commercially for viewer voting on programs and products, but the technology also makes it possible for citizens to be actively involved in voting and commenting on community issues.
• Requires provision of interactive TV, not for sports or shopping, but for local organisations and the public to participate in 'their' community local interactive TV.
• Can involve the use of qwerty-handsets within people's living rooms, or phoning or emailing into the station on a particular topic.
• Viewers can then suggest topics, interviewees, and other directions that the community interactive TV might explore.