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Or there is Q&A, a primetime Monday night Question Time-type show – "the most old-fashioned of formats" brought to life by "putting a Twitter feed across the bottom of the screen; we get 35,000 tweets during an hour-long show, and a real lean-forward viewing experience".

ABC director general Mark Scott gives his perspective on the BBC's travails 2011

Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal Lenovo N5902 Buy a Multimedia Remote | Mess around too much with a keyboard in your living room and the TV experience turns into more of a lean-forward experience than a lean-back one.

Cutting the Cord on Cable Kevin Sintumuang 2012

A film that reflects what I used to hear described as the ‘lean-forward’ nature of digital media, contrasting with the ‘lean-back’ legacy of traditional broadcast TV.

Happy Birthday YouTube at Helpful Technology 2010

Computers are "lean-forward" devices on which extended reading isn't that natural or comfortable, even on a laptop or netbook.

E-books: Reading on a computer vs. reading on a reader 2009

Computers are "lean-forward" devices on which extended reading isn't that natural or comfortable, even on a laptop or netbook.

E-books: Reading on a computer vs. reading on a reader 2009

Jakob's key idea here is that 'deep learning' is a lean-back experience, best accomplished away from a computer, whereas most web activity is a lean-forward experience, which is designed to meet the individual's immediate goals in the way that they see fit.

E-learning: an oxymoron? Clive Shepherd 2008

Jakob's key idea here is that 'deep learning' is a lean-back experience, best accomplished away from a computer, whereas most web activity is a lean-forward experience, which is designed to meet the individual's immediate goals in the way that they see fit.

Archive 2008-06-01 Clive Shepherd 2008

If there were such content, you would have already seen it produced for lean-forward, one-to-one media consumption -- like on a PC.

Interactive HD DVDs 2007

IPTV hopes -- to merge the lay-back culture of the living room with the bustling activity of the lean-forward Net.

TELEVISION RELOADED 2007

The problem will still be finding a way to merge the lean-back experience of TV with the lean-forward or immersive experience of the web.

NTV Predictions: Video in the Living Room 2007