South By Southwest Tackles TV as AOL, Yahoo Invade Living Rooms

South by Southwest, the annual festival for movies, music and technology that begins today in Austin, Texas, is tackling a subject that’s vexed the most successful media executives: the future of television.

Organizers of SXSW, as the festival is known, are hosting panels headlined by filmmakers who recently made shows for online media. Morgan Spurlock, writer-director of the Oscar-nominated “Super Size Me,” will promote the show he’s produced for AOL Inc. Writer-producer Dan Harmon will offer details on his sitcom “Community” and its move to Yahoo! Inc. from NBC.