Digital TV Over Broadband: Harvesting Bandwidth

ISBN-13: 9780240803579 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 608 str.

Joan Van Tassel

Opis

This edition highlights the emergence of digital television in a networked universe. The initial focus on high definition television has been expanded to include the adoption of a multicasting, multichannel, multiplatform model - a combination of digital services across media that ties entertainment and information content and programming. It discusses the explosion of bandwidth that is hastening the convergence of telecommunications, television and computers, and details the growing significance of the Web for the future of digital interactive programming. This edition identifies emerging technologies, networks and consumer electronics devices, as well as the evolution of content, revenue and business models in this dynamic new space.

Recenzje

"Digital TV over Broadband: Harvesting Bandwidth is a much-needed exploration of this new terrain where mass media and interactive technology converge. Dr. Van Tassel offers both practical analyses and visionary recommendations about the broadband potential. In particular, the business models and organizational strategies offer remarkable and valuable insights into the ways broadband TV will work." -Gary Arlen, president, Arlen Communications Inc., Bethesda, Maryland research firm

"Although there isn't much technical theory, Van Tassel has filled her book with plenty of jargon and buzzwords so this is an essential work for anyone determined to get a job in the industry..." - Raymond Marr, What Satellite TV

Spis treści

The Digital Destiny
From Show Biz to Show Bits
Digitology 101
HDTV
Digital Shape Shifting: The Many
Forms of DTV
Two-faced TV: The Interactive Promise
From Network TV to Networked TV
Fiber Fever: The Growth of Global Networks
Wired and Wireless Bitpipes
Next Generation Networks
Living Digitally
From Reel (Movies) to Real (Networks)
Cache Flow: From Bitstreams to Revenue Streams
Brave New WWWorld

O autorze

Joan Van Tassel, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at National University. She was an award-winning television producer for ten years, wrote on technology and technology management for The Hollywood Reporter, and consulted with major companies on content management projects and digital rights management. She is the author of five books on the business of media content in the networked environment. Her book, Digital TV Over Broadband (Focal Press), received the 2001 Cable Center Book Award from the National Cable Center and Museum.