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...

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