Digital TV Over Broadband Harvesting Bandwidth [Paperback]

Digital TV Over Broadband: Harvesting Bandwith offers a clear overview of how technological developments are revolutionizing television. It details the recent shift in focus from HDTV to a more broadly defined DTV and to the increasing importance of webcasting for interactive television. Digital Television examines the recent industry toward a combination of digital services, including the use of the new bandwidth for additional channels of programming, as well as some high definition television. The book discusses the increasingly rapid convergence of telecommunications, television and computers and the important role of the web in the future of interactive programming. This new edition not only covers the new technology, but also demonstrates practical uses of the technology in business models.


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 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

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