Interactive Television Demystified / Edition 1

by Jerry C Whitaker

Overview

Interactive television is a combination of the TV, the PC and the Internet. This is a basic introduction to interactive television; what it is, what services are possible and probable, how it is affecting and will affect television, cable and computer industries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071363259
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date:	02/15/2001
Series:	Demystified
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.61(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Promise of Interactive Television. Chapter 2: Video and Audio Compression. Chapter 3: Program and System Information Protocol. Chapter 4: The DVB System. Chapter 5: Standardization Issues. Chapter 6: Metadata Management. Chapter 7: Internet and TV Convergence. Chapter 8: Content Distribution. Chapter 9: PC-Based Receivers. Chapter 10: Interactive Videoconferencing. Chapter 11: Glossary.