Video on Demand Systems: Technology, Interoperability and Trials

by Shih-Fu Chang (Editor), Dimitris Anastassiou (Editor), Alexandros Eleftheriadis (Editor), John V. Pavlik (Editor)

Overview

Video on Demand Systems brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area.
Video on Demand Systems serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792399490
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	08/31/1997
Edition description:	Reprinted from MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS, 5:2, 1997
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

Guest Editorial.- Guest Editorial.- VoD Testbed Development and DAVIC Interoperability Test.- DAVIC and Interoperability Experiments.- ARMIDA™: Multimedia Applications across ATM-Based Networks Accessed via Internet Navigation.- An Interoperability Test-Bed and Test Results for DAVIC 1.0 Specification.- A VoD Application Implemented in Java.- Columbia’s VoD and Multimedia Research Testbed with Heterogeneous Network Support.- VoD and Interactive TV Trials.- The Video-On-Demand Trial in Taiwan: A Partially DAVIC Compliant System.- “NTT’s Joint Utilization Tests of Multimedia Communications”—Utilization Tests for CATV and VOD over FTTH.- Applications and Content Providers.- Interactive Television Trials and Marketplace Experiences.- From Interactive Television to Internet Applications.

Editorial Reviews

Nine articles selected and expanded from presentations at a June 1996 workshop held in New York by the Digital Audio-Visual Council (DAVIC). Among the topics are DAVIC and interoperability experiments, an application implemented in Java, Columbia video- on-demand and multimedia research testbed with heterogeneous network support, a trial in Taiwan of a partially DAVIC compliant system, interactive television trials and marketplace experiences, and internet applications. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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