Editors' Introduction to the Special Issue on IPTV and Multimedia Services

Volume 36 Number 1 March 2012 Special Issue : IPTV and Multimedia Services

Special issue on multimedia networking for electronic commerce systems

Multimedia networking applications benefit from the rapid development of encoding/compression techniques multimedia data sources, effective Quality of Service (QoS) management mechanisms and Quality of Experience (QoE) criteria for system optimization. This special issue aims to expose the readership to the latest research results on multimedia networking issues for electronic commerce systems....

User Behaviour Analysis of Iptv Channels Using Markov Chain Model

Due to the emergence of innovative technologies over Internet, the traditional broadcasting of TV is changed to use IPTV for next generation networks. IPTV is the delivery of multimedia content to multiple subscribers through multicasting over well known IP. The IPTV depends on the Internet and telecommunications. Therefore, the inherent issues are to be identified and resolved for the success ...

A Comparative Study on broadcasting video quality by Routing Protocols in IPTV Network

As multimedia contents rapidly spread and high-speed broadband IP network technologies develop, development of wire and wireless technologies, multimedia and image process technologies through IP network enables various types of service such as IPTV and VoIP. Individual service of communication companies and broadcasters coexist and evolve into a convergence service. Typical broadcast/communica...

Convergence of Digital TV Systems and Services

The migration from analog to digital of the broadcasting technologies, already well consolidated for satellite systems, is becoming a reality also for terrestrial transmission. Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) is also evolving to offer interactive services and a degree of flexibility which can be exploited to offer tailored applications to users which include, for instance interactivity, di...