In recent years, Telcos worldwide have deployed IPTV networks to offer cable TV-like services over the IP backbones. Such walled garden IPTV networks are provisioned to guarantee the quality of service, fast channel switching, and user experience expected by TV viewers. A common key design element of these networks is the use of IP multicast within a single network domain in broadcasting of sev...

This study examines how Thailand’s convergence regulator, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), regulates digital television’s transition and new audiovisual services. In addition to document analysis, this study interviewed stakeholders (e.g. NBTC policymakers, broadcaster and cable TV operators). The socio-technical analyses show that the NBTC prioritized digital...

We contribute to the analysis of mergers in two-sided markets, which a platform provides its service for free on one side but obtains all revenues from other. A structural model allowing multi-homing advertisers is developed assess decision French competition authority, approves merger broadcasting services TV channels prohibits their advertising sales through behavioral remedy. show that ignor...

In this paper, we describe a framework for the management of semantic metadata that describe audiovisual content. The main objectives of this work are to provide a framework allowing enhanced retrieval performance and better user interfaces for audiovisual data, based on extensions of the well accepted international standards for the digital media, digital broadcasting and TV-Anytime domains li...

Data archiving networks and electronic media libraries for video and audio broadcasting have gained a large interest recently. This paper proposes the use of smart (adaptive) antennas for HIPERLAN/2 (HIgh PERformance Radio Local Area Network/2) in order to increase the data rate and user capacity targeting wired LAN replacement in modern TV broadcasting studio environments. Spatial channel mode...

TV anchor is a key profession in radio and television industry, its artistic expression of great practical significance to the development whole industry. In order fully meet needs current social progress we should, on basis improving individual language anchorpersons, master necessary communication interaction skills, integrate into features modern information technology, improve overall quali...

We introduce a newsgathering system that features high mobility and wide-area coverage: Mobile Broadcasting Video (MBV) system. According to the original design concept, this system’s transmission channels provide increased mobility and wide area coverage, utilizing wireless LAN and low-orbit satellite technology. Also this system provides audiovisual quality that is comparable to current digit...