This paper proposes a new video-on-demand (VOD) broadcasting strategy . In our approach, film S is divided into n equal parts and played through k channels. The user simultaneously downloads the film segments from k channels into the set-top-box (STB) and plays them according to their order. The initial p segments in the programmed film will not have fast-forwarding capabilities. With respect t...

Modern day computer graphics are capable of generating highly photorealistic images resulting in challenging legal situations. For example, as a result of a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, computer generated child pornography is protected speech, while pornographic photographs depicting an actual child remains illegal. The ability to distinguish between protected and illegal material assumes th...

Every classical or virtual knot is equivalent to the unknot via a sequence of extended Reidemeister moves and the so-called forbidden moves. The minimum number of forbidden moves necessary to unknot a given knot is an invariant we call the forbidden number. We relate the forbidden number to several known invariants, and calculate bounds for some classes of virtual knots.

In recent days, the advances in the broadcasting of multimedia contents in digital format motivate to protect this digital multimedia content form illegal use, such as manipulation, duplication and redistribution. However, watermarking algorithms are designed to meet the requirements of different applications, because, various applications have various requirements. This paper intends to design...

Since it is easy to edit and perfectly produce a pirate copy, the copyright protection of digital object (e.g., audio, image and video) becomes an important concern. For example, the annual report by the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA),? which studied TV markets across 11 Asian countries, said the number of illegal connections is expected to have risen 20% to $5.2 ...

The majority of parasitological studies of terrestrial snakes in Korea have focused on zoonotic parasites. However, in the present study, we describe 3 unrecorded nematode species recovered from 5 species of snakes (n=6) in Korea. The examined snakes, all confiscated from illegal hunters, were donated by the Chungnam Wild Animal Rescue Center and Korean Broadcasting System in July 2014 and Febr...

Channel 4’s tradition of supporting, promoting and contributing to British cinema culture entered a new phase in 1998. Its film-making operations were consolidated into a single, semi-vertically integrated studio called FilmFour. On 1 November it launched a brand-new pay-TV channel of the same name. This channel programmed a variety of cinema, premiering world cinema films, FilmFour’s own produ...

The Malaysian film industry has entered the digital when all production and national broadcasting companies shifted to equipment facilities. This raises issue on how preserve local films from here out regardless of video recording method. While there are some government institutions tasked with digitising preserving (negatives) in Malaysia, little is known about procedure, protocol, priority th...