We consider a system with multiple interconnected video servers storing TV programs that are received through satellite antennas. Users, equipped with set-top boxes, submit requests for TV programs, to each of which they assign a utility value according to their preferences. We develop a distributed scheduling algorithm that selects the programs to be recorded and the servers to store them, so ...

BACKGROUND In an earlier study on malignant melanoma incidence in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the USA, we found a strong association between the introduction of FM radio broadcasting at full-body resonant frequencies and increasing melanoma incidence. The purpose of the current study was to review mortality and incidence data for malignant melanoma of the skin in Sweden and its temporal relatio...

”One seg” or one-segment digital terrestrial broadcasting service was launched in Japan in 2006. One current use of one-segment broadcasting is providing digital TV programs to mobile phones, portable devices, car navigation systems, and so on. Navigation systems generally provide drivers with point-of-interest information, traffic information, weather reports and so on through cellular phone n...

This summary aims at presenting an overview of the CEC-ESPRIT AVS-RIO (Advanced Video Surveillance Advanced Video Surveillance – Cable Television Based Remote Video surveillance System for Protected sites Monitoring) project. The peculiarity of the project consists both in the video-surveillance application considered (i.e. the monitoring of tourist and naturalistic places), and in the communic...

This article looks at the prospects for DVB-T and DVB-T2 in Germany, in view of the fact that the future of classical terrestrial TV broadcasting in the country is under discussion and that it may even be terminated before the end of the decade. The article also identifies solutions for media delivery to portable and mobile terminals such as in-car receivers or Tablet PCs which no longer rely o...

There is a need for real-time copyright logo insertion in emerging applications, such as Internet protocol television (IPTV). This situation arises in IP-TV and digital TV broadcasting when video residing in a server has to be broadcast by different stations and under different broadcasting rights. Embedded systems that are involved in broadcasting need to have embedded copyright protection. Ex...