Examining recent advances in both TV delivery and computing/networking technologies, this book explores profitable, successful next-generation TV offerings. The focus of this comprehensive report is on using advances in internet technologies and networking to deliver competitive, multichannel pay-TV services to customer TV sets.
Discusses Internet protocol television (IPTV) and multimedia networks. This book points out the differences between this novel revolutionary technology and regular cable and satellite television services. It provides knowledge and design principles needed for the delivery of IPTV, along with examples from more than 25 technological companies.
Stake your claim in the rapidly growing IPTV market with a thorough understanding of the key trends and technological advances shaping the future of broadband video technology. Make informed business decisions with a working knowledge of changes in technology, services, and business models. Get an up-to-date picture of the industry with new forms of television delivery, the new standard for video delivery, and current market figures. With annual growth estimates at 32+% for the next six years, this is necessary reading for remaining current in the marketplace. The second edition covers the monetization of IPTV, the differences between IPTV & Internet video, trends for the future and industry expectations. Written by two leading digital media experts, each with 25 years technology development experience and global insight.
Telecommunications Essentials, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the rapidly evolving world of telecommunications. Providing an in-depth, one-stop reference for anyone wanting to get up to speed on the $1.2 trillion telecommunications industry, this book not only covers the basic building blocks but also introduces the most current information on new technologies. This edition features new sections on IP telephony, VPNs, NGN architectures, broadband access alternatives, and broadband wireless applications, and it describes the technological and political forces at play in the world of telecommunications around the globe. Topics include Communications fundamentals, from traditional transmission media, to establishing communicationschannels, to the PSTN Data networking and the Internet, including the basics of data communications, local area networking, wide area networking, and the Internet and IP infrastructures Next-generation networks, including the applications, characteristics, and requirements of the new generation of networks that are being built to quickly and reliably carry the ever-increasing network traffic, focusing on IP services, network infrastructure, optical networking, and broadband access alternatives Wireless networking, including the basics of wireless networking and the technologies involved in WWANs, WMANs, WLANs, and WPANs
The comprehensive coverage of the Seventh Edition equips students with the latest information on e-commerce—concepts, models, strategies, and techniques that can be used to build useful e-commerce applications. The book features several comprehensive and diverse case studies and data on Indian corporations, as well as multinational companies showing success and failure of their Web-based electronic business models. Coverage of a broad range of topics, including the latest developments in technology as well as taxation issues, makes the book a solid introductory text for the rapidly expanding number of courses in e-commerce for the students of business management and commerce at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and also, for the students pursuing courses in computer applications, information technology and computer science engineering. KEY FEATURES • Provides coverage of all elements of e-commerce, including customer relationship, supply chain management, e-payment, e-security, mobile commerce, and Web designing. Addresses key legal issues related to taxation (including GST), privacy, copyright, and so forth. • Gives the end-of-chapter Internet search exercises to help students develop analytical skills. • Defines key technical terms in the glossary. NEW TO THE SEVENTH EDITION • Updated tables and figures throughout the book • Business analytics, which is transforming e-commerce, is included in the eleventh chapter on 'Portals for Business Analytics’ • Updated History of E-commerce Augmented the chapter on Business Models for E-commerce • E-marketing is being transformed by new technologies, hence the topic is included. • E-payment systems are changing dramatically and online payment is increasing, hence the topic is introduced.
The book is intended to provide readers with a comprehensive reference for the most current developments in the field. It offers broad coverage of important topics with eighteen chapters covering both technology and applications written by international experts.
