Digital Interactive TV and Metadata
Digital Interactive TV and Metadata

Author: Arthur Lugmayr

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1475739532

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Recent years have brought many changes to the world of mass media. The In ternet and mobile communications technology have provided consumers with interactive digital services. Television is catching up with this trend through the digitalization process. Digital television is a hybrid platform combining elements from classical analog television and the Internet, providing modern multimedia services on a familiar platform. In short, digital TV is a gateway to the world of interactive digital media. Digital TV brings consumers into the television service arena and offers them new degrees of freedom. However, as the service and multimedia content types diversify and the services and their content increase, television is facing many of the same challenges of complexity and information overflow faced by other digital media. Metadata can handle the diverse services and content of digital TV effi. ciently and in a consumer-friendly way. Metadata means that the data are accompanied by other data which describe them. As data about data, meta data can provide an insight into syntactically and semantically complex data by distilling their essence to a set of simple descriptors. Metadata also helps to structure and manage information in diverse settings. The use of metadata in broadcast multimedia should not be restricted to being merely a tool for coping with the challenges of a complex networked multimedia environment. Instead, metadata ofTers new opportunities for the development of innovative services.

Digital Media Processing for Multimedia Interactive Services
Digital Media Processing for Multimedia Interactive Services

Author: Ebroul Izquierdo

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 9789812704337

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This volume contains papers describing state-of-the-art technology for advanced multimedia systems. It presents applications in broadcasting, copyright protection of multimedia content, image indexing and retrieval, and other topics related to computer vision.The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: OCo Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings- (ISTP- / ISI Proceedings)OCo Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)"

Interactive Digital Television: Technologies and Applications
Interactive Digital Television: Technologies and Applications

Author: Lekakos, George

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2007-05-31

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1599043637

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The developments in digital television technology provide the unprecedented opportunity to drastically extend the role of television as a content delivery channel. E-health, e-commerce, e-government, and e-learning are only a few examples of value-added services provided over digital televisions infrastructures. These changes in the television industry challenge companies to adjust their strategies in order to meet the opportunities and threats in this new environment. Interactive Digital Television: Techniques and Applications presents the developments in the domain of interactive digital television covering both technical and business aspects. This book focuses on analyzing concepts, research issues, and methodological approaches, presenting existing solutions such as systems and prototypes for researchers, academicians, scholars, professionals and practitioners.

Electronic Noise and Interfering Signals
Electronic Noise and Interfering Signals

Author: Gabriel Vasilescu

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-01-17

Total Pages: 716

ISBN-13: 3540265104

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Electronic Noise and Interfering Signals is a comprehensive reference book on noise and interference in electronic circuits, with particular focus on low-noise design. The first part of the book deals with mechanisms, modelling, and computation of intrinsic noise which is generated in every electronic device. The second part analyzes the coupling mechanisms which can lead to a contamination of circuits by parasitic signals and provides appropriate solutions to this problem. The last part contains more than 100 practical, elaborate case studies. The book requires no advanced mathematical training as it introduces the fundamental methods. Moreover, it provides insight into computational noise analysis with SPICE and NOF, a software developed by the author. The book addresses designers of electronic circuits as well as researchers from electrical engineering, physics, and material science. It should also be of interest for undergraduate and graduate students.

Media Convergence Handbook - Vol. 2
Media Convergence Handbook - Vol. 2

Author: Artur Lugmayr

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-05-11

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 3642544878

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The Media Convergence Handbook sheds new light on the complexity of media convergence and the related business challenges. Approaching the topic from a managerial, technological as well as end-consumer perspective, it acts as a reference book and educational resource in the field. Media convergence at business level may imply transforming business models and using multiplatform content production and distribution tools. However, it is shown that the implementation of convergence strategies can only succeed when expectations and aspirations of every actor involved are taken into account. Media consumers, content producers and managers face different challenges in the process of media convergence. Volume II of the Media Convergence Handbook tackles these challenges by discussing media business models, production, and users' experience and perspectives from a technological convergence viewpoint.

The Business of TV Production
The Business of TV Production

Author: Craig Collie

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-08-06

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1139463357

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Television is the dominant mass medium of the current era. Its lifeblood in whatever form it takes is content - the programs it broadcasts to the public. This book is an insider's view of the business of production of TV programs, for university-level courses and for those in the industry wanting to upgrade their skills. It is the story of the TV producer, and the leadership of creative people, the management of resources of production (including funding) and the guiding of the production process. Covering all genres of television - drama and comedy, documentary and current affairs, infotainment and reality TV - it goes step-by-step through the journey from program idea to program delivery and beyond.

Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

Author: Raja Jurdak

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-04-27

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0387390235

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This book explores the optimization potential of cross-layer design approaches for wireless ad hoc and sensor network performance, covering both theory and practice. A theoretical section provides an overview of design issues in both strictly layered and cross-layer approaches. A practical section builds on these issues to explore three case studies of diverse ad hoc and sensor network applications and communication technologies.

Cryptographic Algorithms on Reconfigurable Hardware
Cryptographic Algorithms on Reconfigurable Hardware

Author: Francisco Rodriguez-Henriquez

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-04-03

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0387366822

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Software-based cryptography can be used for security applications where data traffic is not too large and low encryption rate is tolerable. But hardware methods are more suitable where speed and real-time encryption are needed. Until now, there has been no book explaining how cryptographic algorithms can be implemented on reconfigurable hardware devices. This book covers computational methods, computer arithmetic algorithms, and design improvement techniques needed to implement efficient cryptographic algorithms in FPGA reconfigurable hardware platforms. The author emphasizes the practical aspects of reconfigurable hardware design, explaining the basic mathematics involved, and giving a comprehensive description of state-of-the-art implementation techniques.

Acoustic MIMO Signal Processing
Acoustic MIMO Signal Processing

Author: Yiteng Huang

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-11-22

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 3540376313

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Telecommunication systems and human-machine interfaces have begun using multiple microphones and loudspeakers to render interaction more lifelike, and more efficient. This raises acoustic signal processing problems under multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scenarios, encompassing distant speech acquisition, sound source localization and tracking, echo and noise control, source separation and speech dereverberation, and many others. The book opens with an acoustic MIMO paradigm, establishing fundamentals, and linking acoustic MIMO signal processing with classical signal processing and communication theories. The second part of the book presents a novel analysis of acoustic applications carried out in the paradigm to reinforce the fundamentals of acoustic MIMO signal processing.

Media Convergence Handbook - Vol. 1
Media Convergence Handbook - Vol. 1

Author: Artur Lugmayr

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-11-20

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 3642544843

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The Media Convergence Handbook sheds new light on the complexity of media convergence and the related business challenges. Approaching the topic from a managerial, technological as well as end-consumer perspective, it acts as a reference book and educational resource in the field. Media convergence at business level may imply transforming business models and using multiplatform content production and distribution tools. However, it is shown that the implementation of convergence strategies can only succeed when expectations and aspirations of every actor involved are taken into account. Media consumers, content producers and managers face different challenges in the process of media convergence. Volume I of the Media Convergence Handbook encourages an active discourse on media convergence by introducing the concept through general perspective articles and addressing the real-world challenges of conversion in the publishing, broadcasting and social media sectors.