Public policy, independent television production and the digital challenge

Switching to Digital Television: Business and Public Policy Issues

Television is currently undergoing a major transformation. The old analog standards are being replaced by new digital standards, widely perceived to be technologically superior. Digital television (DTV) makes possible the delivery of a signal virtually free of interference, with better image and audio quality, and improved interactivity. In addition, data compression technologies allow for a mo...

Public Policy and the Evolution of Cable Television: 1950-1990

The cable television industry evolved from make-shift configurations of antennae and wires serving fewer than one hundred customers in 1950, to an industry serving 50 million subscribers and generating revenues of almost $18 billion by 1990 [30, 31]. Although entrepreneurial ingenuity and technological innovation provided the foundation for this extraordinary growth, the Federal Communications ...

The challenge of QoS for digital television services

Quality of Service (QoS) in digital television broadcasting has been the subject of many studies during the last decade. This has led to the establishment of various standards and recommendations by organisations such as ETSI and the ITU. More than twenty relevant parameters and associated measurement methods have been specified by ETSI for DVB but their interpretation, usage and exploitation a...

Competition policy: The challenge of digital markets

Preserving Digital Public Television: Preparing for the Broadcast Afterlife