Interpersonal communication mediated by computer services supports the reinforcement and emergence of new communities brought together by leisure or work interests. This paper presents a workbench system that aims to study how the same principle can be applied in interactive television. The main objective is to allow TV users to be online (2BeOn) through the integration of basic and advanced co...

The media and TV world faces new challenges such as the introduction of digital and interactive TV. In order to cope with the complexity of these new services, a well-structured back office is of prime importance. Today, efficient management of content is hampered by the proprietary formats used in the different software applications that have been developed by various vendors. Moreover, the la...

In this paper, we study WSN design, as a multi-objective optimization problem using GA technique. We study the effects of GA parameters including population size, selection and crossover method and mutation probability on the design. Choosing suitable parameters is a trade-off between different network criteria and characteristics. Type of deployment, effect of network size, radio communication...

this study compared the use of interpersonal and mass media channels of communication among rural farmers in kogi state, nigeria. the specific objectives were to describe the socio economic characteristics of the farmers, determine the influence of socioeconomic characteristics on the usage of interpersonal and media channels, ascertain farmers’ level of awareness of interpersonal and media cha...

Wireless technology is creating a revolution in communications. While systems such as broadcast radio and television have been around for many years, many new types of wireless communication systems are emerging such as digital cellular, personal communications services (PCS), and packet radio. Two powerful techniques are usually employed to make communication over wireless mobile fading channe...

Recently, coaxial cable networks have received much attention in the context of interactive application [1,2]. In countries with a high penetration of CATV (e.g. Belgium >90%), the cable network forms a viable alternative to classical telephone networks. Envisaged applications are telephony, interactive television, home-shopping, video-ondemand, high-speed Web browsing, etc. The interactive nat...

With Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) technology, high data rates (30 – 50 Mbit/s) can be supported. Using terrestrial radio as a transmission medium, small antennas are sufficient for reception, even in moving vehicles and mobile terminals. Using DVB, not only digital television programmes can be transmitted, but also any data content based on Internet standards. Combining DVB broadcast techno...