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				Digital Interactive TV and Metadata (Signals & Communication Technology S.) 269 pages - hardback Springer-Verlag New York Inc. - (isbn 0-387-20843-7) Jul. 2004
	Price:			117,99 EUR
	Author(s):			Lugmayr, Artur / Niranen, Samuli / Seppo, Kalli
	Description:			The book shows how digital-interactive television (digiTV) will affect the relation between the broadcaster and the consumer. Standardization processes, technological paradigms, and application development issues will be discussed. The emerging applications, innovations, and future concepts are described in detail. The triangle: content - end-user - technology will be conceptualized to create a vision and to overview provision of services that will be major innovative elments in the world of digital television. From the technical side, eXtensible Markup Language (XML)-based metadata standards are a major element in realizing new innovative concepts in the world of digital, intereacive television. This book clearly shows by the introduction of applications and use-scenarios, which conceptual requirements and metadata models are applicable, which metadata subsets are applicable due to resource limitations, which metadata aspects are needed for non -linear content viewing, etc. The book gives a broad and detailed both visionary and technical overview useful for graduates, engineers, and scientists; and last but not least decision-makers in the broadcasting industry. USP: -Visionary 21
	Contents List:			Foreword * Acknowledgements * Preface * New Paradigms in Broadcast Multimedia * The World of Digital Interactive TV * The Digital Broadcast Item Methodology (DBIM) * Innovative Use-Scenarios of the DBIM * Example Case Study: Personalization of TV Content * Conclusions and Future Developments.
	Illustrations etc.:			83 illustrations
	Weight:			544 g
	Dimensions:			235 x 152
	Publisher:			Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
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