DocumentCode
1665384
Title
A review of BT´s interactive TV trials
Author
Kerr, Gordon
Author_Institution
BT plc UK, UK
fYear
1995
fDate
11/2/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
42522
Lastpage
42526
Abstract
This paper reviews the technology of BT´s interactive TV trials to date, and looks at some of the technology involved as well as the service provided. The service offered was fully on-demand one-to-one viewing of old TV programmes and a few films; the objective of the trial included testing out the end-to-end system technology within an operational (nonlaboratory) environment. The technology trial looked at three access network technologies, and users´ installations were spread between the three, with a common set-top box: ADSL over the existing telephony copper pair; passive optical network (PON) over fibre-to-the-home; and fibre-to-the-kerb plus radio final drop
Keywords
cable television; interactive television; optical fibre subscriber loops; subscriber loops; telecommunication services; twisted pair cables; ADSL; BT; PON; TV programmes; access network technologies; cable TV; end-to-end system technology; fibre-to-the-home; fibre-to-the-kerb; films; interactive TV trials; operational environment; passive optical network; radio final drop; set-top box; telecommunication services; telephony copper pair;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Interactive Television, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:19950966
Filename
499637
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