• DocumentCode
    2641975
  • Title

    A novel scheme for accurate billing based on actual view-time in broadcast TV

  • Author

    Bhaumik, Chirabrata ; Ghose, Avik

  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-12 Jan. 2011
  • Firstpage
    43
  • Lastpage
    44
  • Abstract
    This paper provides a mechanism for allowing users to pay only for the time they are viewing the TV thus allowing for more granularities in billing structure for the consumer. The concept is similar to the “Talk-time” for cell phones. The paper uses DTH broadcast as the uses case for describing the solution based on the DVB-S2 specifications from ETSI. However, it can be applied to other broadcast technologies as well with suitable modifications.
  • Keywords
    digital video broadcasting; mobile handsets; DTH broadcast; DVB-S2 specification; ETSI; accurate billing; actual view-time; billing structure; broadcast TV; broadcast technology; cell phones; Digital video broadcasting; Multimedia communication; Pricing; Smart cards; TV; Telecommunication standards; Customer Premises Equipment (CPE); Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Direct to Home (DTH); Pay per View (PPV); Set top Box (STB); Television Rating Point (TRP); Video-on-Demand (VoD);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • ISSN
    2158-3994
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8711-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCE.2011.5722672
  • Filename
    5722672