Title :
SaskTel´s video-on demand trials-from Popcorn to HyperPONs
Author_Institution :
Saskatchewan Telecommun., Regina, Sask., Canada
Abstract :
Video-on-demand (VOD) has been touted by some as a “killer“ application that will draw fibre much closer to the home. It has been also been demeaned by others as a market dog, too expensive for even the most optimistic of revenue projections to support. The article predicts that if the service provider concentrates on “Popcorn” applications associated with VOD and employs HyperPONs and Hyper Real Time for fiber-to-the-home, VOD is a dog standing on a pile of gold!
Keywords :
interactive television; interactive video; optical fibre subscriber loops; Hyper Real Time; HyperPON; Popcorn; SaskTel; VOD; cable TV; fiber-to-the-home; service provider; video-on demand trials; Consumer electronics; Educational institutions; Frequency; Gold; History; Research and development; Switches; Telephony; Video on demand; Video recording;
Conference_Titel :
WESCANEX 95. Communications, Power, and Computing. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Winnipeg, Man.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2725-X
DOI :
10.1109/WESCAN.1995.493979
