DocumentCode
777336
Title
The FSN challenge: large-scale interactive TV
Author
Blank, C.
Volume
28
Issue
5
fYear
1995
fDate
5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
9
Lastpage
12
Abstract
Developers at Time Warner Cable´s Full Service Network in Orlando are quickly learning about the challenges of sending megabytes of video information across miles of fibre optic cables. Although the pilot project´s video- and shopping-on-demand are up and running, the software developers must now determine how to send different news-on-demand requests to 4,000 homes by the end of the year
Keywords
cable television; interactive television; interactive video; multimedia communication; optical fibre networks; Full Service Network; fibre optic cables; large-scale interactive TV; news-on-demand requests; shopping-on-demand; video information; video-on-demand; Cable TV; Cities and towns; Costs; Hardware; Internet telephony; Large-scale systems; Optical fiber cables; Personal communication networks; Telecommunication computing; Wires;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/2.384111
Filename
384111
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