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Video On Demand Coming From NTL, Telewest
News UK telecommunications company NTL has announced that it will start to roll out Video On Demand (VOD) services over its cable network by mid-2000. VOD will replace NVOD (Near Video On Demand), which at present provides customers with the choice of...
[September 22, 1999, 14:59]
On-Demand Segmentation And Proxy Buffer Provisioning For Scalable And Interactive Video Streaming Scheme
White Papers This paper proposes an on demand segmentation mechanism for scalable and interactive streaming systems. Dividing a video into many segments and caching a certain amount of prefix data at the proxy from these segments, one prefix from each segment...
[May 31, 2007, 0:00]
Redefining IPTV With The Sun Streaming System: Video-on-Demand (VoD) And Network Personal Video Recording (nPVR) For An Open Systems World
White Papers Home video in all of its forms is now a large and growing business, and Video on Demand (VoD), networked Personal Video Recorders (nPVR), and interactive video services can offer considerable convenience and tailored services in an already strong...
[September 11, 2007, 0:00]
Telco Speeds Up And Cuts Costs On Its PC Video On Demand Service
White Papers Looking to attract more broadband subscribers in India and boost current consumption, VSNL partnered with various content providers to launch a PC Video on Demand (VOD) service utilizing Microsoft solutions as its preferred platform.
[November 5, 2007, 23:00]
MobiVoD: A Video-on-Demand System Design For Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
White Papers This paper presents a design for a system that provides Video-On-Demand (VOD) services to mobile ad hoc clients. Such a system allows the clients to access video information anytime anywhere. MobiVoD, the proposed solution, overcomes many...
[August 7, 2007, 0:00]
An Optimal Broadcasting Protocol For Mobile Video-on-Demand
White Papers The advance of wireless and mobile technology introduces a new type of Video-On-Demand (VOD) systems, namely the mobile VOD systems that provide VOD services to mobile clients. It is a challenge to design broadcasting protocols for such systems...
[August 13, 2007, 0:00]
Hollywood Shuts Down Video-on-demand Site
News Tehran-based Film88.com registered its Web site in April, and the company had briefly operated a video-on-demand site renting a long list of Hollywood hits such as "Star Wars" for viewing on PCs. Film88 is at least the second Internet video-on...
[June 7, 2002, 8:44]
PrimaCom Delivers Digital TV And Video On Demand Services Using Cisco Metro Optical Technology
White Papers In order to optimise its operational expenditure, PrimaCom injects video from a centralised digital headend and video play out centre and is deploying a Metro Optical backbone using the Cisco ONS 15454 MultiService Provisioning Platform (MSPP) to...
[December 2, 2007, 23:00]
An Effective Video Streaming Method For Video On Demand Services In Vertical Handoff
White Papers To solve this problem, this paper proposes an effective video streaming method for Video On Demand (VOD) services that provides seamless playout at the client in VH. However, video data can be lost due to latency caused by VH.
[June 21, 2006, 0:00]
IP Digital Set Top Box: Scalable Platform For Video-On Demand With TV-Out
White Papers This platform plays a key role in emerging business models, such as the delivery of IP-TV and video-on-demand (VoD) over broadband, which is made possible by emerging advanced codecs implemented in software.
[July 8, 2004, 0:00]
Development Of Video-On-Demand Solution
White Papers They looked at Wipro who possessed the requisite expertise in system software provided them with the an IP based service that completely emulated the end-to-end video rental and sales process by securely and efficiently delivering “Video On Demand...
[January 6, 2004, 23:00]
News Burst: NTL To Launch UK Video On Demand Service
News NTL has signed an agreement to use US company DIVA's VOD service, currently deployed in six US cable systems. Initially the VOD service will be delivered to digital set-top boxes over NTL's national cable network.
[September 22, 1999, 9:36]
Advanced Compression Decoder Technology Enables On-Demand Video Services Over DSL
White Papers Cable companies deliver video and data services to millions of consumers worldwide. To compete effectively for market segment share with cable companies, telephone companies need to complement data and voice services by providing video...
[July 8, 2004, 0:00]
BT Sees Low Demand For Video Among SMEs
News Demand for videoconferencing capabilities from BT's small-business customers will continue to be low for now, a senior executive at the telco has told ZDNet.co.uk. However, Lindsay said that despite the fact BT does offer videoconferencing...
[September 5, 2007, 13:49]
Video Demand Helps Cisco Profits Soar
News Demand from cable operators and phone companies upgrading and building new networks to carry video is fuelling growth for Cisco Systems, the world's largest supplier of equipment that shuttles bits around the internet.
[February 7, 2007, 8:27]
BT Picks Microsoft Platform For IPTV
News BT has announced it will use Microsoft's TV IPTV Edition software platform to deliver video-on-demand over broadband in the UK. BT said on Wednesday it plans to offer a combination of over-the-air Freeview broadcast with a broadband video-on-demand...
[June 29, 2005, 12:40]
TV Without Frontiers, Lawmakers In Tears
News Question: In an age of YouTube, on-demand programming and DIY video, how do you define and regulate television? But in an era of TV on demand, the EC wants to extend the reach of the legislation to cover "online audio-visual content" which includes...
[July 11, 2006, 15:35]
MovieLink Expected To Use MPEG-4
News MovieLink, a joint venture among five major movie studios, is expected to launch its Internet video-on-demand service later this year using MPEG-4 technology, a studio executive familiar with the plans said on Monday.
[April 9, 2002, 11:15]
The VeriSign Intelligent CDN: A Powerful, Easy-to-Use Managed Service
White Papers Consumers are demanding access to high-quality video on demand. To satisfy that demand, content providers must find ways to generate revenues from online video offerings while simultaneously controlling the cost of service delivery.
[March 7, 2007, 23:00]
Movielink: Bring On The Experts
News Movielink plans to announce on Thursday that it has hired three top executives in a move to rally plans for its delayed video-on-demand service. What's more, arguments abound about the fundamental strengths of sending video via IP (Internet...
[July 11, 2002, 8:29]
