Digital video compression facilitates commerce by providing a significant component of infrastructure for visual electronic communications. Discussion of the principles on which representation and compression of digital video signals are based is followed by review of currently applicable video compression standards. Consideration of solutions relevant to a number of business and technology applications leads to a presentation of sample business models illustrating the rich opportunities in video‐enabled commerce.
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