Set-top box control software: A key component in digital video

Rath, Kamlesh; Wendorf, James W.

doi:10.1016/0165-5817(96)81308-8

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“…Rath and Wendorf from Philips [33] describe a generic set-top box which will deal with video dialtone operations -such as the box they have supplied to Bell Atlantic for trials at Dover, New Jersey. 'Video dialtone' refers to the slow-speed signalling system for the user's control signals.…”

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The information superhighway: a review of some determining factors

Cawkell¹

1997

Journal of Information Science

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It has been suggested that consumer services will be the major information highway driving force. The social and political factors likely to influence the rate of progress are discussed and so are the major consumer entertainment and information applications. Many are based on interactive television. System requirements for 'movies on demand' are receiving special attention, particularly in university research departments; work in progress is reviewed. It is concluded that successful services offered at a price leading to mass demand will be slow in arriving.'Timing is all-important when it comes to exploiting new technology -but it's impossible to be sure when the time is right' (

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confidence: 99%