Authoritative Handbook Sheds Light on Interactive Television and Advanced
Multimedia Technology

Explains how to maximize system performance at minimum cost without
sacrificing quality and functionality

BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, PA--A practical, well-illustrated resource for those who
work on the front lines of the information superhighway, Interactive
Television: A Comprehensive Guide for Multimedia Technologists examines
the concepts, design approaches, and technology requirements for
pay-per-view TV, interactive television (ITV), advanced multimedia, and
Video On Demand (VOD) systems.

Author Winston William Hodge takes a detailed look at each of these
emerging technologies, beginning with a chapter discussing the convergence
of TV, multimedia, and virtual reality. After covering the architecture,
systems, and applications for Video on Demand, he describes the evolution
and constraints of cable television and telephone system networks.

Readers will also find important information on storage systems and video
servers; image compression cost, quality, technology, and philosophy; the
differences between True Video On Demand and Near Video On Demand;
switching, traffic control, and management; and ITV requirements and
architecture.

At the conclusion of the book, Hodge explores the possibilities for the
future in terms of ITV organizational structure and technology. He
examines issues such as whether or not motion picture studios will become
the Video On Demand encoders and wholesalers of tomorrow, the future and
promise of cellular TV, and how virtual reality will be integrated into
ITV.

About the author:

Winston William Hodge has applied advanced multimedia and image database
technology to projects ranging from flight simulation and TV to film,
digital imaging and newspaper publishing systems. His clients have
included Eastman Kodak, Sony, Intel, DEC, Memorex, and TRW. He is a
resident of Yorba Linda, California.

Interactive Television:
A Comprehensive Guide for Multimedia Technologists
Winston William Hodge
Hard $34.95
ISBN 0-07-029151-9
Publication Date: March 1995
256 pp., 113 illus., 7 x 10

Available In bookstores or from the publisher at: 800-822-8158
McGraw-Hill Inc
Professsional Book Group
Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17294-0850
800-233-1128,  Fax: 1-800-932-0183

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