The Question of Standards for Digital Interactive Television

Abstract

Pervasive change is near. Among the central elements of this change will be digital interactive television. It is generally thought that interactive television can have a profound beneficial impact on every element of the economy from average homeowner, to small and large business, and government agency. We have the opportunity now to engage public debate on what form interactive television should take. Should it come about as a series of private, mutually incompatible, insular systems, or should it be like television has traditionally been treated, subject to FCC standards akin to existing NTSC and the recently agreed HDTV standards. This article attempts to provide a framework for a broad discussion of such standards.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273872

Entities

People

  • Robert Thibadeau

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Rate
  • Digital Communications
  • Digital Data
  • Digital Television
  • Electronics
  • Graphical User Interface
  • High Definition Television
  • Local Area Networks
  • Network Protocols
  • Operating Systems
  • Standards
  • Television Receivers

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • International Journalism and Media Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design