Table of Contents

Section 1: Delivery Systems and Technology Issues.- 1. The Evolution of Television Technology.- 2. Converging Computer and Television Image Portrayal.- 3. The FCC Digital Television Standards Decision.- 4. The Digital Mystique: A Review of Digital Technology and Its Application to Television.- 5. Digital Data Broadcasting.- Section 2: Content and Programs.- 6. Content and Services for the New Digital TV Environment.- 7. The End of the Story: How the TV Remote Killed Traditional Structure.- 8. Interactive Television.- 9. Beyond Viewing and Interacting - Inhabited TV.- Section 3: The Changing Economics of TV Industries.- 10. A Digital Television Ecosystem: The Battle to Shape the Future.- 11. Digital Television and Program Pricing.- 12. The Economics of Digital TV’s Future.- 13. Broadcasting and Bandwidth.- 14. Public Television’s Digital Future.- Section 4: International Issues.- 15. The Path from Analog HDTV to DTV in Japan.- 16. Digital Television in Europe and Japan.- Contributor Biographies.

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