Broadcasting 2.0 » 2006 » January http://www.broadcasting20.org Emerging technologies for one-to-many telecommunications Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:28:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 tvmobilenews.com http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/31/tvmobilenewscom/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/31/tvmobilenewscom/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:53:24 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/31/tvmobilenewscom/ Interesting web news on mobile TV(no RSS feed though!):
 

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Well recently, the TDtv technolgy was anounced:
 
IPWireless Mobile Broadband technology is a packet data implementation of the international 3GPP Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) standard. Time-division-duplex (TDD) is used, according to the 3GPP UMTS UTRA UMTS TD-CDMA standard, allowing operation on unpaired spectrum anywhere in these bands. Chip rates of 3.84 and 7.68 megachips/sec (Mcps) are supported, for operation in channelization of 5 and10 MHz (6 and 12 MHz in the MMDS band).
 
TDtv is a Sprint Nextel effort to keep Mobile TV within the 3G ecosystem. It is based on the multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) specification.
 
]]> http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/31/ip-wireless-and-tdtv/feed/ 0 A solution for the Long Tail in P2P systems http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/30/a-solution-for-the-long-tail-in-p2p-systems/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/30/a-solution-for-the-long-tail-in-p2p-systems/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:09:54 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/30/a-solution-for-the-long-tail-in-p2p-systems/ Peer to peer systems have properties that are very similar to those of broadcasting. Very often, the availability of content is strongly related to its popularity. For this reason, P2P is good for the distribution of the head of the long tail.
 
Here is an interesting paper that presents a methodology to maintain the availability of long tail content on P2P systems:
 
We describe an efficient incentive mechanism for P2P systems that gen- erates a wide diversity of content offerings while responding adaptively to customer demand. Files are served and paid for through a parimutuel market similar to that commonly used for betting in horse races. An analysis of the performance of such a system shows that there exists an equilibrium with a long tail in the distribution of content offerings, which guarantees the real time provision of any content regardless of its popu- larity.
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  • TorPark
    Secure Browser
    (tags: browser privacy tor)
    • ]]>     http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/30/links-for-2006-01-30/feed/ 0     Freedom to Connect Conference http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/26/freedom-to-connect-conference-2/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/26/freedom-to-connect-conference-2/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:03:52 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/26/freedom-to-connect-conference-2/ For the second time, David Isenberg (the very bright father of the “stupid network”) brings us this great conference.
     
    F2C is where communications policy meets networking technology, network economics, networked applications, and network construction and operation. F2C is dedicated to the proposition that strong networks build strong democracies, and vice versa.
     

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    WATCH OUT!!! The logo is not up to date. The meeting is on April 3-4.
     
    ]]>     http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/26/freedom-to-connect-conference-2/feed/ 0     Blast Podcast http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/25/blast-podcast/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/25/blast-podcast/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:36:04 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/25/blast-podcast/ Blast Podcast is a web service that matches advertisers and podcasters by inserting relevant ads. They now offer video ads insertion.
     
    Fruitcast seems to have a similar product.
     
    This matching of products with cunsumers and content is the traditional function of broadcasters. Maybe it’s the only function that’s left for them in the future although these guys here already grab a piece of the market.
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  • YackPack
    The email pardigm for voice with a totally new interaction paradigm. Looking forward to play with it
    (tags: voice messaging socialsoftware voip)
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  • OpenWengo :: connecting your phone to the future
    The Firefox of VOIP
    (tags: voip software opensource sip)
    • ]]>     http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/24/links-for-2006-01-24/feed/ 0     A new mobile TV alliance http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/23/a-new-mobile-tv-alliance/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/23/a-new-mobile-tv-alliance/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2006 04:54:00 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2006/01/23/a-new-mobile-tv-alliance/ Nokia announced the following today:
     

    … Other firms in the alliance include Intel Corp., Motorola, Texas Instruments and Modeo, owned by Crown Castle International Corp., it said in a statement. The tie-up, called the Mobile DTV Alliance, aims to encourage open standards for TV broadcasts to mobiles, focusing on the North American market.

    DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld) technology bypasses mobile networks and broadcasts directly to handsets from TV masts, allowing millions of phone users to access the service at the same time.

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    This seems to build a united DVB-H front against Qualcomm’s MediaFLO in the US.
     
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  • BlogPulse Showcase | Intelliseek
    Trends analysis of the blogosphere
    (tags: trends blog analysis tools)
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