Title :
Consumer Opinions on Short-Interval Charging for Pay-TV over IPTV
Author :
Arul, Tolga ; Shoufan, Abdulhadi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Secure Things, Center for Adv. Security Res. Darmstadt (CASED), Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
The short-interval charging model is a customer-oriented charging model for pay-TV over Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). In contrast to conventional pay-TV models such as subscription-based pay-TV, pay-per-view and video on demand, this model allows charging for very short viewing intervals in the range of seconds. This paper presents the results of a survey in order to assess the acceptance of this charging model. About 33% of the survey participants favor short-interval charging over traditional models such as subscription, video on demand, and pay-per-view.
Keywords :
IPTV; video on demand; IPTV; Internet Protocol Television; pay-TV; short-interval charging; video on demand; Cable TV; IPTV; Pricing; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Subscriptions; IPTV; charging model; pay-TV; survey;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA), 2012 26th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fukuoka
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0867-0
DOI :
10.1109/WAINA.2012.95
