BT interactive TV

Author

Livingstone, Alec

Author_Institution

Dept. of Multimedia & On-Line Service Delivery, British Telecom, London, UK

fYear

1996

fDate

23-24 May 1996

Firstpage

111

Lastpage

115

Abstract

In the summer of 1994, BT demonstrated some of the key elements necessary for interactive home services. In particular the ability to transmit near broadcast quality TV pictures using 2 Mbit/s digital compression, broadband transmission over normal telephone lines and subsequent reconstruction of the pictures in the home. As a result of that trial, since October 1995 BT has been operating an interactive TV service bringing entertainment, retailing and education to more than 2000 homes and 8 schools in the UK. Delivered across normal telephone lines, the system supports almost 150 content providers from Hollywood movie companies to UK charities

Keywords

broadband networks; cable television; educational aids; entertainment; interactive television; interactive video; retailing; telephone lines; television applications; BT interactive TV; Hollywood movie companies; UK; UK charities; broadband transmission; broadcast quality TV picture transmission; content providers; digital compression; education; entertainment; interactive home services; picture reconstruction; retailing; schools; telephone lines; Displays; Educational institutions; Electronic equipment manufacture; Image storage; Motion control; Motion pictures; Multimedia systems; TV; Telephony; Video on demand;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Community Networking, 1996. Proceedings., 3rd International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Antwerpen

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3304-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CN.1996.534652

Filename

534652