Title :
SMS interactive TV: the convergence of television and mobile networks
Author :
Kavassalis, Petros ; Batikas, Michael ; Sabalis, Haralabos ; Zamani, Themis ; Eustathiou, Simoni
Author_Institution :
Atlantis Group, Univ. of Crete & Inf. Manage. Initiative, Greece
Abstract :
The paper attempts to explore the precise way of convergence of television and mobile networks, surround the ongoing and future developments of SMS interactive television and craft an intellectual framework, based on the economics of technical change, which can contribute to provide answers to the future potential of this emerging activity.
Keywords :
interactive television; mobile radio; SMS interactive TV; SMS text messaging service; technical change; television-mobile networks; Broadcast technology; Computer networks; Convergence; Fuel economy; History; IP networks; Information management; Message service; TV broadcasting; Voting;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8482-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTTA.2004.1307705