• DocumentCode
    769655
  • Title

    The trials and travails of interactive TV

  • Author

    Perry, T. S.

  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    4/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    22
  • Lastpage
    28
  • Abstract
    Experiments and limited commercial rollouts of interactive television continue, delivered over wired networks of various combinations of fiber optics, coaxial cable, and twisted wire-pairs. Attention, though, is turning to technologies that may bring swifter market success: wireless cable and cable modems. The author describes these technologies and discusses some of the interactive TV trials taking place in the USA
  • Keywords
    cable television; home shopping; interactive television; interactive video; modems; cable modems; coaxial cable; fiber optics; home shopping; interactive TV; twisted wire-pairs; video on demand; wired networks; wireless cable; Business communication; Cable TV; Coaxial cables; Communication cables; FCC; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Telephony; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/6.486630
  • Filename
    486630