Broadband as a Video Platform Strategies for Africa /

This volume features contributions from a conference held in Lusaka, Zambia, to explore the role and prospects of broadband in Africa as a video platform—with emphasis on the strategies and building blocks for deployment and advancement. While it may seem that such networks and their applications ar...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: O'Neill, Judith (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Noam, Eli M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gerbarg, Darcy (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Σειρά:The Economics of Information, Communication, and Entertainment, The Impacts of Digital Technology in the 21st Century,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Media Entertainment as Development Strategy
  • 3 Let Them Eat Movies: (How) Will Next Generation Broadband Diffuse Through Africa?
  • 4 The State of Broadband in Africa: What's here and What's coming?
  • 5 The Cost of Deploying a Successful Video Broadband Business in Africa and the Cost of Not Deploying
  • 6 Implications of Broadband Video on National and International Media Systems
  • 7 What to Expect from Platforms and Applications
  • 8 Technology Trends on Connect Africa
  • 9 The Impact of Policy on the Performance of the ICT Sector
  • 10 Information Technologies for Rural Development in Africa
  • 11 The Economic Impact of Telecommunications in Senegal
  • 12 Africa Leapfrogs into the World Economy.