Broadband as a Video Platform Strategies for Africa /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Neill, Judith (Editor), Noam, Eli M. (Editor), Gerbarg, Darcy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: The Economics of Information, Communication, and Entertainment, The Impacts of Digital Technology in the 21st Century,
• Subjects: Business.; Industrial management.; Development economics.; Business and Management.; Media Management.; Development Economics.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.