Abstract
In the early days of TV, there was one source of video programs coming into the home: the public broadcast TV. Today, there are multiple sources of video content for the home. People have access to a huge variety of programming choices though their coaxial cable, satellite dish, DVD, or broadband connection. There are mainly four means of carrying copyrighted video to the home: Broadcast networks, broadband networks, mobile networks, and pre-recorded media.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
In 2006, Luxembourg was the first country to end analog TV. Many European countries have already followed. Since 2009, it has already been the case in the US. The US was the first non-European country to perform the switchover.
- 2.
Terrestrial transmission has limited range. Any physical obstacle blocks the terrestrial signal.
- 3.
Cable transmission is bidirectional. The downstream link delivers data to the home whereas the upstream link carries data from the home to the cable head end.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Diehl, E. (2012). The Current Video Ecosystem. In: Securing Digital Video. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17345-5_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17345-5_5
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-17344-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-17345-5
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)