Contents: 1. Introduction: The Impending Media Revolution in Video Technology and its Impacts on Today's and Tomorrow's Media Industries -- 2. The Past Generations of TV Technology -- 3. Technology Innovation: Hardware -- 4. Infrastructure Platforms and Data Operations -- 5. Video Platforms --...

As with previous technological revolutions, innovations in the online world have triggered transformations in the labor market and the economy. While the Internet is trumpeted as a great job creator, there are also downsides that need to be identified and dealt with. The book discusses the...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Communications and the Changing Environment -- Part II. Satellites, Computers, and Global Relations -- Part III. Ecology, Culture, and Communications Technology -- Notes -- Index

1 Introduction -- 2 European Economic Integration: Technological Prospects -- 3 1992 Europe as a Unified Customer Market -- 4 Implications of ‘Europe 1992’ in a Changing World Economy -- 5 European Perspectives: The Role of Services in the New Technical System -- 6 Stagnation and Competition...

Digital markets worldwide are in rapid flux. The Internet and World Wide Web have traditionally evolved in a largely deregulated environment, but recently governments have shown great interest in this rapidly developing sector and are imposing regulations for a variety of reasons that are...

Digital markets worldwide are in rapid flux. The Internet and World Wide Web have traditionally evolved in a largely deregulated environment, but recently governments have shown great interest in this rapidly developing sector and are imposing regulations for a variety of reasons that are...