Research Seminar

I have achieved more research into the Reliability issues associated with Video-on-Demand.

Reliability:
Quality Assurance in VOD Environment

Report:

Introduction on Video-on-Demand.
Discussed What video-on-demand is.
Discussed How it works.
Discussed The benefits of Sky+ and Cable TV
The growth of VOD and application of VOD technologies.
References (see above).

I attend to look at the Security and Reliablity issues associated with Movies-on-Demand.

See below links for more info:

Movies-on-Demand Security Issues

Movies-on-Demand Reliability Issues

Did research into new Telewest Personal Video Recorder(PVR) and how it challenges Sky Plus.

See links for more info:

News on Telewest PVR

Telewest PVR to Challenge Sky Plus

I have made adjustments to my final question regarding the future of television from the past to the present day and decided to compare all cable technologies with Sky + which acts as a video recorder and digital box. This will include some research into the benefits of Sky+ and Cable TV.

By describing in detail the benefits of Sky +, I manage to achieve a greater understanding of how a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) can record and store up to 20 hours of film, schedule films using Video-on-Demand technology and also view channels whilst recording a movie simultaneously.

See link for more info: Benefits of Sky Plus

By researching into the benefits of Homechoice, I came up with information about Broadband TV and Video Encryption.

See link for more info: Benefits of Homechoice

I did more research into the benefits of Telewest and NTL, discussing the merge between both providers enhancing software capabilities to Broadband TV, Broadband services to customers and improving costs.

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NTL and Telewest

About Topic

My researched topic would be based on Movies-on-Demand. The term “Movies-on-Demand” means that users can interact with TV programs instantly without having to watch the same program again by doing the following: rewind, fast-forward, play and stop TV at any given point.

By gathering information on the web about my chosen topic, I am able to demonstrate a good of understanding Movies-on-Demand, explaining the technologies associated with VOD offered by Homechoice, Sky Plus and NTL which are some of the service providers that support this kind of service. An explanation on the concept and requirements on how it works also the benefits between both technologies (Sky + and Homechoice).

See link for more info:
http://zappa.tvu.ac.uk/01LampteyP/RsWebsite/index.html