The emergence of IP interactive multimedia services and the evolution of the traditional audiovisual public service regulatory approach

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-284

  Feijóo, Claudio ^a   Fernández Beaumont, José ^b   Gómez Barroso, José Luis ^c   Marín, Ana Ángeles ^a   Rojo Alonso, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Audiovisual; Convergence; European Union; Public service; Regulation

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES;

AUDIOVISUAL SECTORS; PUBLIC SERVICES; REGULATORY BODIES;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548213290     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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