High-resolution video, more is more?

In this paper, we describe an approach and the translation of the outcomes of our market overview on the technical development that we implemented for the FascinatE project. The approach combines market insights and competitive intelligence with technical insights to define the position of the FascinatE project in todays and future markets. The...

Emerging practices in the cultural heritage domain - Engaging users on a large scale

Cultural heritage institutions and their users are beginning to inhabit the same, shared information space. New, innovative services are launched, such as social tagging. Engaging in social tagging is beneficial for both parties, as it improves access to data and stimulates active engagement with the content. To explore the impact and success...

Business considerations in creating a social TV experience

This paper proposes a framework to assess the business feasibility of TV services creating a social TV experience. This framework should enable designers and business decision makers to assess the business potential of services enhancing social communication such as Social TV, social gaming services and telepresence video conferencing.

Ups and downs: Economische en culturele gevolgen van file sharing voor muziek, film en games

Centrale doelstelling van deze studie is het vaststellen van de economische en culturele gevolgen van file sharing voor muziek, film en games, voor de korte termijn en de langere termijn. Tot file sharing wordt zowel het uploaden als downloaden gerekend. Bij de onderzochte gevolgen voor de korte termijn gaat het om de directe baten en kosten...

Disclosing digital archives on an iPod: pilot results from the Dutch Glass Museum

Museums are active online in numerous ways, but the experiences that are offered often take place outside the physical location of the museum. The Glass museum has aimed at creating an iPod application that should enrich the experience in the physical location of the museum by means of using their recently digitized collection. During the pilot...

A business model for IPTV service: A dynamic framework

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate a possible business model for telecom operators for entering the IPTV (digital television) market. Design/methodology/approach - The approach takes the form of a case study, literature search and interviews. Findings - The IPTV business model always has to adjust to the change of external...

Robustness of IPTV business models

The final stage in the STOF method is an evaluation of the robustness of the design, for which the method provides some guidelines. For many innovative services, the future holds numerous uncertainties, which makes evaluating the robustness of a business model a difficult task. In this chapter, we apply scenario analysis to assess business model...

Citizen Media Viable business models

User-Created-Content: Supporting a participative Information Society

Europe's growing army of bloggers and social networkers can generate new services and growth. European interactive websites like video sharing sites and blogs are growing, generating revenue for both owners and contributors. Compared with the US, which hosts the most commonly used websites for content created by users (blogs, texts, videos,...

Market potential for interactive audio-visual media

NM2 (New Media for a New Millennium) develops tools for interactive, personalised and non-linear audio-visual content that will be tested in seven pilot productions. This paper looks at the market potential for these productions from a technological, a business and a users' perspective. It shows that digital broadcast networks and broadband...