Next Generation Video Communications

A one day symposium presented by
The Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology

Overview | Agenda & Speakers | Sponsors

The Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology presented a one-day symposium on Next-Generation Video on Friday, February 28, 2003.

A distinguished collection of invited speakers travelled from California, Boston, Paris, and right here in Atlanta to provide timely perspectives on one of the key applications of broadband communications---a next generation of video services featuring unprecedented levels of picture quality and personalization. Specific topics of discussion included:

• High Definition Television
• Video On Demand
• Network Based Personal Video Recording
• Interactive Television
• MPEG and ITU standards
• IP-Video

The presenters addressed multiple viewpoints of relevance: from user to service provider, from codec implementation to bandwidth provisioning, from research directions to emerging standards.