Roux, K2007-11-152007-11-152007-05Roux, K. 2007. Video-on-demand over satellite. IST-Africa 2007 Conference, Maputo, Mozambique, 9-11 May 2007, pp 8http://hdl.handle.net/10204/16052007: IST-Africa 2007 Conference, Maputo, MozambiqueIn countries where cable infrastructure is lacking, satellite communications is often the preferred alternative to reach the mass market. Interactive video-on-demand requires a large amount of bandwidth per subscriber, making it difficult to scale up to many subscribers in a satellite environment. In this article a method and system for interactive video-on-demand over satellite is proposed and evaluated. The Internet, mobile phone and other communication networks allow the modern business to receive feedback on its products and services more timely and interactively than was traditionally possible. This has lead to the personalisation of websites, marketing campaigns and profiling of users through personalisation techniques such as collaborative filtering. It is shown that by incorporating personalisation into the video-on-demand business model, it becomes possible to grow the number of users independent of the available bandwidthenVideo-on-demandBandwidthCollaborative filteringST-Africa 2007 Conference, Maputo, Mozambique, 9-11 May 2007Conference PresentationRoux, K. (2007). Video-on-demand over satellite. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1605Roux, K. "Video-on-demand over satellite." (2007): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1605Roux K, Video-on-demand over satellite; 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1605 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Roux, K AB - In countries where cable infrastructure is lacking, satellite communications is often the preferred alternative to reach the mass market. Interactive video-on-demand requires a large amount of bandwidth per subscriber, making it difficult to scale up to many subscribers in a satellite environment. In this article a method and system for interactive video-on-demand over satellite is proposed and evaluated. The Internet, mobile phone and other communication networks allow the modern business to receive feedback on its products and services more timely and interactively than was traditionally possible. This has lead to the personalisation of websites, marketing campaigns and profiling of users through personalisation techniques such as collaborative filtering. It is shown that by incorporating personalisation into the video-on-demand business model, it becomes possible to grow the number of users independent of the available bandwidth DA - 2007-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Video-on-demand KW - Bandwidth KW - Collaborative filtering KW - ST-Africa 2007 Conference, Maputo, Mozambique, 9-11 May 2007 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2007 T1 - Video-on-demand over satellite TI - Video-on-demand over satellite UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1605 ER -