2nd International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

The SAMBA Approach to Community-BasedInteractive Digital Television

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469482,
        author={O.  Mayora-Ibarra and C.  Costa},
        title={The SAMBA Approach to Community-BasedInteractive Digital Television},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2008},
        month={3},
        keywords={iDTV  users content creation  virtual communities},
        doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469482}
    }
    
  • O. Mayora-Ibarra
    C. Costa
    Year: 2008
    The SAMBA Approach to Community-BasedInteractive Digital Television
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469482
O. Mayora-Ibarra1, C. Costa1
  • 1: CREATE-NET, Via Solteri 38, 38100, Trento, Italy

Abstract

SAMBA is a European Project funded under the IST 6th framework program for International collaboration on iDTV between Europe and Latin America The main objective of the project is to create a framework for allowing local communities and citizens (including low income population) to access community-oriented content and services by means of iDTV channels. SAMBA approach consists in developing userfriendly web-based tools for iDTV community-oriented content creation. Besides, SAMBA will explore the potentials of utilization of iDTV for the creation of future services and business models for the fixed and mobile TV market.