Meet the editor

Dr. Ioannis Deliyannis is an assistant professor at Ionian University in Corfu. He is a member of the Faculty of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts and a founding member of the InArts Research Laboratory. He has created various interactive multimedia systems ranging from experimental television stations featuring multiple modes of delivery to educational and multisensory games. He is the author of a series of journal and conference

publications in the above field and a series of books targeting the experimental and creative aspects of the technologies involved. He is involved in the design of user-centered software products and services, focusing on the use of mobile sensory systems to create intelligent interactive systems, entertainment education systems, educational applications for people with disabilities, multimedia adapters, holograms, interactive navigation narrative applications, and augmented and virtual reality systems.

**Preface III**

Historical and Technological Aspects of Convergence **1**

**Chapter 1 3** Introductory Chapter: Convergence of Content and Technology - The Role of

**Chapter 2 9** Television Reception and Technological Convergence in the 1950s: The Case of

**Chapter 3 25**

Convergence and Human Aspects **41**

**Chapter 4 43**

**Chapter 5 67**

High-Efficient Video Transmission for HDTV Broadcasting

Culture as a Determinant in Innovation Diffusion

**Section 1**

Contents

Interaction

Mexico City

**Section 2**

*by Yasser Ali Ismail*

*by Henrik Vejlgaard*

*by Ananda Mitra*

Television as a Surveillance Tool

*by Ioannis Deliyannis*

*by Laura Camila Ramírez Bonilla*

## Contents


Preface

Today, television convergence is a particularly difficult process to address and identify clearly because technologies, content, and users evolve simultaneously, consuming content from all technologies and platforms at the same time. Hence, to the inexperienced observer the future of television seems unclear because we use both old and new media in our everyday lives. This book addresses exactly this issue and attempts an interdisciplinary approach to examine the problem in hand. By reading through the chapters it becomes apparent that the Internet as a broadcasting and interaction medium provides far more capabilities than television, which despite its smart functionality does not provide the user with the ability to process, reproduce, and publish content that can trigger further interaction. As a medium, television remains static with little or no functionality over content control. This clearly indicates that the transformation of television is imminent and it is also a recurring phenomenon. The book focuses both on the technological side of developments, particularly on the advances that enable highly efficient broadcasting to be implemented, while it also examines the social characteristics of the convergence process. This interactive evolution cycle that can be explored only be taking into consideration the dynamics imposed both from technological and social developments.

I would like to thank all the colleagues from the Interactive Arts Research

inarts.eu/en/lab/staff/

Laboratory at Ionian University for their support in the reviewing process. https://

**Dr. Ioannis Deliyannis** Assistant Professor,

> Ionian University, Corfu, Greece

Department of Audio and Visual Arts,
