Digital video libraries and the Internet

Abstract

Digital video libraries are positioned to be a major driving application for the Next Generation Internet Initiative. Likewise, the advancements in the communications infrastructure will be of great benefit to digital video libraries. This report investigates some of the recent technologies for handling video in digital video libraries and reviews the NGII's planned advancements in network communications technologies in order to examine their impact on deploying digital video libraries on the Internet. © 1999 IEEE.