Two current trends in distributed computing are the emergence of standardised distributed object platforms such as CORBA, and the increasing use of continuous media data types. Th...
Since traditional telecommunication networks assume dumb terminals, there are rarely feature interactions involving end systems. However, in Internet telephony systems, such featur...
The MELISA system is a distributed platform for multi-platform sports content broadcasting, providing end users with a wide range of real-time interactive services during the spor...
The paper describes recent progress in research on database system support for executing multimedia presentations. It proposes the general concept of Reactive Playout Management t...
Heiko Thimm, Wolfgang Klas, Jonathan Walpole, Calt...