DIGITAL MEDIA

Digital Media Platforms

Contents

• DMP Explained• Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting• Broadband• Cable• Satellite• Media Platforms

DMP Explained

• A digitized platform for media• Allows real-time and/or delayed delivery of video,

audio and/or data to multiple networks such as telco, cable, satellite, digital terrestrial broadcasting and broadband.

• Delivery can be made via a variety of devices possibly including mobile phones, set-top boxes, PDAs and computers.

• Source: http://www.itvdictionary.com

Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting

• Digital television transmission without the use of satellites.

• Provides a clearer picture and superior sound quality when compared to analog TV, with less interference.

• Further Reading: DTTV Defined

Broadband

• A type of data transmission in which a single medium (wire) can carry several channels at once.

• Further Reading: Webopedia

What is Broadband?

Cable

• The use of a cable modem you can have a broadband Internet connection that is designed to operate over cable TV lines.

• Further Reading: Webopedia

Satellite

• A communications satellite or comsat is an artificial satellite sent to space for the purpose of telecommunications.

• Source: Wikipedia

How do satellites work?

Media Platforms

• There are many services used to create, store and share digital media.

• These media platforms form the basis for the ways we interact with each other.

Media Platforms

• Blogs– Blogger– Word Press– Tumblr

• Social Networking– Facebook– Google Plus– LinkedIn– Quora– Xing

• Publishing– Scribd– Slideshare

• Video Channel– Vimeo– Youtube– Netflix

• Viral– ShareThis

• Message- Twitter

Media Platforms

Activity: After viewing discuss the following:

In what ways have digital media platforms improved:

• Governance• Commerce• Religion?