Ludovic Copéré

Since its commercial inception in the 50s, the television industry in Europe has experienced some drastic changes and evolutions. It first felt an increased complexity of its value chain and offer to
the mass market when analog cable and satellite Pay TV packages first appeared in the 80s.

Today, the generalized move to digital technology, from the production and edition level down to the consumer electronics installed base, has increased the pace of change and has set the… Show more

Since its commercial inception in the 50s, the television industry in Europe has experienced some drastic changes and evolutions. It first felt an increased complexity of its value chain and offer to
the mass market when analog cable and satellite Pay TV packages first appeared in the 80s.

Today, the generalized move to digital technology, from the production and edition level down to the consumer electronics installed base, has increased the pace of change and has set the
foundation for a vastly more diversified offering.

This Master’s thesis takes a forward-looking view at the major parameters driving the European television ecosystem to its new identity. Using the theoretical frameworks of high-tech strategic
marketing, it analyses the impact of the four digital platforms – Satellite, Cable, Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) and the emerging IP TV in the accessibility to digital television. In
addition to the delivery platform, the transversal parameter of quality has recently got an increased attention with High Definition drawing close to a commercial reality.

This dual approach then enables to paint a strategic picture of the European digital television ecosystem in the five to ten years to come and show the key evolution trends and scenarios for the different economic players involved.

Keywords: Digital TV, High Definition, IP TV, Europe, strategy, business model Show less

Overview of technology platform of NTT DoCoMo's pioneering mobile services, from physical radio to back-end IT aspects. Analysis of 3-way business model & partnerships with 3rd-party application developers.

As the complexity of information and communication systems is always increasing, some profound issues on usability rise. Indeed, if we are to truly harness the potential of what technology can provide, we will have to move beyond the inherent limitations of legacy interaction mechanisms.

Many researches have been done so far, and the main goal of our project is to design an open and extensible framework for high-level interchange that is built on the standards of modern distributed… Show more

As the complexity of information and communication systems is always increasing, some profound issues on usability rise. Indeed, if we are to truly harness the potential of what technology can provide, we will have to move beyond the inherent limitations of legacy interaction mechanisms.

Many researches have been done so far, and the main goal of our project is to design an open and extensible framework for high-level interchange that is built on the standards of modern distributed computing and communication standards.

Moreover, to show the feasibility of such an architecture, we have built a sample application, using 2D hand gestures as the input source of data and dynamic graphics as the output action. Show less