2. Media and digital
After a brief review of the principles of digitization and the evolution of the media towards digital (table 1 ), this paragraph sets out the contours of the digital media field.
2.1 From analog audio-visual to digital and IT
Digitization of audio, photo and video media results in a time-discontinuous, number-coded representation of the physical quantity (e.g. the colored light of a captured image, or the acoustic vibration of a sound). This number, made up of binary digits 0 or 1, is then translated into a 2-level electrical signal (low or high), which can be recorded on a magnetic tape (digital VCR/recorder or computer recorder) or on a magnetic or optical disc (CD, DVD). Digital technology therefore...
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References
Organizations
- (1) - - Dublin Core Metadata Initiative http://dublincore.org/
- (2) - - EBU (European Broadcasting Union) http://www.ebu.ch ...
Standards and norms
- Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 2: Alpha-3 code - ISO 639-2:1998 -
- Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions - ISO 3166-1:1997 -
- Information and documentation – International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) - ISO 3901:2001 -
- Data elements and interchange formats – Information interchange – Representation of dates and times - ISO 8601:2000...
Markets
The market opportunity for Digital Media Asset Management products exists because of the simultaneous evolution of: the growing capacity of transmission networks, the increased capacity of storage systems, the multiplication of computer processing power, as well as the evolution of software, methods and architectures. Research firm IDC noted a 40% increase in DAM software sales between 1999 and 2000 (Worldwide Rich Media Asset...
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