Offers an understanding of the applications and supporting technologies associated with digital video communications. The text also shows how to provide reliable, flexible and robust video transmission over networks. It begins with a discussion of the new and emerging applications of digital video communications including tele-medicine, videoconferencing and distance learning, and introduces the key systems required to support digital video: the Internet, ATM networks and Broadband ISDN. It also explores near future developments to the Internet that will support real-time video traffic.

As new codec technologies emerge, opportunities and challenges are created. More powerful codecs such as the new High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) format have the potential to enable the delivery of faster, better quality and richer media to our homes and handsets. At the same time, the task of implementing and optimising video coding products increases in complexity. The challenge for designers and implementers is further complicated by issues such as interoperability and patent licensing. Coding Video will provide a practical and up to date guide to this complex and rapidly changing landscape. It will give the reader the necessary context to understand the field, and in addition to the technical fundamentals, it will cover historical background, interoperability and transport, and commercial issues such as patents and licensing.