Broadband as a Video Platform: Strategies for Africa

Preface.- Foreword.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Media Entertainment as Development Strategy.- 3 Let Them Eat Movies: (How) Will Next Generation Broadband Diffuse Through Africa?.- 4 The State of Broadband in Africa: What's here and What's coming?.- 5 The Cost of Deploying a Successful Video Broadband Business in Africa and the Cost of Not Deploying.- 6 Implications of Broadband Video on National and International Media Systems.- 7 What to Expect from Platforms and Applications.- 8 Technology Trends on Connect Africa.- 9 The Impact of Policy on the Performance of the ICT Sector.- 10 Information Technologies for Rural Development in Africa.- 11 The Economic Impact of Telecommunications in Senegal.- 12 Africa Leapfrogs into the World Economy.