HDTV and the Transition to Digital Broadcasting: Understanding New Television Technologies

by Cianci; Philip J.

• ISBN13: 9780240809045
• ISBN10: 0240809041
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-03-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

HDTV and the Transition to Digital Broadcasting bridges the gap between non-technical personnel (management and creative) and technical by giving you a working knowledge of digital television technology, a clear understanding of the challenges of HDTV and digital broadcasting, and a scope of the ramifications of HDTV in the consumer space. Topics include methodologies and issues in HD production and distribution, as well as HDTV's impact on the future of the media business. This book contains sidebars and system diagrams that illustrate examples of broadcaster implementation of HD and HD equipment. Additionally, future trends including the integration of broadcast engineering and IT, control and descriptive metadata, DTV interactivity and personalization are explored. This Book Gives You: * Clear explanations of the technologies you need to understand to talk with engineers and other broadcast technology professionals * A great starting place for those desiring a career in broadcasting in any discipline management, creative or technical * A historical and technical overview of DTV, HDTV, standards, and organizations

Author Biography

Philip J. Cianci is the Editor of the "Transition to Digital" Broadcast Engineering Magazine e-Newsletter and is collaborating in the development of an HDTV archive with the Smithsonian Institution

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Author Biography	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Who Should Read this Book	p. xvii
Executive Summary	p. xix
Transition to Digital	p. xxi
The Dawn of HDTV and Digital Television	p. 1
Analog and Digital TV Compared	p. 2
Going HiDef	p. 7
Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology	p. 9
Summary	p. 16
A Compressed History of HDTV	p. 17
The Road to HDTV	p. 17
The Grand Alliance	p. 21
A DTV Standard at Last	p. 24
Producing HDTV	p. 26
HD Goes Coast-to-Coast	p. 28
DTV Conversion	p. 30
Summary	p. 32
DTV Fundamentals	p. 35
Engineering Basics	p. 36
Presentation	p. 42
Compression	p. 58
MPEG-2 Video Compression	p. 60
Audio Compression	p. 67
Compressed Data Streams	p. 70
Packelized Transport	p. 71
Transmission	p. 78
Summary	p. 84
The DTV Receiver	p. 85
Reception and Demodulation	p. 86
Transport Stream Demultiplexing	p. 87
Decoding and Decompression	p. 88
Program Assembly and Presentation	p. 88
Receiver Issues	p. 89
Presentation Concerns	p. 91
Summary	p. 97
HDTV and DTV Standards	p. 99
Standards Bodies	p. 100
The ATSC Standards	p. 105
SMPTE Standards	p. 120
The Audio Engineering Society	p. 127
Cable DTV Standards	p. 129
Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers	p. 130
The Consumer Electronics Association	p. 131
Other Societies and Organizations	p. 133
Summary	p. 136
The Transition to Metadata	p. 137
The Origins of Metadata in Broadcasting	p. 138
Content-Related Metadata	p. 140
Control Metadata	p. 157
Summary	p. 165
Emerging Technologies and Standards	p. 167
Technology and Standards Development	p. 168
Presentation	p. 169
Compression	p. 172
Delivery and Distribution	p. 175
MPEG and Metadata	p. 177
Enhanced, Interactive and Personalized	p. 179
Virtual Product Placement	p. 191
Multiplatform Emergency Alert System	p. 191
Summary	p. 194
The Future and Digital Broadcasting	p. 195
Government Involvement in the Transition	p. 195
Technology	p. 204
Consumers and DTV Availability	p. 206
Global Transitions	p. 207
What Will Tomorrow Bring?	p. 208
Summary	p. 208
Index	p. 209
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