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Broadcast in transition
Broadcasting is in a transition that goes beyond the mere conversion of analog systems to digital platforms. Various initiatives are leading the way to
Video compression technology
A media container is a that contains video, audio and data elements, and can function as a file entity or as an encapsulation method for a live stream.
Internet TV
Here’s a look at the technologies behind content distribution over the Internet.
Facility A/V timing
Although content distributors have recently gotten the message on audio operations in the form of federally mandated requirements on commercial and program
Multiplexing
Bandwidth is expensive, so combining multiple digital signals into a single stream is desirable, but complex
Wireless video
With wireless technologies moving more content to viewers, live television broadcast must adapt to consumers' lifestyles, and while an OTA connection
TV on the go
Mobile DTV standards give content providers the ability to broadcast multiple video programs and data to mobile and vehicular devices. Although basic
The road to 3-D
Although 3-D content is widely available in theaters, and 3-D disc players are now on retail shelves, terrestrial digital television has not caught up
Interactive services
In 1953, children could interact with the Winky Dink and You program by drawing on a piece of clear plastic affixed to the TV screen. Kids would be asked
DTV reception solutions
Digital broadcasting has now replaced high-powered analog television broadcasting in the United States. But is reliable over-the-air reception a given?
Audio interfaces
Digital audio has not been spared from the usual alphabet soup of interfacing and distribution formats. Now relatively mature, AES3 (and the related S/PDIF),
