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Digital Broadcasting
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Fundamentals - A tutorial on Video over ATM presented by the Int'l. Engineering Consortium
- ATSC - Advanced Television Systems Committee, an international organization establishing broadcasting standards for digital (including high-definition and data broadcasting) television.
- Canadian Digital Television - Reports on the progress of digital television in Canada.
- CBC News: TV in the Digital Age - Report on the first digital TV channels in Canada, archived stories, videos, and more.
- Digital Broadcasting Australia - Information on digital broadcasting in Australia
- Digital Broadcasting Glossary - Listing of commonly used words and acronyms in DVB.
- digital broadcasting.com - News and information on the digital broadcasting industry.
- The Digital Fact Book - Edition 9 - Digital information from Quantel
- Digital Interactive Television - Exploring the best technology to implement interactive digital tv, focusing on the Irish and UK sector. Includes many excellent links for additional resources.
- digital television - En Espanol. Technical information on Digital Television in the world. Includes news, technology, answer and questions and more.
- Digital Television: The Site - Business, legal, and technical information on digital television in the United States.
- Digital Tutorials - from Leitch
- Digital TV - A Cringely Crash Course - An easy to read overview of television, including a brief history and an explanation of the benefits of today's digital broadcasting.
- Digital TV Projects Index - DVB, MPEG-2, Encoders and Decoders explained with related links.
- Dolby TV Audio - Dolby site contains numerous PDF links about Dolby audio technology
- DTV Insider - Information on the Digital Television Industry, with topics like Digital TV, Streaming, Interactive-Television, Pay-Per-View, and general developments in the Cable & Broadcasting Industry.
- DTV Professional - News and information for the digital television industry.
- DTV-HDTV: Digtal-High Definition Television Information, News, Reviews - HDTV demystified. The HDTV Info Port provides everything you need to know about Digital High Definition Television; plus consumer views, expert reviews and programming news.
- DVB - Digital Video Broadcasting project, an international organization partnering with ETSI/CENELEC/EBU for the development of digital television standards for terrestrial, satellite, and cable broadcasting.
- DVB Technical Papers - Various DVB-T White Papers on digital transmission compiled by Harris Corp.
- D-VHS News - This site introduces the latest VHS technology, Digital VHS. D-VHS allows recording of HDTV and other MPEG2 formats.
- The Guide to Digital Television - The book - online.
- A Guide to Digital TV - information about digital television; of particular interest to residents of the United Kingdom.
- HDTV Background Material - Dr. Bruce Klopfenstein's (H)DTV links. This is an extensive list of sites for the broadcast professional, or anyone interested in the path of digital television.
- HDTV Buyer - News and information for HD video production and distribution
- HDTV Galaxy - HDTV information including up to date news & broadcasting schedule.
- HDTV GreenTops - Information, key references, and patents relating to HDTV.
- HDTV News - Profession news & information about HDTV from the HDTV Group
- HDTV News Online - A comprehensive resource of HDTV information. Includes an extensive archive which traces both the legal and technical history of digital broadcasting.
- HDTV-Digital Television News Forum - Forum for the discussion of digital and high-definition television subject matter moderated by television engineer Lee Wood.
- How Stuff Works: High Definition Television (HDTV) - Informative narrative that shows how high definition television (HDTV) actually works and its benefits to viewers.
- How Stuff Works: How Digital Television Works - In-depth unbiased multi-part tutorial explains digital television (DTV). Shows how the worst computer monitors you can buy have more resolution than the best analog TV set.
- Level Practices in Digital Audio - Interesting articles on the theory of audio conversion and monitoring in a broadcasting environment.
- MPEG-2 FAQs - Answers questions about the MPEG-2 digital broadcast standard.
- MPEG Fundamentals - Guide to MPEG-2 video and audio compression from Tektronix.
- MPEG-2 Overview - Covers MPEG-2 and DVB standards, transmission and equipment. Easy reading.
- n-Vision reference library - Free downloadable books on analog to digital audio conversion in the broadcast studio environment.
- Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing - OFDM Resources (OFDM, VOFDM, COFDM) including tutorials
- The Pro-MPEG Forum - MPEG-2 based television equipment interoperability.
- Spread Spectrum Online - Comprehensive information on Spread Spectrum Technology, including tutorials
- Testing Digital Video - IEC Online Education presents an HP tutorial on testing MPEG-2 video.
- Video over ATM Networks - Video over ATM networks issues are discussed.
- Video Tidbits - Tips and tricks for digital video productions with emphasis n the DV format.
- 8-VSB Transmission - Essay on the Standard Used for DTV Transmission
Chapter 2
History Of Broadcasting
- Adventures in CyberSound: Eye of the World - Biography and interviews about John Logie Baird, one of the people credited with the invention of television.
- BBC Research & Development - Milestones - History of the department that has been involved in the emergence of technical standards since before the BBC first began broadcasting television in the 1930s
- Broadcast History Timeline - Important dates in the evolution of broadcasting
- Convergence - From the Center for the Study of Technology and Society. Convergence is the intersection of communication, computers, the Internet, invisible computing and television.
- Early Television: Photo Collection - Personal photo album of Dr. Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, one of the people credited with the invention of television.
- Early Video Editing Equipment - Museum of Early Video Editing Equipment and Techniques
- Ed Reitan's Color Television History - Traces the history of early color television. Includes a number of pictures.
- The History of Film for Broadcast - Outlines the history of film and its marriage with television.
- History of Telecommunications - Brief timeline charting the development of telecommunications, including television, from a German point of view.
- History of Television - Jean-Jacques Peters of the European Broadcasting Union presents an illustrated tour through the technical development of television broadcasting and reception.
- Invention of Television - Beginner's guide to the technical development of television in the United States.
- John Logie Baird - Online encyclopaedia entry for one of the people credited with the invention of television, giving a history of mechanical broadcasting.
- John Logie Baird - Site provides information about Bairds contribution to the development of television and includes his biography.
- Levend TV Museum - The history of radio and television in the Netherlands.
- Library of American Broadcasting - University of Maryland 'Broadcasting Pioneers' museum.
- MZTV Museum of Television - Website for the Toronto-based museum collecting television sets and related memorabilia.
- NCSU Computer Graphics Lab 1970-78 - Early Graphics combining Computers & Television technology.
- The Official Philo T. Farnsworth Web-site - Site devoted to the man many believe invented, among other things, television.
- Quadruplex Park: Museum of Broadcast Technology - Collection of electronic equipment used in broadcasting: large format VTRs, film chains, switchers, studio cameras, terminal equipment, and transmitters.
- Television History - General television & broadcasting history, with focus on the inventors and innovations.
- Tubepedia - Pictorials of early iconoscopes, kinescopes, orthicons, vidicons, saticons, and other CRTs.
- World's Earliest Television Recordings Restored - Information on the recovery of the earliest recordings of television, describing the restoration of these recordings and their history.
Chapter 3
Organizations
- AES - Audio Engineering Society
- ATVEF - Advanced TeleVision Enhancement Forum, a cross-industry alliance of companies defining protocols for HTML-based enhanced television over all forms of transport (analog and digital, terrestrial and cable and satellite) to any intelligent receiver.
- The British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society - The Moving Image Society
- CAB -- ACR - Canadian Association of Broadcasters
- CableLabs - Cable Television Research Organization
- The Canadian Corporate Television Association - The Canadian Corporate Television Association provides a professional network for business. It offers the exchange of information and a forum for members to discuss industry issues.
- Digital Television Group Home Page - The Digital TV Group Promotes digital television in all its forms (terrestrial, satellite and cable) - based in the UK with a world view.
- EBU - The European Broadcasting Union
- ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
- FCC - United States Federal Communications Commission, the government regulatory body for television broadcasting.
- Il Consorzio Nazionale delle Imprese delle Telecomunicazioni - National Consortium for Telecommunications, Italian
- ITC - Independent Television Commission - The official web site for the Independent Television Commission, based in the UK.
- ITU - International Telecommunication Union
- ITVA - International Television Association
- NAB - National Association of Broadcasters
- Radiocommunications Agency Home Page - responsible for the management of the non-military radio spectrum in the UK.
- RTS - Royal Television Society
- SBE - Society of Broadcast Engineers
- SMPTE - Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers
- Society of Television Lighting Directors - Information about lighting technology for the television industry
- SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering - SPIE is dedicated to advancing the scientific research and engineering applications of optics, photonics, imaging, and optoelectronics through meetings, education programs, and publications.
Chapter 4
Satellite
- Elements of a TVRO System
 - Synopsis of a receive only satellite system with many references and case studies.
- North American MPEG-2 Information - Definitive essay on digital satellite transmission.
- Antenna Tutorial on Gain and Beamwidth - This site provides the in-depth and comprehensive theory of proper antenna design.
- BROADBAND.COM-Satellite Communication Systems - Numerous satellite systems links
- Dr.Dish Net Edition - Multi-language site where Dr.Dish answers satellite related questions about receiving satellite tv, satellite radio, and satellite data transmissions.
- FCC DBS Regulations - Section 100 requirements for DBS communications, in PDF and text form
- FCC Fixed Satellite regulations - Section 25 requirements for satellite communications, in PDF and text form
- Geostationary Satellite Link Budget Calculations - More link budget calculations using Intelsat formulae.
- Intelsat Resources - Technical papers and engineering tools provided by Intelsat.
- Link Budget Calculation - Complete uplink/downlink calculator
- LyngSat - Lyngemark Satellite Chart - Up-to-date information on all satellites around the world.
- MLESAT's Satellite Tutorials On Line - Free satellite video technology tutorials and training programs
- MPEG-2 Central - Regularly updated listing of all MPEG-2 free to air satellite transmissions.
- Online Satellite Calculations - Very good site for all types of satellite uplink/downlink calculations, including link budget, angle, etc.
- Ricardos Geo-Orbit Quick Look - Has lots of information and links for the do-it-yourselfer including a how-to for installing satellite dishes
- Roberts WWW Satellite Page - Features a number of satellite links
- Satcom Online Satellite School - Features articles, glossary, and calculators for satellite communication studies.
- Satellite Charts - Earth station information from Vincor, including satellite charts.
- Satellite Chronology - Provides a history of US communications satellite technology.
- Satellite Communications Basics - Learn satellite communications basics in their classroom.
- Satellite Communications Tutorial - Tutorial for students grades 7 - 12.
- Satellite Comunications - Overview covers both analog and digital video communications.
- Satellite hardware reviews - Satellite news and product reviews submitted by readers.
- Satellite info and links - Includes Sat tracking, vendor listings and hardware specs.
- Satellite Signals - Azimuth, elevation and polarisation angles for your site and any satellite. List of geostationary satellites and link budgets.
- The Satellites - Industry Buzzwords - Definitions for common terms used in satellite communications.
- SBCA - Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association
- SNG User's Guide Online - Informational site on global Satellite News Gathering. Contains contacts, regulations, and standards of ITU member countries.
- Spectrum snapshots - Spectrum analyzer images of all of the western C/Ku-band satellites.
- 21st Satellite - Information on big dish TVRO systems and little dish DBS. Satellite chart for C-band TVRO systems and web search tools.
- Via Satellite Online - E-zine covering the global commercial satellite industry. Includes: recent launches and contract, regulatory issues, news, events, and trends.
- Wireless Transmission - Term paper written discussing each step and equation needed to prepare a proper link budget. Includes numerous footnotes and links.
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