Understanding Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting (Repost)

This book is intended for use by engineers, technicians, students, and anyone interested in acquiring a working knowledge of the principles behind digital television and digital radio broadcasting. It assumes that the reader already has some knowledge of modern color television engineering. It treats in detail the European digital television standards, however, as it describes the universally accepted digital encoding practices, it will have general appeal. It also details the digital broadcasting systems adopted by the United States and other countries. The book begins in Chapter 1 with a general overview of the recent developments within digital television (DTV), and a review of some of the more important organizations working in this field. It also introduces the concepts of compression and redundancy, which are used in subsequent chapters dealing with encoding within studios.