Executive Summary
The broadcasting business today is in the midst of a disruptive technology revolution. At a rapidly increasing rate, new, relevant technologies are being introduced, and technical standards are being established.
Digital broadcasting is fundamentally different from its analog predecessor. Besides the transmission of perfect digital audio and video, DTV has ushered in a new content transport paradigm. Programs that were delivered as a single analog composite signal now arrive at a DTV receiver as separate audio, video and data packets with assembly instructions.
This book follows two underlying precepts. The first is to describe the differences between analog NTSC technology and digital broadcasting technologies. The second is ...
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