CHAPTER 6.3 Multichannel Television Sound for NTSC

EDMUND A. WILLIAMS

Editor-in-Chief, 10th Edition NAB Engineering Handbook

Updated for the 10th Edition by

ERIC SMALL

Modulation Sciences, Inc. Somerset, New Jersey

INTRODUCTION

Multichannel television sound (MTS) is a generic term for the process of adding subcarriers to the aural carrier of a National Television System Committee (NTSC) television station. The development of a two-channel stereo MTS system was accomplished through the Broadcast Television Systems Committee (BTSC) of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), formerly known as the Electronic Industries Association (EIA). The resulting system is known as the BTSC system for television stereo sound. Subcarriers in the BTSC system ...

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