Book Description
Important Updates!
This third edition has been reorganized and updated throughout. It encompasses new standards and identifies and explains emerging digital technologies currently revolutionizing the industry. Additions include:
."Broadcast Basics” - first principles for those who really are starting from scratch
.ATSC PSIP (Program and System Information Protocol) and Data Broadcasting
.More information on ATSC digital television standards and implementation
.Current TV studio operations - HD and SD systems, video servers, non-linear editing, electronic news rooms, closed captioning, and compressed bitstreams
.Station and network arrangements, centralcasting, and multicasting
.IBOC digital HD radio and methods for implementation
.Current radio studio operations - digital audio workstations, program automation, and voice tracking
.and much more!
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Broadcasting Basics
- 2 Types of Broadcasting
- Analog Radio
- Digital Radio
- Satellite Radio
- Analog Television
- Digital Television
- Satellite Television
- Cable Television
- Groups and Networks
- Internet Radio and Television
- 3 Sound and Vision
- Sound and Audio
- Light and Video
- Baseband
- 4 Radio Frequency Waves
- Electromagnetic Waves
- Frequencies, Bands, and Channels
- RF Over Wires and Cables
- Modulation
- 5 Analog Color Television
- NTSC
- PAL and SECAM
- HD Analog Video
- 6 Digital Audio and Video
- Digital Audio
- SD and HD Digital Video
- 7 Information Technology
- Binary
- Computers
- Storage
- Computer Networks
- Internet Streaming
- Studios and Production Facilities
- 8 Radio Studios
- Types of Studios
- Studio Operations
- System Considerations
- Audio Mixing Consoles
- Microphones
- Loudspeakers and Headphones
- CD Players
- Hard Disk Recorders and Audio Workstations
- Radio Program Automation
- Digital Record/Playback Devices
- Analog Devices
- Telephone Hybrids
- Remote Sources
- Audio Delay Units
- Emergency Alert System
- Audio Processing Equipment
- Signal Distribution
- Ancillary Systems
- Radio Master Control
- Other Considerations and Capabilities
- 9 Television Studios
- Station and Network Operations
- Types of Studios
- Studio Lighting
- Studio Control Rooms
- System Considerations
- Studio System
- Video Switchers and Effects Units
- Picture and Waveform Monitoring
- Television Cameras
- Film in Television
- Videotape Recorders
- Analog VTRs
- Digital VTRs
- HD Digital VTRs
- Optical, Solid-State, and Hard Disk Recorders
- Video Editing
- SMPTE Timecode
- Video Servers
- Nonlinear Editing
- Character Generators and Computer Graphics
- Electronic Newsroom
- Signal Distribution
- Video Timing
- Audio for Television
- Ancillary Systems
- Ingest and Conversion
- Television Master Control
- Television Automation
- ATSC Encoding
- Multicasting Operations
- Closed Captioning Equipment
- PSIP Generator
- Data Broadcasting Equipment
- Bitstream Distribution and Splicing
- Internet Streaming
- 10 Remote Broadcasting
- Radio News Gathering
- Radio Remote Production
- Television News Gathering
- Television Remote Production
- 11 Links
- Contribution Links for Radio
- Contribution Links for Television
- Network Distribution Links for Radio and Television
- Studio-Transmitter Links for Radio and Television
- Analog and Digital Systems
- Transmission Standards and Systems
- 12 Analog Radio
- AM Transmission
- Emissions Masks
- FM Transmission
- Stereo Coding
- Subcarriers
- Radio Data System
- 13 IBOC Digital Radio
- Phased IBOC Introduction
- Carriers and Channels for IBOC
- Modulation and Forward Error Correction
- Audio Compression
- AM IBOC
- FM IBOC
- Digital Radio Data Broadcasting
- 14 NTSC Analog Television
- Carriers and Channels for Analog TV
- Video Signal
- Audio Signal
- Vertical Blanking Interval Ancillary Information
- Closed Captioning and Content Advisory Ratings
- Analog TV Data Broadcasting
- 15 ATSC Digital Television
- Carriers and Channels for DTV
- 8-VSB Modulation
- ATSC Compressed Bitstream
- ATSC Video Formats
- MPEG-2 Compression
- AC-3 Audio
- Multiplexing
- Quality and Bit Rates
- Multicasting
- Closed Captions
- Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP)
- DTV Data Broadcasting
- 16 Transmitter Site Facilities
- Incoming Feeds
- Processing Equipment
- Exciters
- Power Amplifiers
- Transmission Lines and Other Equipment
- AM Antenna Systems
- FM and TV Antennas
- Towers
- Translators and Repeaters
- Transmitter Remote Control
- 17 Radio Wave Propagation and the FCC Rules
- FCC Rules
- AM Propagation
- FM Propagation
- IBOC Considerations
- TV VHF and UHF Propagation
- ATSC DTV Considerations
- 18 Conclusion
- Further Information
- Index