References

Books

Brinkley, Joel. Defining Vision: The Battle for the Future of Television. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace, 1997.

Jack, Keith. Video Demystified: A Handbook for the Digital Engineer. Eagle Rock, VA: LLH Technology Publishing, 1993.

Poynton, Charles. A Technical Introduction to Digital Video, Second Edition. New York: John Wiley, 1996.

Vogel, Harold. Entertainment Industry Economics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Watkinson, John. Television Fundamentals. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Press, 1996.

Articles

Comerford, Richard. "Consumer Electronics." IEEE Spectrum: January 1997.

"Digital TV: Cost Risk for Pure Play Broadcasters." The Wall Street Journal: 2 January 1997.

ETSI ETS 300 468. "Digital Broadcasting Systems for Television, Sound and Data Services; Specification for Service Information (SI) in Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Systems."

Juhn, Li-Shen, and Li-Ming Tsent. "Fast Data Broadcasting and Receiving Scheme for Popular Video Service," IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting: March 1998.

McKinnon, Michael, Marc Drazin, and Gary Sgrignoli. "Tribune/WGN DTV Field Test." IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting: September 1998.

Petajan, Eric. "The HDTV Grand Alliance System." IEEE Communications: June 1996.

Pugh, William, and Gerald Boyer. "Broadband Access: Comparing Alternatives." IEEE Communications: August 1995.

Wiley, Richard. "Digital Television: The End of the Beginning." IEEE Communications: December 1995.

Web Sites

www.dvb.org

Primarily European DTV and datacasting specifications

www.smpte.org

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

www.sbe.org

Society of Broadcast Engineers

www.scte.org

Society of Cable TV Engineers

www.toocan.philabs.research.philips.com

The Web home of DASE

www.atvef.com

The word on datacasting, from Wintel and some content providers

www.atsc.org

The Web home of Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), which summarizes the digital TV agreement

www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/bam/www/numbers.html

Computer and Internet numbers compiled by Brad Myers, at Carnegie Mellon University

www.fcc.gov/oet/dtv

FCC DTV channel allotments as of April 1999

www.nab.org

National Association of Broadcasters' Web site, with lots of technical information about television

law.house.gov/cfrhelp.htm

The U.S. House of Representative Internet Law Library

www.openmarket.com/intindex/index.cfm

Fun Internet numbers, with thanks to Harper's Magazine

www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html

The White House Social Statistics Briefing Room, with up-to-the minute social statistics from the White House and the Census Bureau

www.nw.com/

Network Wizards, a source of Internet statistics

www.mids.org

Matrix Information and Directory Services, Inc, a source of Internet statistics