Publisher's Synopsis
This is an engineering level guide to the ATSC DTV standard and it's impact upon all aspects of the television broadcast industry. Filled with examples, detailed diagrams, and schematics, the book describes, in tutorial fashion, all ATSC and SMPTE standards and FCC regulations guiding DTV licensing and applications. New material in this edition will deal with the implications of datacasting and interactive television, the European DVB system, and the bristling controversy over the ATSC standard's suitability for urban broadcast. The CD-ROM will contain over 1000 pages of DTV-related ATSC standard documents and FCC regulations, organized according to their relevance to book chapters.