This second edition provides first-hand information about the most recent developments in the exciting and fast moving field of telecommunications media and consumer electronics. The DVB group developed the standards which are being used in Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia, and many other parts of the world. Some 150 major TV broadcasting companies as well as suppliers for technical equipment are members of the project. This standard is expected to be accepted for worldwide digital HDTV broadcasting. This book is readable for non-experts with a background in analog transmission, and demonstrates the fascinating possibilities of digital technology. For the second edition, the complete text has been up-dated thoroughly. The latest DVB standards are included in three new sections on Interactive Television, Data Broadcasting, and The Multimedia Home Platform.

Written for:
Research workers, engineers in the broadcasting companies, suppliers and technical committees like FCC, NB in the USA, suppliers for technical equipment world-wide, students

• Digital Television - a First Summary
• Digitization and Representation of Audio and Video Signals
• MPEG Source Coding of Audio and Video Signals
• JPEG and MPEG Source Coding of Video Signals
• MPEG-2 Systems and Multiplexing
• Forward Error Correction (FEC) in Digital Television Transmission
• Digital Modulation Techniques
• Conditional Access for Digital Television
• The Satellite Standard and Its Decoding Technique
• The Cable Standard and Its Decoding Technique
• The Standard for Terrestrial Transmission and Its Decoding Technique
• DVB Data Broadcasting
• DVB Solutions for Interactive Services
• The Multimedia Home Platform
• Measurement Techniques for Digital Television