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The current and definitive reference broadcast engineers need! Compiled by leading international experts, this authoritative reference work covers every aspect of broadcast technology from camera to transmitter - encompassing subjects from analogue techniques to the latest digital compression and interactive technologies in a single source. Written with a minimum of maths, the book provides detailed coverage and quick access to key technologies, standards and practices. This global work will become your number one resource whether you are from an audio, video, communications or computing background. Composed for the industry professional, practicing engineer, technician or sales person looking for a guide that covers the broad landscape of television technology in one handy source, the Broadcast Engineer's Reference Book offers comprehensive and accurate technical information. Get this wealth of information at your fingertips! · Utilize extensive illustrations-more than 1200 tables, charts and photographs. · Find easy access to essential technical and standards data. · Discover information on every aspect of television technology. · Learn the concepts and terms every broadcaster needs to know. Learn from the experts on the following technologies: Quantities and Units; Error Correction; Network Technologies; Telco Technologies; Displays; Colourimetry; Audio Systems; Television Standards; Colour encoding; Time code; VBI data carriage; Broadcast Interconnect formats; File storage formats; HDTV; MPEG 2; DVB; Data Broadcast; ATSC Interactive TV; encryption systems; Optical systems; Studio Cameras and camcorders; VTRs and Tape Storage; Standards Convertors; TV Studios and Studio Equipment; Studio Lighting and Control; post production systems; Telecines; HDTV production systems; Media Asset Management systems; Electronic News Production Systems; OB vehicles and Mobile Control Rooms;ENG and EFP; Power and Battery Systems; R.F. propagation; Service Area Planning; Masts Towers and Antennas; Test and measurement; Systems management; and many more! Related Focal Press titles: Watkinson: Convergence In Broadcast and Communications Media (2001, £59.99 (GBP)/ $75.95 (USD), ISBN: 0240515099) Watkinson: MPEG Handbook (2001, £35 (GBP)/$54.99 (USD) ISBN: 0240516567)

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Engineering Basics
• Broadcast Supporting Technologies
• Broadcast Baseband Formats and Standards
• Transmission Formats and Standards
• Broadcast Hardware
• Studio and Production Systems and Hardware
• Outside Broadcast
• Transmitter Systems and Hardware
• Appendices

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CHOICE Review

This work is written as a practical reference guide for professional engineers and technicians interested in learning the latest techniques, standards, hardware components, and systems used in modern broadcast technology. It includes material on traditional analog (as well as the most modern digital) compression techniques for transmitting audio, video, and data. Among the specific topics addressed are the fundamentals of electronic circuits, digital logic gates, elements of information theory, error correcting codes, Internet Protocol, analog and digital television standards, broadcast spectrum, color encoding and decoding schemes, HDTV, MPEG compressed audio and video encoding, TV signal waveforms and frequency spectrum, broadcast hardware, studio cameras and camcorders, TV studio centers, studio lighting, editing, sound recording, surround sound, microwave links, satellite communications, antennas, and broadcast test and measurement equipment. A glossary is included, along with an extensive index and bibliography and more than 1,200 illustrations. For libraries associated with engineering and technology programs. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduate through graduate students; professionals; two-year technical program students. F. A. Cassara Polytechnic University