Digital Video Broadcasting: Technology, Standards, & Regulations

Offers an overview of the scientific, economic, market, political, legal and technological factors involved in successfully embedding digital television in our society. The text places special focus on the European initiatives on digital video broadcasting (DVB), describes the DVB standards for cable, satellite and terrestrial transmission, and examines the policies and regulatory framework from the United States and Japan, as well as the standards on source coding, transmission, conditional access and interactive services.