Satellite Newsgathering

ISBN-13: 9781138408388 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 480 str.

Jonathan Higgins

Opis

Offers an introduction for those working, or interested, in satellite newsgathering (SNG). This book helps you learn the skills, basics of equipment, technology and critical safety issues of satellite newsgathering.

Spis treści

Foreword; From Launch to Transmission; Boxes Or Wheels; Squeezing Through The Pipe - Digital Compression; Have Phone, Will Travel - Inmarsat Services; Across The Spectrum - Regulation & Standards; The Pieces Together - Satellites & Operations; Get There Be Safe - Safety & Logistics; On The Horizon; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography

O autorze

Jonathan, an independent satellite communications consultant, was formerly the manager of BBC News Location Facilities Unit. He has been very involved in the development of both truck-based and fly-away SNG uplinks over the past fifteen years and is also the author of Introduction to SNG and ENG Microwave, also published by Focal Press. Widely regarded as an authority on all aspects of satellite newsgathering, he has published papers, writen articles and given numerous seminars and lectures around the world on the technical aspects of newsgathering.