The Digital Dividend of Terrestrial Broadcasting

ISBN-13: 9781461415688 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 144 str.

Roland Beutler

Opis

The "digital revolution" of the last two decades has pervaded innumerable aspects of our daily lives and changed our planet irreversibly. The shift from analog to digital broadcasting has facilitated a seemingly infinite variety of new applications-audience interactivity being but one example. The greater efficiency and compression of digital media have endowed broadcasters with a "digital dividend" of spare transmission capacity over and above the requirements of terrestrial broadcasting. The question is, who will use it, and how? Comparing the European experience with that of broadcasters elsewhere in the world, the author sketches the current status of international frequency management, quantifies the value of the "dividend" itself, analyzes the details of the analog-to-digital switchovers already completed, and posits what the future holds for the sector. As we grapple with new devices, inconceivable a mere generation ago, that allow us to access digital media instantly, anywhere and at any time of day, this book is a potent reminder that what we have witnessed so far may be just the first wavering steps along a road whose destination we can only guess at.

The Digital Dividend of Terrestrial Broadcasting discusses the Digital Dividend and how to satisfy the growing demand of mobile services like LTE (Long Term Evolution). This book hightlights the impact of the Digital Dividend on terrestrial broadcasting and its future in broadcasting. Also this book looks at spectrum management, the history of the Digital Dividend, the digital switch-over from analog to digital in terrestrial broadcasting, the consequences arising from the identification of a spectrum that could be released for other purposes.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Digital Broadcasting Systems.- Spectrum Management.- Frequency Planning Frameworks.- Digital Switch-Over in Broadcasting.- Implementing the Digital Dividend.- Future Developments.- Strategic Considerations.

Blurb

The “digital revolution” of the last two decades has pervaded innumerable aspects of our daily lives and changed our planet irreversibly. The shift from analog to digital broadcasting has facilitated a seemingly infinite variety of new applications—audience interactivity being but one example. The greater efficiency and compression of digital media have endowed broadcasters with a “digital dividend” of spare transmission capacity over and above the requirements of terrestrial broadcasting. The question is, who will use it, and how? Comparing the European experience with that of broadcasters elsewhere in the world, the author sketches the current status of international frequency management, quantifies the value of the “dividend” itself, analyzes the details of the analog-to-digital switchovers already completed, and posits what the future holds for the sector. As we grapple with new devices, inconceivable a mere generation ago, that allow us to access digital media instantly, anywhere and at any time of day, this book is a potent reminder that what we have witnessed so far may be just the first wavering steps along a road whose destination we can only guess at.