Digital Video Broadcasting: Technology, Standards, and Regulations [Hardcover]

Ronald de Bruin (Author), Jan Smits (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0890067430 | ISBN-13: 978-0890067437 | Publication Date: January 1999

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.

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About the Author

Ronald de Bruin is a manager at KPMG, the Netherlands. He earned an M.Sc. at Eindhoven University of Technology and a B.Sc. from Rotterdam Polytechnics. Jan Smits is an independent telecommunications consultant and a professor of law and technology at Eindhoven University of Technology. He holds a masters (LL.M.) from Tilburg University and a Ph.D. in Law from Utrecht University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 338 pages
• Publisher: Artech House (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890067430
• ISBN-13: 978-0890067437
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,637,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Publishing in desperation !, March 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Digital Video Broadcasting: Technology, Standards, and Regulations (Hardcover)

I am surprised by the amount of errors and typos in this book! How such an erroneous book can get passed the publishing checkpoints and get published, is a question to ask. The organization of the book is very scattered. Especially the Digital transmission section has many errors and only selective parts of the technology is explained and outlined. The explanations and discussions on the broadcasting system block diagrams are incomplete and adds to the confusion of the reader. I believe the book needs to go under a major revision until it becomes useful for average readers. Nevertheless since the book tries to cover a wide spectrum of DVB subjects, it could be considered as a starting point to motivate readers to go and find out more about the subjects that were mentioned very briefly in the book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Digital Broadcasting, March 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Digital Video Broadcasting: Technology, Standards, and Regulations (Hardcover)

I am surprised by the amount of errors and typos in this book! How such erroneous books pass the publishing checkpoints and gets published, is certainly a question to ask. The organization of the book is very scattered. Especially the Digital transmission section has many errors and only selective parts of the technology is explained and outlined. The explanations and discussions on the broadcasting system block diagrams are incomplete and adds to the confusion of the reader. I believe the book needs to go under a major revision until it becomes useful for average readers. Nevertheless since the book tries to cover a wide spectrum of DVB subjects, it could be considered as a starting point to motivate readers to go and find out more about the subjects that were only mentioned very briefly in the book.