Prospects for Digital Techniques in Television Broadcasting

Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (DTTB)

A report on the digital terrestrial television broadcasting system (ISDB-T: Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial) was presented to the Minister of Post and Telecommunication by the Telecommunications Technology Council (TTC) in May 1999 after the largescale field trials conducted by the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB). At the ITU-R Study Group 11 Meeting in...

Multi Antenna Techniques for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Systems

In this paper we describe the potential of multi-antenna techniques (MIMO) in the context of digital video broadcasting (DVB) systems. DVB standards have been challenged by the increasing demand of high data rate applications and larger indoor coverage area. MIMO is a key technology to increase the system capacity and link reliability without any additional bandwidth or transmit signal power. T...

Analysis of Impulse Noise Mitigation Techniques for Digital Television Systems

are inherently more resistant to impulse noise than single carrier systems, impulse noise can still be a significant problem in many applications including digital television. A number of impulse noise mitigation algorithms are investigated. These use non linear processing on the digital input signals to limit the size of impulses reaching the demodulator. It is shown that when the noise at the...

Advertising Revenue Optimization in Live Television Broadcasting

In live broadcasting, the break lengths available for commercials may not always be fixed and known ex ante (e.g., strategic and injury time-outs are of variable duration in live sport transmissions). Because advertising represents a significant share of the broadcasters’ revenue, broadcasters actively manage that revenue by jointly optimizing their advertising sales and scheduling policies. We...

Competition, Regulation, and Performance in Television Broadcasting