The rollout of digital television systems is taking place in many countries worldwide. Utilizing the advantages of digital technologies, the special characteristics of mobile devices – such as small screen sizes and low power supplies – can be addressed, thus enabling mobile television and data services. IP Datacast (IPDC) based on Digital Video Broadcasting – Handhelds (DVB-H) is one of the te...

With increased saturation of the VHF band II used for FM, few frequencies are available for new radio stations in many markets. This paper describes the benefits of using the In Band On Channel (IBOC) signal in an all-digital configuration to boost the number of effective audio services in the FM band. A new method of creating an all-digital IBOC signal configuration is described. Multiple inst...

Broadcast Technology No.45, Summer 2011 ● C NHK STRL Versatile Functions of Digital Broadcasting Japan's TV broadcasting is going completely digital. This exhibit introduced various unique features that allow viewers to get the most from digital services, along with their supporting technologies and VHF-band Mobile Multimedia broadcasting, which is scheduled to start after analog broadcasting e...

Digital broadcasting is a novel paradigm for the next generation broadcasting. Its goal is to provide not only better quality of pictures but also a variety of services that is impossible in traditional airwaves broadcasting. One of the important factors for this new broadcasting environment is the interoperability among broadcasting applications since the environment is distributed. Therefore ...

In 1988, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) established the Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) with the mission to develop standards for the coded representation of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media. The work of the MPEG group led to the development of several ISO standards, including ISO 11172, known as MPEG-1 [1]; ISO 13818, known as MPEG-2...

Advanced HDTV and 3DTV formats are being successfully adopted by the consumer market, having a strong impact in the way that traditional broadcasting contents are displayed to final users. Together with the above advances in video technology, multichannel spatial audio has also experienced a considerable impulse within the audiovisual industry. However, the need for specific production tools an...