Abs t r ac t . The Multimedia Multicast Channel is a dissemination-oriented communication abstraction providing a service analogous to that of a cable television broadcast channel. A source transmits multimedia information such as video and audio streams onto a channel, and a varying number of receivers "tune in" to the channel to receive a selected set of the streams. To support heterogeneity~...

The problem addressed in this thesis is how to perform symbol synchronization in the presence of channel dispersion. The motivation for this work was to design a synchronization system suitable for an ATSC terrestrial digital television receiver. While such receivers present some specific challenges, the work here is generally applicable to digital receivers working in the presence of dispersiv...

The paper deals with prospective 3D video transmission systems that are needed for future video services like free viewpoint television or stereovision with autostreoscopic displays. Such systems possible would use transmission of a limited set of viewpoint video sequences. In a receiver, other necessary views have to be synthesized. The paper presents a hybrid technique for viewpoint video syn...

Radio propagation measurement is carried out in Jakarta, Indonesia, in anticipation of digital TV implementation in the country. Measurements are made using a fixed, portable receiver outdoors and indoors. Spatial variations of the received power, both large-scale and small-scale, are measured in these locations. Results show that the largescale path loss variation characteristics, as described...

television is being seen and heard increasingly in many homes. its effects on health of youth and pollution of the mind are of considerable interest, research and concern. the review of the two most popular daily newspapers of iran revealed alarming examples of violence in children imitating the aggressive acts of the television scene. since children are more vulnerable than adults, parents sho...

Broadcast digitalization with its enormous benefits to the broadcasting industry will improve the quality of content of programs delivered by television stations. Africa has a switchover date of June, 2017. For Nigerians to have access to television broadcast once the switch over is completed, they must purchase high definition television sets or the set-up box. The awareness among urban dwelle...

This article extends recent research about the material impact of energy-consuming media technologies by describing role oil and its derivatives in production consumption television United States after Second World War. It starts exploring reasons why dimensions have received limited scholarly attention history. Then it examines how component parts a TV receiver—the cathode ray tube, chassis in...