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Edited By
EPJ Tozer, United Kingdom
Joe Tozer is an independent broadcast industry instructor and consultant who provides training and services for leading
manufacturers and broadcasters around the world. He has given many presentations and papers to professional bodies including the IEE,
AES and ITU. His past experience includes extensive work for EMC Computer systems and Tandberg Television and Sony Broadcast, also working
for many years as a Communications Engineer for the BBC. He holds patents for Teletext and digital audio systems.
Description
The current and definitive reference broadcast engineers need!
Compiled by leading international experts, this authoritative reference
work covers every aspect of broadcast technology from camera to transmitter - encompassing subjects from analogue techniques to the latest
digital compression and interactive technologies in a single source.
Written with a minimum of maths, the book provides detailed coverage
and quick access to key technologies, standards and practices. This global work will become your number one resource whether you are
from an audio, video, communications or computing background. Composed for the industry professional, practicing engineer, technician
or sales person looking for a guide that covers the broad landscape of television technology in one handy source, the Broadcast Engineer's
Reference Book offers comprehensive and accurate technical information.
Get this wealth of information at your fingertips!
– Utilize
extensive illustrations?more than 1200 tables, charts and photographs. – Find easy access to essential technical and standards data.
– Discover information on every aspect of television technology. – Learn the concepts and terms every broadcaster needs to know.
Learn
from the experts on the following technologies:
Quantities and Units; Error Correction; Network Technologies; Telco Technologies; Displays;
Colourimetry; Audio Systems; Television Standards; Colour encoding; Time code; VBI data carriage; Broadcast Interconnect formats; File
storage formats; HDTV; MPEG 2; DVB; Data Broadcast; ATSC Interactive TV; encryption systems; Optical systems; Studio Cameras and camcorders;
VTRs and Tape Storage; Standards Convertors; TV Studios and Studio Equipment; Studio Lighting and Control; post production systems; Telecines;
HDTV production systems; Media Asset Management systems; Electronic News Production Systems; OB vehicles and Mobile Control Rooms;ENG
and EFP; Power and Battery Systems; R.F. propagation; Service Area Planning; Masts Towers and Antennas; Test and measurement; Systems
management; and many more!
Related Focal Press titles:
Watkinson: Convergence In Broadcast and Communications Media (2001, #59.99 (GBP)/
$75.95 (USD), ISBN: 0240515099)
Watkinson: MPEG Handbook (2001, #35 (GBP)/$54.99 (USD) ISBN: 0240516567)
Audience
Broadcast engineers and technicians. Global circulation of Broadcast Engineering Magazine is 80,000!
Contents
Section 1
Quantities and Units;
Engineering Mathematics, Formulas and Calculations;
Analogue and Digital Circuit Theory;
Information Theory
and Error Correction;
Coaxial Cable and Optical Fibres;
TCP/IP Networking;
SAN and NAS Technologies;
Telco Technologies;
Colour Displays
and Colourimetry;
Section 2
Linear Digital Audio systems;
Nonlinear Audio Systems;
Television Standards and Broadcasting Spectrum;
Colour
encoding and decoding;
Time code;
Sound in Syncs;
VBI data carriage;
Broadcast Interconnect formats;
File storage formats;
HDTV;
MPEG
2;
DVB standards;
Data Broadcast;
ATSC Audio and Video and PSIP transmission;
Interactive TV;
SimulCrypt, CA and encryption systems;
Section 3
Lens systems and optics;
Optical Pickups;
Studio Cameras and camcorders;
VTRs and Tape Storage;
Standards Convertors;
Section
4
TV Studios and Studio Equipment;
Camera Mountings and Mounts;
Studio Lighting and Control;
Talk back and communications systems;
mixers
and switchers;
Visual FX systems;
Editing systems and controllers;
Telecines;
Sound Recording;
Sound Mixing and control;
Surround Sound
audio;
HDTV production systems;
Routers and Matrices;
Transmission Systems;
Media Asset Management systems;
Electronic News Production
Systems;
Section 5
OB vehicles and Mobile Control Rooms;
OB and ENG Links;
Electronic News Gathering and Field Production;
Power generators
for Outside Broadcast;
Battery Systems;
Section 6
Radio frequency propagation;
Thermionics, Power Grid and Linear Beam Tubes;
Transposers;
Terrestrial Service Area Planning;
Satellite Service area planning;
Microwave Relay systems;
Uplink Terminals;
Intercity Links & Switching;
Transmitter Power System Equipment;
Masts Towers and Antennas;
Section 7
Analogue Television Performance Measurements;
Digital video
systems test and measurement;
Audio systems test and measurement;
EMC Measurement;
RF Measurement;
Broadcast Test Equipment;
Systems
Monitoring and Management;
Bibliographic & ordering Information
Hardbound, 1034 pages, publication date: APR-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-51908-1
ISBN-10: 0-240-51908-6
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS
Price: Order form
GBP 110
EUR 170
USD 180
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Last update: 29 Aug 2008
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