No. 289 (January 2002)
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| EBU Technical Activities | |
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The transition years |
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George T. Waters oversaw many developments during his period as Director of the EBU’s Technical Department. Not least was the relocation of the Technical Department, Technical Publications and other support services from Brussels to Geneva in 1989. Then in 1993, it was the turn of Eurovision operations to relocate from Brussels to Geneva. Here, Dr Waters describes just some of the important technical developments in broadcasting that took place in the EBU during this period. |
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| Digital Broadcasting | |
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"R" Us — new economics and approaches for digital broadcasting David Wood 
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Based on a recent presentation given in Tokyo to the ITE on their 50th anniversary, this article describes the market and other forces that will affect the successful roll-out of digital broadcasting systems (DAB and DVB-T) in Europe and elsewhere. In particular, it addresses the digital-to-software revolution which has now overtaken the analogue-to-digital revolution of the past two decades. |
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| Digital News Production | |
| Digital news production
at DR Torben Lundberg
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Since December 2000, DR has produced two news broadcasts daily, five days a week, in a purely digital environment – with no significant errors. The latest step consisted of taking a digital archiving solution into the news production environment.This article evaluates the progress made throughout the project. |
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| Digital Audio Broadcasting | |
| T-DAB in the UK — overcoming the spectrum planning
and interference issues Mark Thomas
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The roll-out of T-DAB in the UK is proceeding rapidly, with a large proportion of the population now within range of a wide choice of digital radio programme services. The main drivers for reaching this stage have been a mixture of industry resolve, consensus, long-term vision and investment – catalysed by well-constructed incentives. This article looks at the background to the UK’s frequency plan, then looks more closely at two areas of work undertaken by the UK Radio Authority to control interference between the transmissions of different multiplex operators. |
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| Digital Sound Broadcasting | |
| Satellite DSB systems — and their potential impact
on the planning of terrestrial DAB services in Europe Franc Kozamernik, Nigel Laflin and Terry O'Leary
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This article deals with both the system and frequency management aspects of digital sound broadcasting by satellite in L-band, and gives a short description of the newer satellite digital audio systems and their possible impact on T-DAB planning and implementation. |
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| * | Head of EBU Publications: | P. Jaquin |
| * | Editeur Responsable: | P.A. Laven |
| * | Editor: | M.R. Meyer |
| * | French Editor: | E. Piraux |
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