Digital Video Broadcasting-Technology, Standard..

337 Pages·2003·1.18 MB·English

Digital Video Broadcasting:
Technology, Standards,
and Regulations

Digital Video Broadcasting:
Technology, Standards,
and Regulations
Ronald de Bruin
KPMG
Jan Smits
EindhovenCentreofInnovationStudies(ECIS)
EindhovenUniversityofTechnology
TheNetherlands
Artech House
Boston • London

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Digitalvideobroadcasting:technology,standards,andregulations/
RonalddeBruin,JanSmits.
p. cm.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN0-89006-743-0(alk.paper)
1.Digitaltelevision. 2.Televisionbroadcasting. I.Smits,Jan
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Digitalvideobroadcasting:technology,standards,andregulations
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ToSusannewhoseeyesmirrorthetruevaluesoflife.
RonalddeBruin
ToSaskiawhoalwaysencouragesmetoexplorenewfrontiersinscienceand
lawandtoJan-Paulwhohasbroughtsomuchjoyandtheconvictionthat
thefuturewillbebright.
JanSmits
Contents
Foreword xvii
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xx
1 Historyofdigitaltelevision 1
RonalddeBruin
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Mechanicaltelevision 2
1.3 Electronictelevision 4
1.4 Colortelevision 7
1.5 High-definitiontelevision 9
1.6 Digitaltelevision 12
1.7 Summaryandconclusions 15
2 Theoreticalframework 19
RonalddeBruin
2.1 Introduction 19
vii
viii DigitalVideoBroadcasting:Technology,Standards,andRegulations
2.2 Services 20
2.2.1 Interactiveservices 20
2.2.2 Conditionalaccessservices 20
2.2.3 Servicesmodel 20
2.3 Policy 24
2.3.1 Thelayermodel 24
2.3.2 Scopeandapplicationofthelayermodel 29
2.3.3 Servicesandinformationstreams 30
2.4 Summaryandconclusions 32
3 Technologicalandmarketconvergence 35
RonalddeBruin
3.1 Introduction 35
3.2 Convergenceamongtraditionalsectors 36
3.3 Layermodelingofsectorsandactors 37
3.4 Changesinactors’activities 39
3.4.1 Marketbehavior 39
3.4.2 Conditionalaccessterminalequipmentmanufacturers 41
3.4.3 Networkserviceproviders 42
3.4.4 Value-addedserviceproviders 43
3.4.5 Informationserviceproviders 43
3.4.6 Informationproducers 44
3.5 Powerinthevalue-addedchain 44
3.6 Summaryandconclusions 47
4 UnitedStates 49
JanSmits
4.1 Introduction 49
4.2 Generalpolicyandregulatoryenvironment 51
4.2.1 Thecommunicationsact 51
Contents ix
4.2.2 Directbroadcastsatellite 55
4.2.3 Mediaconcentrationandforeignownership 55
4.2.4 Cabletelevisionservices 57
4.2.5 Videoprogrammingregulations 59
4.2.6 Practiceofforbearance 59
4.2.7 Futuredevelopments 60
4.3 Thegrandalliancehighdefinitiontelevisionsystem 62
4.4 Summaryandconclusions 66
5 Japanesepolicy 69
JanSmits
5.1 Introduction 69
5.2 Generalpolicyandregulatoryframework 70
5.2.1 Regulatoryenvironment 73
5.2.2 Conditionalaccessanddigitalbroadcasting 83
5.3 HistoryofdevelopingHDTV 85
5.3.1 MUSE 87
5.3.2 Wide-screenmarketdevelopments 89
5.4 Summaryandconclusions 90
6 EuropeanUnionpolicy 93
RonalddeBruinandJanSmits
6.1 Introduction 93
6.2 EUpolicyandregulatoryenvironment:
digitaltelevision 94
6.2.1 BackgroundEU:telecommunications 95
6.2.2 EUcompetitionpolicy:telecommunications 97
6.2.3 Telecommunicationsandgeneralcompetitionlaw:
digitaltelevision 99
6.3 Digitalvideobroadcasting 103