Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media

Zusatztext 'With the communications world almost totally digital in its approach and the various disciplines not so much converged as collided! there is great need for a volume such as this which embraces each area and neatly joins them as though they had always been one. This is also a book you can dip into and just tease out the information you require! so no matter what your interest is you will be able to see clearly how it relates and merges! indeed converges with the other sectors of the industry.Anyone working in the communications industry should have a copy of this book on his or her reference shelf.'Peter H. Bartlett! Technical Manager! University of DundeeJournal of Educational Media! Vol. 26! No. 2 Informationen zum Autor John Watkinson is an independent international consultant in advanced applications of electronics to audiovisual and avionics systems. He is a Fellow of the AES! a member of the Society of Expert Witnesses! and the British Computer Society and is a chartered information systems practitioner. He presents lectures! seminars and training courses worldwide. He is the author of many other Elsevier books! including The Art of DigitalVideo! An Introduction to Digital Video! Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media! Television Fundamentals and The Art of the Helicopter. Klappentext First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Describes four core technologies of image reproduction, sound reproduction, data processing and communications. This book shows how these technologies operate together and the necessary conversions that take place between them. It demonstrates audio and video principles alongside the communications technologies: DVB, Networks, Telephony, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction to convergent systems; Digital processing principles; Filters and transforms; Sampling; Sound; Light; Image protrayal; Presentation; Compression; Digital encoding principles; Storage devices; Communication systems....

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John Watkinson is an independent international consultant in advanced applications of electronics to audiovisual and avionics systems. He is a Fellow of the AES, a member of the Society of Expert Witnesses, and the British Computer Society and is a chartered information systems practitioner. He presents lectures, seminars and training courses worldwide. He is the author of many other Elsevier books, including The Art of DigitalVideo, An Introduction to Digital Video, Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media, Television Fundamentals and The Art of the Helicopter.

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First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Résumé
Describes four core technologies of image reproduction, sound reproduction, data processing and communications. This book shows how these technologies operate together and the necessary conversions that take place between them. It demonstrates audio and video principles alongside the communications technologies: DVB, Networks, Telephony, and more.

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Introduction to convergent systems; Digital processing principles; Filters and transforms; Sampling; Sound; Light; Image protrayal; Presentation; Compression; Digital encoding principles; Storage devices; Communication systems.