• DocumentCode
    2901983
  • Title

    The BBC´s digital television service-where are we now?

  • Author

    Marsden, R.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. & Dev. Dept., BBC, Tadworth, UK
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    42430
  • Lastpage
    42434
  • Abstract
    The BBC´s public digital television services have been available to viewers since October 1998 on satellite (DSAT) and November 1998 on terrestrial transmissions (DTT). Digital cable services are expected to be launched later this year. The purpose of this paper is to describe the BBC´s current digital services, and the technical infrastructure that has been installed to support them. Considerable development continues on enhancements, which are gradually being introduced. The more immediate of these are described
  • Keywords
    digital television; BBC; cable TV; digital television service; enhancements; satellite TV; technical infrastructure; terrestrial transmissions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Digital Television - Where Is It and Where Is It Going? (Ref. No. 1999/072), IEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/ic:19990412
  • Filename
    773219