Television Network Facilities

This paper describes television network facilities which are needed to connect studios and other pickup points to transmitters in the same and in distant cities, and discusses their transmission characteristics. Short-haul television circuits may be by microwave radio or over wire circuits. Long-haul television connections may be by radio relay or over coaxial systems of the type originally developed for carrier telephone circuits. Transmission requirements include adequate frequency band, accurate gain and phase equalization, and freedom from interference resulting from excessive noise, crosstalk, or modulation. Radio and wire systems are under development to provide extensive high-quality television networks.