Cable´s role in the development of HDTV systems

Author

Thomas, Windsor ; Heimbach, P.

Author_Institution

American Telev. & Commun., Englewood, CO, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

8-10 June 1988

Firstpage

258

Lastpage

259

Abstract

High definition television (HDTV) will be available within the USA by the early 1990´s. At the same time, penetration of CATV has passed the 50% mark with no end in sight. All broadcast media including terrestrial broadcasters, cable operators, DBS and telco are formulating plans on how to best accommodate HDTV in their environments. Within the cable industry, the NCTA has focused on support of the FCC and ATSC in providing cable system testing. At American Television and Communications (ATC) and Home Box Office (HBO) efforts are being made to encourage the development of HDTV systems that are optimized for CATV carriage. A cable aware HDTV system must take into account existing practices within the cable industry including satellite delivery, interconnect systems, scrambling and security concepts, in addition to the basic coax system and its inherent signal transmission characteristics.<>

Keywords

cable television; high definition television; ATC; American Television and Communications; CATV; DBS; HBO; HDTV systems; Home Box Office; basic coax system; cable industry; cable operators; cable system testing; interconnect systems; satellite delivery; scrambling; security concepts; signal transmission characteristics; telco; terrestrial broadcasters; Cable TV; FCC; HDTV; Image resolution; Manufacturing industries; Power cables; Satellite broadcasting; Shape; TV broadcasting; Video recording;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, 1988. Digest of Technical Papers. ICCE., IEEE 1988 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rosemount, IL, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE.1988.10787

Filename

10787