MPEG-2 Digital Program Stream Compatibility: Programming to DCT/Pegasus/Telcos (1997)

By John Beyler, Home Box Office

In the fast-paced world of digital television today, the "universality" of MPEG is not a slam-dunk to get programming from "point A" (the uplink) to "Point-B Telco"; another Point-B (Pegasus headend); another Point-B (DBS redistributor); and, finally, a Point-B "classic cable operator". This paper describes the issues which must be considered by a programmer desiring to provide digital programming to all users. Issues such as conditional access, statistical multiplexing, system information tables, and video profiles will be discussed

By clicking the "Download Paper" button, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions.

Similar Papers

MPEG-2 Digital Program Stream Compatibility: Programming to DCT/Pegasus/Telcos
By John Beyler, Home Box Office
1997
MPEG-4 Transition Using Switched Digital Video
By John Schlack, Motorola, Inc.
2008
System Overview And Technical Data Results And Analysis From HBO’s Field Test Of DVB-S2 And MPEG-4 HD Deployment
By Andrew Levine, Home Box Office, Inc.
2008
Content Supplier’s Perspective: Home Networks And Rights Management
By Robert M. Zitter, Craig D. Cuttner Home Box Office
2004
Securing A Satellite Distributed Television Signal
By Paul A. Heimbach, Home Box Office, Inc.
1983
Digital Program Insertion For Local Advertising
By Mukta Kar, Ph.D., Majid Chelehmal, Ph.D., Richard S. Prodan, Ph.D., Cable Television Laboratories
1998
Ku-band Distribution Of Television Programming For The Cable Industry
By Paul A. Heimbach, Home Box Office, Inc. & Gerald S. Kaplan, RCA American Communications, Inc.
1987
The Future Of Transcoding – The Need For MPEG-2 And MPEG-4 To Coexist
By John Hartung, Santhana Krishnamachari, EGT
2007
MPEG-2 and SONET
By Michel Fortier, Northern Telecom
1996
New Developments In IEEE-1394 Standards For The Cable Set-Top Box
By Mark Eyer, Sony Electronics
2003
More Results >>