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Digital television (DTV) is the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by means of discrete (digital) signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV. Introduced in the late 1990s, this technology appealed to the television broadcasting business and consumer electronics industries as offering new financial opportunities.

Digital television is more flexible and efficient than analog television. When properly used by broadcasters, digital television allows higher-quality images and sound and more programming choices than analog does. However a digital signal does not necessarily carry a higher-quality image or sound than an analog signal.

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    • Digital television (DTV) is the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by means of discrete (digital) signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV. Introduced in the late 1990s, this technology appealed to the television broadcasting business and consumer electronics industries as offering new financial opportunities.

      Digital television is more flexible and efficient than analog television. When properly used by broadcasters, digital television allows higher-quality images and sound and more programming choices than analog does. However a digital signal does not necessarily carry a higher-quality image or sound than an analog signal.

      Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television)

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      Four Golden Rules of Digital Video - White Paper

      New digital video technology will alter consumers’ TV viewing habits by enabling them to view a wide-range of programming on demand. Internet Protocol enables this feature and allows Cable TV, IP-TV, Digital Terrestrial TV and Digital Satellite providers to offer new services that will create new revenue streams. It also will reinvigorate the business of many major telecommunications equipment manufacturers as they provide the necessary gear....
      http://www.instat.com/promos/05/WP_video_dist.asp

      DVB Digital Video Broadcasting

      The Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) includes over 220 well known organisations in more than 30 countries worldwide. Members include broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators and regulatory bodies, committed to designing a global family of standards for the delivery of digital television.
      http://www.dvb.org/

      Digital Television - the Government Site

      On February 17, 2009 all full-power broadcast television stations in the United States will stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in digital. Digital broadcasting will allow stations to offer improved picture and sound quality and additional channels. Find out more about whether or not you will be impacted by the digital TV (DTV) transition. Go now.
      http://www.dtv.gov/

      The 2007-2012 World Outlook for Digital Televisions

      This study covers the world outlook for digital televisions across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis others. Using econometric models which...
      http://www.amazon.com

      Wireless HD Standard

      Intel Corporation, LG Electronics Inc., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), NEC Corporation, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, SiBEAM, Inc., Sony Corporation and Toshiba Corporation, have joined together to form WirelessHD, an industry-led effort to define a specification for the next generation wireless digital network interface specification for consumer electronics products. Specifically, WirelessHD has a stated goal of...
      http://www.wirelesshd.org/

      MPEG.ORG: Pointers and Resources

      Not the official MPEG homepage, but provides a much broader directory of links pointing to resources on the web related to MPEG and other video and audio standards.
      http://www.mpeg.org/

      Mobile DTV Alliance

      The Alliance is based on the cooperative and collaborative efforts of its members to help drive and promote the adoption of Mobile TV technology via DVB-H and to bring the mobile TV consumer experience into the U.S. market. Its mission is to promote an open value chain offering the market more than one mobile DTV alternative. The result is a scale of operations across the value chain delivering financial benefits to participants.
      http://www.mdtvalliance.org/

      Advanced Television Systems Committee

      The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) was formed to establish voluntary technical standards for advanced television systems, including digital high definition television (HDTV). Site is mainly promotional in nature, but does have a collection of white papers on HDTV.
      http://www.atsc.org/

      Digital TV DesignLine

      Where can you find a publication covering the Digital TV marketplace that lets you delve deep when you need to? Digital TV DesignLine is the publication for engineers and designers that delivers breaking news, reviews, product announcements, in-depth product research tools, expert advice and analysis, insights into industry trends, and hands-on how-to details.
      http://www.digitaltvdesignline.com/

      Jon Peddie Research

      Jon Peddie Research is a technically oriented marketing, research, and management consulting firm. We have worked in the graphics and multimedia fields for more than 30 years. JPR provides specialized services to companies in high-tech fields including graphics hardware development, multimedia for professional applications and consumer electronics, entertainment technology, high-end computing, and Internet...[DTV, Multimedia, CAD, Multicore]
      http://www.jonpeddie.com/

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