Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Basics of Television. Chapter 2. Analog Video Fundamentals. Chapter 3. Digital Video Fundamentals. Chapter 4. Elements of Acoustics. Chapter 5. Analog Audio Fundamentals. Chapter 6. Digital Audio Fundamentals. Chapter 7. Bit-Serial Signal Distribution and Ancillary Data Multiplexing. Chapter 8. Digital Signal Compression and Distribution. Chapter 9. Computers and Television. Chapter 10. Multimedia and Television. Chapter 11. Advanced Television (ATV) Concepts. Chapter 12. Transition to DTV. Index.

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Michel Poulin has gained his knowledge in the CBC Engineering laboratories, working for 14 years as a Technology Evaluation Engineer, then as a Supervising Engineer in charge of the Technology Evaluation Group. He is now with Leitch Technology International, in charge of the R & D laboratories and the Standards Compliance Group. He is an active participant in the SMPTE and IEEE standardization committee activities. He is a Fellow of the SMPTE. He is also co-author of the first edition of Digital Television Fundamentals, and lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.