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Over time we discover documents, articles, white papers, and presentations which do an excellent job in explaining technical issues related to our industry. Most are available sources on the internet or presentations from different trade gatherings. Incospec recommends these documents as a great source of information. We do not necessarily represent or nor endorse these papers. Some links take you directly to the respective web site to have access.
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Additional recommended reading on subjects covered during the "Content to its Distribution" 2010 Tour

A great "Overview of H.264 video coding" PPT from John Hopkins University by Trac D. Tran. Incospec recommendation: Best one we found on the net.
PPT Overview of H.264 video coding

A great Overview of JPEG2000 presented by Intopix of Belgium makers of JPEG2000 FPGAs. Incospec recommended reading: Best one we found on the net.

Gives overview of coding techniques and JPEG2000 applications.
PPT Everything you always wanted to know about JPEG 2000
Permission granted by Mr. Jean-Baptiste Lorent, intoPix
Taken from their Download page under Tutorials: JPEG 2000 Pocket Book

Published by intoPIX (www.intopix.com)

Performance evaluation of Motion-JPEG2000 in comparison with H.264/AVC operated in pure intra coding mode

Broadcast Industry’s Largest Market
Study Reveals Most Important Technology Trends
Confirming Mr. Louis Sebastiani's recent Industry Trends presentation, here's a survey report ranking technology trends in terms of importance to their business....
Published by Devoncroft Partners

Recommended Practices or Standards

A/85 – Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television
Issued Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Also refers to ITU-R BS.1770

Direct Link to ATSC web site to download the file

ATSC Recommended Practice:

A/78A Transport Stream Verification

Subjects:
PSI Errors (PAT, PMT)
PSIP Errors (MGT, TVCT, CVCT, RRT, EIT, ETT, STT)
Timing and Buffer Errors (PCR, PTS, Buffer Errors)
Consistency Errors
General Errors

Recommended Practice for Transport Stream Verification

ANSI/SCTE 142
2009

DTV Subjects

Topics in Digital TV: DTV Basics (Advanced)
IEEE BTS Montreal Chapter Seminar presentation
Presented by: Rich Chernock, CTO, Triveni Digital

Subjects:
DTV Overview
Transport Basics -MPEG2-TS, PIDS
Television Stuff – A & V (MPEG-2 Video Encoding, ATSC audio formats, PCR (program Clock Reference), PTE (Presentation Time Stamp).
IP -IP Encaspsulation of MPEG Packets
Metadata – PSI & PSIP

Topics in Digital TV: DTV Monitoring
IEEE BTS Montreal Chapter Seminar presentation
Presented by: Rich Chernock, CTO, Triveni Digital

Subjects:
Strategic Stream Monitoring
-Tactical Stream Monitoring
-Service Based Monitoring
-Monitoring Internal and External Streams

Mobile DTV White Paper

IDC report on Mobile DTV
Danielle Levitas, March 2010

Title: Assessing the Mobile DTV Opportunity and Its Role in the United States' Communications Ecosystem.

This white paper represents IDC's independent analysis and opinion about the market development of Mobile DTV and its position in the mobile entertainment and communications markets. www.idc.com

Technical White papers

Audio over IP Tools
Musicam USA. April 2009

Great reference material

Digital Factbook 20th Anniversary Edition

No sales pitch, just 206 pages of facts. The best broadcast glossary around. This link brings you directly to Quantel's download page. Latest updated version

Click on the link below to download the 20th Anniversary Edition Digital Fact Book

Files and Downloads
Digital Factbook

Stereoscopic TV

Quantel's White paper on the history of stereoscopic history taken from Mark Horton & Trevor Francis. Historical background information on the first attempts of 3D film and television.