National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook, 10th Edition

CHAPTER 5.25 Data Broadcasting Systems and Applications for Television

PETER LUDÉ

Sony Electronics, Inc. San Jose,, California

INTRODUCTION

The past decade has seen an explosion in the electronic delivery of content. Music files, television programs, and feature films are now routinely downloaded to consumer devices over broadband connections to homes and businesses. However, in situations in which large files need to be widely distributed within a limited time window, broadband Internet connections exhibit significant shortcomings. For such applications, data broadcasting has several distinct benefits, and broadcasters are poised to leverage these advantages.

The transition from analog to digital terrestrial broadcasting affords a new opportunity ...