Book description
Praise for the first edition:"It is a wonderful source of information and has the merit of going straight to the subject, being technically precise although very easy to understand. There are numerous pictures, photographs, diagrams, which make the reading a real pleasure."
--European Broadcasting Union Technical Review
"The complexity of a satellite newsgathering system could be a four-month long college course with a high tuition rate and an enrolment number so large you have to watch your professor on a TV screen. Jonathan Higgins might have saved the independent learner a few attendance point deductions by fitting it into one book."
--Satellite Broadband magazine
An ideal introduction for anyone working, or interested, in satellite newsgathering (SNG). The new edition of this popular book builds upon the success of the first--an important and valuable work that is extermely easy to read, comprehensive in its treatment, and detailed where necessary. SNG used to be an immensely complex and expensive affair where broadcasting organizations were at the mercy of an expert who sat in a lonely corner, until needed. Things have changed--everyone in a global news organization needs to know about it now. This is not only because of the high costs of mistakes, but because now even non-technical journalists on the ground have to operate their own equipment. Learn the skills, basics of equipment, cutting edge technology and critical safety issues of satellite newsgathering.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 From the beat of the distant drum …
- 2 From launch to transmission: satellite communication theory and SNG
- 3 Boxes or wheels: types of systems
- 4 Squeezing through the pipe: digital compression
- 5 Twenty-first century transport: SNG over IP
- 6 Have phone, will travel: Inmarsat services
- 7 Across the spectrum: regulation and standards
- 8 Fitting the pieces together: satellites, systems and operations
- 9 Get there, be safe: safety and logistics
- 10 On the horizon
- Appendix A Frequency bands of operation
- Appendix B Sample link budget
- Appendix C Digital video
- Appendix D Spectrum analyzer operation and its use to locate satellites
- Appendix E ITU emission codes for the classification of transmissions
- Appendix F Sample satellite booking form (occasional use capacity)
- Appendix G Universal Access Procedures
- Appendix H Sample information typically required for a request for permission to operate in a foreign country
- Appendix I Formulae for calculating non-ionizing radiation levels
- Appendix J Useful contacts
- Glossary of terms
- Bibliograpy
- Index
Product information
- Title: Satellite Newsgathering, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2012
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136030093
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