A consumer oriented approach towards digital audio broadcast via satellite

Author

Wrede, T.

Author_Institution

Societe Europeenne des Satellites, Luxembourg

fYear

1995

fDate

14-18 Sep 1995

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

78

Abstract

The ASTRA satellite system today provides 64 transponders on its four co-positioned satellites at 19.2° East. A high number of subcarriers have been dedicated to digital audio transmission of free-to-air broadcasters and the pay-audio provider Digital Music Express (DMX). The ADR system is highly consumer oriented because: it is available today with reasonably priced consumer receivers; it provides far over 100 digital audio programmes in Compact Disc quality; and it is the ideal system for digital audio reception at home as it can easily be integrated into the satellite TV reception system, e.g. the same 60 cm dish could be used for both TV, and digital radio reception

Keywords

digital audio broadcasting; direct broadcasting by satellite; television receivers; ADR system; ASTRA satellite system; CD quality; Digital Music Express; consumer oriented approach; consumer receivers; digital audio broadcast via satellite; digital audio reception; digital audio transmission; satellite TV reception system; transponders;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Broadcasting Convention, 1995. IBC 95., International

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-85296-644-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19950933

Filename

475389