DocumentCode
3206889
Title
Channel 5 distribution
Author
Holebrook, S. ; Mattera, T. ; Hutchings, C.
Author_Institution
NTL, UK
fYear
1996
fDate
12-16 Sep 1996
Firstpage
480
Lastpage
483
Abstract
Towards the end of 1995 NTL was awarded the contract to transmit and distribute Channel 5´s national UK television service to the UK public in the first “total” solution contract of its kind in the UK with a terrestrial broadcaster. Throughout 1996 NTL has been upgrading its UK transmitter network to support Channel 5 and has been building a comprehensive satellite distribution network using MPEG2 equipment. This paper describes the added functionality of the distribution network which convinced Channel 5. One of the first European terrestrial broadcasters to use satellite as its delivery mechanism
Keywords
direct broadcasting by satellite; Channel 5 distribution; European terrestrial broadcasters; MPEG2 equipment; UK public; UK transmitter network; contract; national UK television service; satellite distribution network;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Broadcasting Convention, International (Conf. Publ. No. 428)
Conference_Location
Amsterdam
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-85296-663-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp:19960855
Filename
642938
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