Provides a comprehensive account of the origins and growth of satellite communications technology and the evolution to high powered transponders which has made possible television broadcasting on a direct-to-home basic (DTH) from DBS satellites.
With its easy-to-read format, and wealth of informative data and statistics, this book will be of interest to:
* students of space communications
* students of radio, TV and HDTV
* anyone contemplating a career in radio or TV
* personnel in the satellite TV retailing industry
* TV enthusiasts wishing to knwo the fundamentals of satellite TV
James Wood is a consulting engineer and freelance specialist journalist, having contributed to all the major broadcasting journals.
- ISBN10 024051338X
- ISBN13 9780240513386
- Publish Date 16 December 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 June 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Focal Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English