TABLE OF CONTENTS This book is about knowledge. It is not another treatise on all you need to know about Broadcasting, Internet, or Telecom. The focus is on what you need to know about using Telecom and Internet equipment, facilities, and services to transport content in broadcasting or similar operations. It is not a biased pitch for classical terrestrial telecom networks or satellite networks. Its target audience includes executives, managers, and professional staff engaged in engineering, on-air, and content production operations. The book is in two parts. The first is technical in nature, while the second is business oriented or, as one of my reviewers said, administrative.
Practical Internet and Telecom for Broadcast Engineering and Operations gestated in the fall of 2002 following the Streaming For Broadcast Engineers tutorial sessions for the IEEE Broadcast Technical Society. The first seminar was conducted in October 2001. Attendees were mostly seasoned broadcast engineers with many years experience. The second seminar occurred in April 2002 and attracted a remarkably larger group with mixed backgrounds. No formal survey was taken, but it was easy to discern the group consisted of broadcasters interested in learning about Internet technology and Internet engineers wanting to know more about video.
Preparing the lecture material, presenting it, and working through the sessions with questions and dialog brought clarity to perceptions that were previously vague at best. Two observations were made:
Broadcast engineers could benefit from learning about transporting content over Telecom and Internet facilities, and
Internet counterparts could benefit from learning more...
