Global television/ (Record no. 176404)
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| fixed length control field | 00403nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780240801346 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 384.55 |
| Item number | VER/G |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Global television/ |
| Sub title | how to create effective television for the future |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Verna, Tony |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st. ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Boston: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Focal Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1993. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 326 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part One ANATOMY OF A GLOBALCAST 1<br/>Chapter 1 Defining Globai Teievision: Live Aid 3<br/>Hiding the Seams; The Many Productions Called Live Aid 4<br/>Hiding the Sleight of Hand 5<br/>Multiple Audiences Require Multiple Feeds 5<br/>The Grid 9<br/>Inserting Commercials 10<br/>Inserting Taped Performances 11<br/>Production Complexity Reflected in Technical Complexity 11<br/>Putting Live Aid Together 15<br/>Part Two: THE SPINE OF GLOBAL TELEVISION 17<br/>Chapter 2 Satellites as Production Toois 19<br/>Communication Satellites in Geosynchronous Orbit 19<br/>How Satellites Work: Bands, Uplinks, Downlinks 21<br/>What and Where the Satellites Are 23<br/>How Satellites Are Managed 28<br/>Satellite Footprints 31<br/>How to Plan Satellite Back-ups 32<br/>How to Book Time on Satellite Transponders 33<br/>The Cost of Satellite Time 41<br/>Two Problems: Time-Delay and Mix-Minus 42<br/>Chapter 3 Fiber Optic Cabling 49<br/>Why Use Fiber Optic Cable? 49<br/>How Fiber Optic Cable Works 52<br/>How Fiber Optic Cable Is Used 53<br/>Available Fiber Optic Cable Services 54<br/>Fiber Optic Feeds Versus Satellite Feeds 56<br/>Chapter 4 Charge-Coupled Devices 65<br/>How CCDs Are Used 65<br/>How CCDs Work 65<br/>Why CCDs Are Used 66<br/>Chapter 5 Anaiog/Digitai Technoiogy 67<br/>"The Age of Information" 67<br/>The Form of Information: Sight and Sound 68<br/>Storing, Manipulating, and Sending Data: Bits of Information 70<br/>Information: Stored, Manipulated, Sent, Displayed 72<br/>Part Three CREATING A GLOBALCAST 73<br/>Chapter 6 Initiation and Budget 75<br/>Getting an Idea 75<br/>Getting a Format 76<br/>Getting Backers 78<br/>Getting Distribution 81<br/>Getting a Budget 83<br/>Chapter 7 How to Hire the Staff<br/>Defining Job Titles 89<br/>89<br/>Confronting the Energy Level, the Gee-Whiz Factor, the Unexpected 90<br/>Chapter 8<br/>Chapter 9<br/>How to Survey and Work Remote Locations<br/>Surveying Remote Locations 91<br/>Making an Original Survey 92<br/>Working at a Remote Location 94<br/>How to Communicate Within the Staff 95<br/>Communication Before the Show 96<br/>Communication During the Show 112<br/>Communication After the Show 121<br/>9i<br/>Chapter 10 How to Produce a Series 122<br/>The Scope of the Globalcast and the "Overviews"<br/>The Equipment 130<br/>Routing Signals from the IBC to the World 132<br/>Communicating the Philosophy 134<br/>Capturing the International Flavor 139<br/>Translating Events Into a Format 140<br/>Detailing the Specifics 144<br/>The Road to the Air Show 146<br/>Rehearsal 147<br/>Preshow Communication 154<br/>Operational Manuals 155<br/>Chapter 11 How to Book and Guide the Taient 157<br/>122<br/>Analyzing the Anchor Position 158<br/>Analyzing the Talent at the Venues 159<br/>Integrating Talent and Equipment Techniques 160<br/>Chapter 12 How to Create Scripts/Scheduies 162<br/>Chapter 13<br/>Part Four TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY 165<br/>Transmission Via Sateiiite 167<br/>A Caution About Convergence 167<br/>DBS: Direct Broadcast by Satellite 168<br/>Chapter 14 How Viewer Demand Dictates Transmissi o n Techniques<br/>Niche Programming 173<br/>How Cable Television Has Influenced Televisioi Transmission<br/>Home Video Jolts the Television and Film Indus ies 174<br/>Digital Compression: Channels-to-Go/PPV 17!^<br/>DBS: Around the World 176<br/>DBS Versus Cable: Racing Against Time and T hnology 180<br/>17<br/>173<br/>3<br/>Chapter 15 Broadcast Television, Media Convergence, and Display<br/>Standards 186<br/>Existing TV Standards 186<br/>Pending Television Standards 195<br/>Computer, Television, and Film Standards 200<br/>Waiting for Full-WaU Television; Thin Panels for HDTV 205<br/>Part Five GLOBAL TRENDS 209<br/>Chapter 16 Trends in News 211<br/>Teleplomacy: Global Television in War and Peace 212<br/>What Direction is Newscasting Taking? 218<br/>Global News from Local Sources 220<br/>Summary: News/Global News 221<br/>Chapter 17 Trends in Sports and Pay-Per-View 224<br/>Sports Will Continue to Go Global 224<br/>Sports Will Continue to Go to Pay-per-View 225<br/>PPV Beyond Sports 230<br/>Chapter 18 Trends In Entertainment 234<br/>Reality Rears Its Many Heads: Television on Trial 234<br/>Global Game Shows: Call 900-Interactive 236<br/>Se Habla Espahol 236<br/>Let Me Infotain you 236<br/>"I Surrender Dear" 237<br/>TV Inside TV: Dream On! 237<br/>TY Gwilie Guides Us 238<br/>Chapter 19 Trends In Coproductlon 239<br/>How Quotas From the European Community Sparked Coproduction 239<br/>Sharing Costs and Audiences 242<br/>Chapter 20 Trends In Equipment 248<br/>Downsizing: Smaller Is Better 248<br/>Remote Equipment: Technology to Go 252<br/>Interactive Television 253<br/>There's a Photon in Your Future: Holography! 256<br/>Smart Houses/Smart People 258<br/>Chapter 21 Jobs: A Look at the Future 260<br/>Part Six A FiNAL PERSPECTiVE 265<br/>Chapter 22 Looking at a Crystal Ball 267<br/>Virtual Reality 267<br/>Property Rights/Privacy Rights 267<br/>What Kind of Global Village? 268<br/>The "Other" Radio Waves 269<br/>What We Don't Know 270<br/>Afterword The Future: The Weapon of the Mind 273<br/>Appendix Global Television Standards 275<br/>Glossary 279 \■<br/>Index 312 ^ |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 384.55 VER/G | P31404 | 10/07/2018 | 10/07/2018 | General Books |