Transmission of Four Simultaneous Television Programs via a Single Satellite Channel

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 88, No. 2, pp. 106–111
Abstract: A demonstration project to transmit and receive four simultaneous television programs via a single satellite transponder was successfully carried out. The television programs were picked up off the air and transmitted by a 13-m earth station near Los Angeles and received by a 10-m earth station in Juneau, Alaska. The signals were then distributed over a 4000-subscriber CATV system, giving viewers their first opportunity to choose and watch four of the same TV programs seen in the Los Angeles area simultaneously. The system used a combination of baseband video and RF carrier multiplexing as well as temporal noise reduction techniques. The resulting pictures were considered excellent for home viewing.
Publication Date: 1979-02-01
DOI: 10.5594/J10445
ISSN: Print: 0036-1682
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J10445
Author(s): Liston AbbottRCA Laboratories, David Sarnoff Research Center, 201 Washington Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540
Copyright: © 1979 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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1. NTC Report No. 7, “Joint Committee of Television Broadcasters and Bell System,” published by PBS, June 1975 . EXTERNAL
2. TASO , “Engineering Aspects of Television Allocations,” Report of Television Allocations Study Organization to the FCC (16 March 1959 ). EXTERNAL
3. Abbott L. Beakley G. W. Borchardt R. P. , “Testing of Television Earth Station Receivers,” RCA Internal Report. EXTERNAL
4. RCA Americom, FCC Tariff #1. EXTERNAL
5. Abbott L. Beakley G. W. Rowse W. T. , “Parametric Tradeoffs for Transmitting Two Television Channels per Transponder,” to be published in RCA Engineer. EXTERNAL
6. Abbott L. Beakley G. W. , “Elimination of Visible Crosstalk by Alternate Line Delay,” to be published in RCA Engineer. EXTERNAL
7. Abbott L. , “Evaluation of the Alternate Field System for Transmission of Two Video Signals in One Channel,” RCA Internal Report. EXTERNAL

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