Direct Satellite Broadcasting.

Abstract

The Symposium on Direct Satellite Broadcasting (DSB), held in Dublin 23-25 May 1977, included 17 papers discussing the potentialities and problems of this new medium, which is to bring television to private homes via either 1-meter paraboloidal dishes or larger community antenna. This Symposium follows up the World Administrative Radio Conference of early 1977, which assigned frequencies for DSB in the 12-GHz band. Although intended primarily to rally support for DSB, the Symposium also included discussions of previous DSB work, planned experiments, technical specifications, cost comparisons, programming aspects, and legal difficulties, many of which remain to be resolved. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 12, 1977
Accession Number
ADA042921

Entities

People

  • Nelson M. Blachman

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Broadcasting
  • Commerce
  • Communication Satellites
  • Continents
  • Europe
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Modulation
  • Satellite Broadcasting
  • Transmitters
  • United States
  • Western Europe

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space