Broadcasting Developments Now Taking Place

Abstract

New developments in broadcasting in the past 20 years are treated from the general allocations development viewpoints including regulatory aspects and the evolution in the broadcast standard, frequency modulation, and television station industry. The prospects for compatible single sideband modulation techniques in standard broadcasting, developments in FM stereo regulations and experimental techniques in the color television field are explored. Brief treatment is accorded the horizon subject of extra terrestrial satellite relay usage in broadcasting as well as the currently developed backbone of international broadcasting. References are included to fundamental explorations of several government-industry engineering committees including the Television Allocations Study Organization, technical study papers issued under the auspices of the Chief Engineer of the Federal Communications Commission, and studies carried on by broadcasters, network organizations, and manufacturers.