 content, 11-14 standards, 21 video content, 14-18 Inter-facility link, 25 packaging the content sources, 18-25 Interlaced scan, 15 program content food chain, 4-9 Inter-machine trunk, 154 Internal reporting, 260-261 International Atomic Time; see TAI LAN, 54, 69, 79-80, 102, 135, 173, 221 Internet, 49-51 LATAs, 42, 105 INDEX Layer, 68, 71 Megabits per second; see Mbs line, 124 Memory, 28 media, 124 Meshing, 142, 143, 144 section, 124 Metropolitan area network; see MAN STS, 124 Microphone switching, 86 output, 13 VT, 124 sensor, 12 Layering stereo sound, 12 computers and communications networks, MODEM, 84 138-142 Monochrome, 15 models, 139, 140 Morse operator, 41 LEC, 149 Moving Pictures Experts Group; see MPEG Liabilities, 45 MPEG, 14, 77, 135 Light wave terminating equipment; see LTE encoder, 19 standards, 22 layer, 124 transport multiplexing, 100 voltage regulator, 200 Multiplex rate, 96-97 Linking, 142-145 Multiplexing, 20, 92-94 Lip sync, 23 MPEG transport, 100 Live transport, 4 standards, 22 Local synchronous digital hierarchy, 97-99 access and transport area; see LATAs techniques, 22 area, 79-80 time division, 107 area network; see LAN Multi-service network, 141 loops, 153 service deregulation and change, 49 Long distance National Television Systems Committee; call, 43 see NTSC deregulation and growth, 46-48 Netizens, 66 Long-term survival, 303-310 Networks, 2, 63, 70 conferences and seminars, 304-306 access, 42, 149 reading material, 206 applications, 159-170 standards committee work, 309-310 business requirements template, 164 technology drivers, 307-309 communications requirements for web resources, 306-307 practical broadcast operations, Loss, 290-293 Lossless compression, 21 data services, 169 Lossy compression, 21 defining business requirements, LTE, 124 162-163 equipment facilities and services, 167-168 MAC address, 80, 102 financial considerations, 164 Magenta, 15 Internet access, 169-170 MAN, 69, 80-81 responsibility and accountability, Manufacturer-supplier qualifications, 161-162 191-192 technic