Transport Stream Splicing for Broadcast Networks

Barry L. Hobbs

The everyday operation of a broadcast facility involves editing and joining of program content to form the broadcast transport stream. While much of the program editing can be done off-line there are many scenarios where program content must be switched live-to-air: for example, insertion of advertising into digital transport streams. Such applications are of paramount importance for the maintenance of revenue and for the smooth running of multi-source programs such as news broadcasts.

Published
1998-10
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/M00269
ISBN
978-1-61482-929-4