The Key Element of the PTV Satellite System of the Future

Public Television is in the midst of a major re-structing plan whereby it will be expanding its national program distribution capabilities from the current four channels to sixteen channels. In addition, PBS will be providing channel capacity to public television associated educational institutions as well as other non-associated non-profit educational institutions. Thus, the overall distribution capability of the new public television satellite network will expand to approximately 40 channels. In addition, public television is providing a nationally inter-connected 180 site two-way data network in support of its expanded video services. This dramatic expansion is being achieved by employing the latest digital distribution technologies. This presentation will describe the public television plan in more detail and discuss some of the new services which these technologies will make possible.

Published

1993-02

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M00679

ISBN

978-1-61482-920-1