Digital Media Get Better

Digital Media Get Better	Many of the cognoscenti of the years around the 1990s would probably not bet on the successful accomplishment of the MPEG-1 project. In hindsight MPEG-1 was the easy part. This chapter tells the full story of the sequel – MPEG-2.
The Highs And Lows Of Television	The years between the two wars saw the exciting development of the technologies that led to television. This section explains that, for the television medium , going digital was not about technology. Still, without technology, there would not have been digital television.
The Digital Television Maze	In the early 1990s, television meant terrestrial cable, some satellite and package media. This section explains that there were other industries believing they had a stake in the future digital television,
MPEG-2 – Inside	This section gives a bird’s eye view of the technical content of MPEG-2.
MPEG-2 Development – Video	This section describes the steps that led to the development of MPEG-2 Video
MPEG-2 Development – Audio	This section describes the steps that led to the development of MPEG-2 MPEG-2 Audio and AAC.
MPEG-2 Development – Systems	This section describes the steps that led to the development of MPEG-2  Systems, DSM-CC and RTI.
MPEG-2 – Impact	MPEG-2 took the world by storm. This section describes how it influenced and benefited the media industry.
Beyond MPEG-2 Audio And Video	This section tells the story of how another standard initiative could have formed a layered media industry. The premises of success were there but things turned out differently