| 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 |