Digital Television
Instance: 2006/2007 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Fundamental concepts of digital video and audio. Detail of digital technologies with compression used currently in television. Distribution nets and television diffusion. Technologies in television production. The concept of interactive TV and HDTV.
Program
Introduction to the norms of digital video and audio codification used in TV. Digital television broadcasting in different supports: air, satellite and cable. The convergence of information technologies, telecommunications and television in production. Digital Systems for Contents Management. The new digital services: interaction and high definition support. The transition in different countries.
Mandatory literature
Gonzalez Rafael, Woods Richard, Eddins Steven; Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB, Pearson, 2004. ISBN: 0-13-008519-7
Teaching methods and learning activities
Exposition classes and technology demonstration sessions.
keywords
Technological sciences > Engineering > Communication engineering > Telecommunications engineering
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Eligibility for exams
To get access to the exam, the student must have a minimum grade of 40% on the total of the classification of assignments + frequency of theoretical classes.
The minimum grade at the exam to pass the course is 30%.
Calculation formula of final grade
(1,5/20) * frequency of theoretical classes + (8,5/20) * grade of the 2 assignments + (10/20) * exam result
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
2 assignments similar to those of ordinary students, and exam, with an identical weight
Classification improvement
Final
Observations
Language of instruction: Portuguese