this book was created to provide the man in the field, be he a transmitter network planner, a service technician at a transmitter site, a technician responsible for mpeg-2 encoders and multiplexers in a studio or a playout center, an engineer working in a development laboratory or even a student, with an insight into the technology and measuring techniques of digital television. it concentrates deliberately on the practical things of importance and attempts to include as little mathematical ballast as possible.