An ideal introduction for anyone working, or interested, in satellite newsgathering (SNG). The new edition of this popular book builds upon the success of the first--an important and valuable work that is extermely easy to read, comprehensive in its treatment, and detailed where necessary.
SNG used to be an immensely complex and expensive affair where broadcasting organizations were at the mercy of an expert who sat in a lonely corner, until needed. Things have changed--everyone in a global news organization needs to know about it now. This is not only because of the high costs of mistakes, but because now even non-technical journalists on the ground have to operate their own equipment. Learn the skills, basics of equipment, cutting edge technology and critical safety issues of satellite newsgathering.
Jonathan Higgins provides an insight into the technical and operational considerations in specifying and operating SNG systems around the world, the satisfaction faced in doing so successfully and the problems occasionally encountered.
"It certainly is a most impressive book ..."
- Sir Arthur C Clarke
"The complexity of a satellite newsgathering system
could be a four-month long college course with a high
tuition rate and an enrollment number so large you have to
watch your professor on a TV screen. Jonathan Higgins might
have saved the independent learner a few attendance point
deductions by fitting it into one 470-page book ... "-
Satellite Broadband magazine
'This book is nothing if not comprehensive ... If you're
in the business, this will not be an expensive book ...
there's nowhere else you'll find such an authoritative and
exhaustive behind-the-scenes look at this fascinating
world." - What Satellite TV magazine
"This book will soon become the Reference for anyone
interested in SNG ... It is a wonderful source of
information and has the merit of going straight to the
subject, being technically precise although very easy to
understand. There are numerous pictures, photographs,
diagrams, etc. which make the reading a real pleasure. A
definite must ! "- EBU Technical Review
"Indeed the early chapters are as intriguing for the
satcomms professional as for any journalist ... some of the
detail is aimed specifically at engineers and technicians,
but there is plenty of more accessible information for
journalists ... good contacts list and an excellent glossary
of terms." - Via Inmarsat magazine
Publisher: Focal Press; 2nd edition (19 July 2007)
ISBN-10: 0240519736
ISBN-13: 978-0240519739
Available from here(optionally signed by the author), or from Focal Press, Amazon (Hard Copy & Kindle), Barnes & Noble, and other intenet book sellers
