Audio/Video Protocol Handbook: Broadcast Standards and Reference Data Jerry C Whitaker, ed. McGraw-Hill, 2002 This is not a standard "how to" text, but rather a master cross reference with descriptions of all major standards used in broadcast including those by SMPTE, ATSC, SCTE. Extremely useful in finding that missing piece of information. Building Interactive Entertainment and E-Commerce Content For Microsoft TV Peter Krebs, Charlie Kindschi, Julie Hammerquist Microsoft Press, 2000 A complete and well organized technical manual for creating enhancements on the Microsoft TV Platform. Cable Television Handbook Eugene Bartlett McGraw-Hill, 1999 In depth look at cable television technology which can prove a useful resource when dealing with MSOs. Largely focused on day to day problems and operations which mat not be relevant to ITV production. Developing Web Pages For TV-HTML Joseph T Sinclair Charles River Media, 1998 Now very dated, but still useful text. Particularly good sections on interface design and typography. Digital Content Management Joan Van Tassel NAB Research and Planning Dept., 2001 An excellent overview of an increasingly important subject in ITV. Includes one of the more cogent discussions of Metadata we have encountered. Digital TV Over Broadband: Harvesting Bandwidth Joan Van Tassel Focal Press / Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001 A good and, it must be said, exhaustive overview of DTV, ITV and the Internet. Large amounts of useful information outweigh its occasional lapses into post modernism. The Essential Guide to Digital Set-Top Boxes & Interactive TV Gerrard O'Driscoll Prentice Hall, 2000 Contains a great deal of useful information but somewhat Euro-centric and poorly organized. The Interactive Television & Business Index Phil Gurian Grand National Press, 2000 A useful source book of every player in the ITV field. Regularly updated at www.itvdictionary.com. Interactive Television Demystified Jerry Whitaker McGraw-Hill, 2001 Interesting discussion of ITV topics, primarily in digital systems. Seems to be directed at the MIS crowd. Regular updates at www.tvhandbook.com. Interactive TV, Technology and Markets Hari Om Srivastava Artech House, 2002 A well researched and organized description of technical and business issues in interactive television with exhaustive notes and references that are alone worth the price. Also gets the award for most use of the word "bouquet" in a technical text. Recommended. Interactive Television, TV Of The Future or The Future Of TV Jens F Jensen and Cathy Toscan Aalborg University Press, 1999 A collection of essays on Interactive television. Some useful historical, user experience and business information, but occasionally veers towards the crit lit crowd. Modern Cable Television Technology Ciciora, Farmer, Large Morgan Kaufman, 2000 An in depth and highly technical (get out the slide rules folks!) overview of cable television systems. While not of use to the casual developer, a useful reference for the more hard core technician. Next Gen TV and Radio Schaffnit Consulting NAB Research and Planning Dept., 2001 A good if slightly dated overview of new media technologies from a broadcasting business perspective. Open Cable Architecture Michael Adams Cisco Press, 2000 In-depth discussion of the new OpenCable standard currently under discussion in the industry. Producing Interactive Television Annesa Hartman Charles River Media, 2002 A reasonably complete overview of creating interactive television, however it suffers from an annoyingly conversational tone ("There is a hilarious Saturday Night Live skit that epitomizes." (p. 97)), and contains much that is dated and/or inaccurate. Nice color pictures. TV dot Com Phillip Swann TV Books LLC, 2000 While somewhat dated, the influence of this book has been so wide that upon reading it you will note that large amounts of what is now conventional wisdom in the industry appeared here first. Nonetheless, it must be noted that this was written before either the tech stock crash of 2000, so some of the predictions must be taken with a grain of salt. Revised Tuesday, 11-Feb-2003 08:29:19 CST - h © 2000 - 2003 Local Enhancement Collaborative & .