Audio and Video Data Compression in Satellite Transmition

The DVB project is remarkable achivement. The DVB set itself the target of establishing, by consensus, the technical framework for the introduction of systems to be used for digital broadcasting in the future. By the start of 1997 all the main technical aims has been achieved, and numerous of broadcasting systems based on DVB are operational, not only in Europe and America, but also in Asia, Africa and Australia. This paper discuses the possibilities of audio and video data compression in satellite transmition.