Broadcast Standards – The Book 2026
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We need standards more than ever.
The rapid evolution of technology and connectivity is challenging the very idea of what broadcasting is. Broadcasters are having to find new commercial models to maintain audiences, and modern production workflows deliver the flexibility to do exactly that.
In this dynamic environment, standards are the only thing we all have in common. Standards are the glue that keep everything connected.
Completely updated and restructured to meet the needs of the broadcast industry in 2026, Broadcast Standards – The Book 2026 is a free comprehensive reference guide that covers the entire broadcast chain from acquisition to delivery across 31 chapters. With most standards describing a set of parameters which are open to interpretation, system designers and engineers need to understand exactly what they contain, how they must be used, and where to get more information. There is no resource as comprehensive, up to date, or detailed as this anywhere on the planet.
Broadcast Standards – The Book 2026 has everything you need in a single reference work.
About Broadcast Standards – The Book 2026
This eBook is a free PDF download which contains 31 original reference articles as well as a comprehensive set of Appendices:
Section 1 - Introduction
1-1 - An Introduction To Standards
Section 2 - Video Coding
2-1 - Standards For Video Coding
2-2 - Advanced Video Coding (AVC)
2-3 - High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)
Section 3 - Audio Coding
3-1 - Standards For Audio Coding
3-2 - MPEG Layer 3 Audio Coding (MP3)
3-3 - Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)
3-4 - High Efficiency Audio Codecs (HE-AAC)
3-5 - ID3 Metadata Tagging
3-6 - About The AES
3-7 - Important AES Standards
3-8 - Surround Sound
Section 4 - Container Formats
4-1 - Standards For Media Containers
4-2 - MPEG ISOBMFF Containers
4-3 - About The MPEG-4 Standard
4-4 - AES31 Audio Containers
4-5 - AIFF Audio Containers
4-6 - Matroška Container Files
4-7 - Metadata Is Important!
Section 5 - SMPTE ST 2110
5-1 - About SMPTE ST 2110
5-2 - ST 2110-1x - Systems Layer
5-3 - ST 2110-2x - Video Transport
5-4 - ST 2110-3x - Audio Transport
5-5 - ST 2110-4x - Metadata Transport
5-6 - ST 2110-43 - Timed Text Transport
5-7 - AMWA NMOS Support
Section 6 - Delivery
6-1 - Reviewing Delivery Specifications
6-2 - Embedding & Multiplexing Streams
6-3 - Broadcast Delivery
6-4 - Streaming Delivery
6-5 - Media And MIME Types
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