Engineering Guides - Operational Practices

The Free TV Australia Engineering Committee has been a standing committee of the commercial television industry's representative body since 1965. The Committee's major roles include;
•    developing common operational practices for this industry
•    contributing to technical planning and standard setting bodies
•    participating in national and international negotiations about the development of the broadcasting system
•    involvement in related technical matters, such as technical and safety standards.

The Free TV Australia Engineering Committee maintains a number of Operational Practices (OPs), Engineering Guidelines and Recommended Purchase Specifications relevant to analogue and digital television broadcasting.

OP 57 - RECOMMENDED BIT RATES FOR AUDIO CODING SCHEMES IN THE BROADCASTING CONTRIBUTION CHAIN
Issue 1 - September 2008
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OP 55 - DVD-VIDEO ENCODING FOR EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT (NOT BROADCAST)
Issue 1 - September 2008
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OP 54 - TV COVERAGE PLAN FOR MAJOR EVENT LONG DISTANCE TVOB OPERATIONS*
Issue 1 - May 2006
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OP 53 - FILE DELIVERY FORMAT EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT (NOT BROADCAST)
Issue 1 - September 2008
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OP 52 - INTERIM DIGITAL FILE FORMAT FOR DELIVERY OF COMMERCIALS DURING THE BROADCASTERS’ MIGRATION TO MXF
Issue 1 - January 2006
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OP 51 - TV COVERAGE PLAN FOR INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS*
Issue 1 - May 2006
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OP 50 - TV COVERAGE PLAN FOR MOTORSPORT*
Issue 1 - May 2006
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OP 49 - IDENTIFICATION AND ORDERING OF MULTIPLE AUDIO CHANNELS CARRIED ON CONTRIBUTION CIRCUITS
Issue 1 - July 2005
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OP 48 - AUDIO LEVELS AND LOUDNESS
Issue  2 - January 2007
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OP47 - STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF TELETEXT SUBTITLES AND VBI DATA FOR HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION I
Issue 3 - April 2007
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OP 46 - IMPLEMENTATION OF SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPGRADES IN AUSTRALIAN DVB-T SYSTEMS
Issue 2 - August 2006
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OP 45 - APPLICATION OF TIME RELATED TABLES IN AUSTRALIAN DVB-T SYSTEMS
Issue 3 - September 2008
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OP 44 - IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC SERVICE GUIDE INFORMATION
Issue 3 - September 2008
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OP 43 - SERVICE REPLACEMENT SERVICE PROCEDURES
Issue 3 - September 2008
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OP 42 - DISTRIBUTION, TRANSMISSION AND MONITORING OF CLOSED CAPTIONS
Issue 2 - June 2006
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OP 41 - LCN DESCRIPTOR
Issue 5 - September 2008
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OP 40 - DVB ORIGINAL NETWORK ID AND NETWORK ID ASSIGNMENTS FOR AUSTRALIA
Issue 1 Rev 2 - August 2003
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OP 39 - DVB CONTENT DESCRIPTOR
Issue 5 - August 2008
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OP 38 - ISDN CODEC EQUIPMENT USED FOR COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS
Issue 1 - September 2001
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OP 37 - TV COVERAGE PLAN FOR SWIMMING OB's *
Issue 3 - June 2007
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OP 36 - SDTV AND HDTV COMMERCIALS: VIDEOTAPE DELIVERY
Issue 3 - January 2007 
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OP 35 - TV COVERAGE PLAN FOR INTERNATIONAL FIRST CLASS AND ONE DAY CRICKET *
Issue 3 - June 2007
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OP 34 - DIGITAL HDCAM
Issue 2 - December 2002
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OP 33 - TV COVERAGE PLAN FOR AFL MATCHES *
Issue 3 - June 2007
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OP 32 - TV COVERAGE PLAN FOR RUGBY LEAGUE, RUGBY UNION AND SOCCER MATCHES *
Issue 3 - June 2007 
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OP 31 - LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS FOR COLOUR TELEVISION *
Issue 2 - February 2005
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OP 30 - QUALITY SPECIFICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL EXCHANGE OF PROGRAMS IN SDTV AND HDTV
Issue 3 - 4 April 2006
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OP 29 - DIGITAL DELIVERY FORMATS FOR COMMERCIALS
Issue 3 - January 2007 
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OP 28 - DIGITAL BETACAM
Issue 2 - December 2002
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OP 27 - OPERATION OF WIRELESS MICROPHONES IN THE TELEVISION BROADCASTING CHANNELS
Issue 2 - June 2007 
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OP 24 - DELIVERY OF COMMERCIALS FOR PAL ANALOG SERVICES
Issue 3 - January 2007
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OP 23 - CUE FOR INFORMATION FOR PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION - WITHDRAWN
Issue 1 - August 1987
        
OP 20 - FILM TO TAPE TRANSFERS - WITHDRAWN
Issue 1 - June 1986
        
OP 19 - ALIGNMENT PROCEDURES FOR C FORMAT VTR's - WITHDRAWN
Issue 1 - June 1986
        

* This Operational Practice was developed by the Free TV Australia Project Group - Outside Broadcasts.  Free TV Australia Project Group - Outside Broadcasts draws upon a wealth of expertise from within the commercial television industry.  Its recommendations are representative of consensus viewpoints across the sports broadcasting industry.