SECAM

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analog color television broadcasting standard television standard

SECAM is an analog color television broadcasting standard developed in France and used historically in parts of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
SECAM-B 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf analog color television broadcasting standard ⓘ
television standard ⓘ
advantage reduced hue errors compared to NTSC ⓘ
audioSubcarrierModulation FM ⓘ
colorDifferenceSignals Dr and Db ⓘ
colorEncodingMethod sequential transmission of color difference signals with line-by-line alternation ⓘ
colorEncodingSystem frequency modulation of color subcarrier ⓘ
colorSubcarrierModulation FM ⓘ
compatibility backward compatible with monochrome 625-line receivers ⓘ
concurrentStandard NTSC NERFINISHED ⓘ
PAL NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
developer Compagnie Française de Télévision NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henri de France NERFINISHED ⓘ
disadvantage less convenient for post-production than PAL ⓘ
more complex studio equipment ⓘ
fieldRate 50 Hz ⓘ
firstPublicDemonstration 1961 ⓘ
firstRegularBroadcasts 1967 GENERATED ⓘ
firstRegularBroadcastsCountry France GENERATED ⓘ
fullName Séquentiel couleur à mémoire NERFINISHED ⓘ
introduced 1960s ⓘ
lineStandard 625-line system ⓘ
memoryRequirement line delay for color decoding ⓘ
predecessor monochrome 625-line television ⓘ
primaryUsePeriod late 1960s to early 2000s ⓘ
regionOfUse Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of Africa ⓘ
parts of Western Europe ⓘ
replacedBy digital terrestrial television ⓘ
signalBandwidth approximately 6 to 8 MHz depending on system ⓘ
signalFormat interlaced ⓘ
status largely obsolete ⓘ
successor DVB-C NERFINISHED ⓘ
DVB-S NERFINISHED ⓘ
DVB-T NERFINISHED ⓘ
digital television ⓘ
usedInCountry Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
France ⓘ
Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedWithBroadcastStandard CCIR System D NERFINISHED ⓘ
CCIR System H NERFINISHED ⓘ
CCIR System K NERFINISHED ⓘ
CCIR System K′ NERFINISHED ⓘ
CCIR System L NERFINISHED ⓘ
videoStandardFamily 625/50 analog television systems ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SMPTE color bars → associatedWithStandard → SECAM ⓘ
CCIR System B (625-line PAL/SECAM TV standard) → colorCompatibility → SECAM ⓘ
subject surface form: CCIR System B
Soviet television → transmissionStandard → SECAM ⓘ
CCIR System B (625-line PAL/SECAM TV standard) → usedWith → SECAM ⓘ
subject surface form: CCIR System B
this entity surface form: SECAM-B
LaserDisc → videoStandard → SECAM ⓘ