A system and method for simultaneous delivery of a plurality of
independent blocks of 500 MHz digital broadcast television services,
stacking a plurality of RF blocks on a plurality of spectrally sliced WDM
optical bands. The method for delivering a plurality of video blocks to a
user terminal serviced by a remote node comprises the steps of receiving,
by a first WDM, a broadband signal from a broadband signal source,
separating, by the first WDM, the broadband signal into a plurality of
optical bands, modulating each of the plurality of optical bands with a
composite signal representing data in a plurality of independent RF
blocks to form a plurality of modulated signals, the forwarding plurality
of modulated signals to a second WDM to form a combined broadcast signal,
transmitting the combined broadcast signal over feeder fiber to a remote
node, selecting a RF block for distribution over a distribution fiber to
a conventional satellite set-up box at a user's site and forwarding the
selected RF block to the user's site. A novel method and system for
reducing spontaneous beat noise is also disclosed.