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 said first WDM, said 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, forwarding said
plurality of modulated signals to a second WDM to form a combined
broadcast signal, transmitting said 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 said selected RF block to said user's site. A novel
method and system for reducing spontaneous beat noise is also described.