"A Primer on Codecs for Moving Image and Sound Archives: 10 Recommendations for Codec Selection and Management" by Chris Lacinak, Audiovisual Preservation Solutions
"Digital Tape Preservation Strategy: Preserving Data or Video?" by David Rice and Chris Lacinak, 2009
Books:
Digital Video and HDTV by Charles Poynton, San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003.
How Video Works by Marcus Weise and Diana Weynand, 2nd Edition, New York: Elsevier, 2007. (c) 2010 Leah Churner/Electronic Arts Intermix