For years high-definition television (HDTV) has been heralded as television's next revolution, promising to offer sharper and wider pictures, as well as crisper sound, to the viewing public. But for almost as many years, HDTV has been embroiled in standardization controversies. Now, as HDTV is finally making its way into American homes, this book looks back at the technology, the people, and the policies that have made HDTV a reality. "High-Definition Television" offers a thorough account of the evolution of HDTV in Japan, Europe and the United States from the 1960s to 1996. Dupagne and Seel begin by providing a global overview of the technology and reviewing the political and economic factors that conspired against the adoption of a single worldwide production standard in 1986. The authors and contributors also examine: global HDTV production, Japanese HDTV development, US and European HDTV policymaking, US HDTV industrial policy, the role of the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Services, and HDTV economics. Dupagne and Seel conclude by proposing a global model of HDTV policymaking. From the inception of Hi-Vision in Japan, to MAC policies in the European Union, to the formation of the Grand Alliance in the United States, "High-Definition Television" presents a comprehensive picture of HDTV as a global, national and regional phenomenon. As attuned to the technology as it is to its politics and economics, this book should be a valuable resource for understanding the future of television broadcasting here and abroad.
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This chapter retraces the evolution of high-definition television (HDTV) and advanced television variants in the United States, Europe, and Japan (the so-called triad powers) from the mid-1960s to mid-1997, with a special emphasis on international HDTV standardization matters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
existing television broadcast service, worldwide production standard, advanced television service, standardization game, policymaking model, preferred viewing distance, proponent companies, regional standards organizations, television manufacturing industry, advanced television systems, optimal viewing distance, digital television standard, survey awareness, standardization matters, picture sharpness, overall picture quality, scanning structure, wider aspect ratio, interlaced scanning, progressive scanning, existing broadcasters, consumer electronics sector, proponent systems, digital video broadcasting, widescreen image Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, White House, Richard Wiley, Action Plan, Plenary Assembly, Advanced Television Systems Committee, General Instrument, Special Panel, Federal Communications Commission, Bush Administration, National Association of Broadcasters, European Union, Defense Department, House of Representatives, Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Alfred Sikes, North America, Olympic Games, Secretary of Commerce, United Kingdom, Japanese Hi-Vision, Joseph Flaherty, Dennis Patrick, Advanced Television Test Center, Broadcasting Technology Association New!
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This chapter retraces the evolution of high-definition television (HDTV) and advanced television variants in the United States, Europe, and Japan (the so-called triad powers) from the mid-1960s to mid-1997, with a special emphasis on international HDTV standardization matters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
existing television broadcast service, worldwide production standard, advanced television service, standardization game, policymaking model, preferred viewing distance, proponent companies, regional standards organizations, television manufacturing industry, advanced television systems, optimal viewing distance, digital television standard, survey awareness, standardization matters, picture sharpness, overall picture quality, scanning structure, wider aspect ratio, interlaced scanning, progressive scanning, existing broadcasters, consumer electronics sector, proponent systems, digital video broadcasting, widescreen image Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, White House, Richard Wiley, Action Plan, Plenary Assembly, Advanced Television Systems Committee, General Instrument, Special Panel, Federal Communications Commission, Bush Administration, National Association of Broadcasters, European Union, Defense Department, House of Representatives, Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Alfred Sikes, North America, Olympic Games, Secretary of Commerce, United Kingdom, Japanese Hi-Vision, Joseph Flaherty, Dennis Patrick, Advanced Television Test Center, Broadcasting Technology Association New!
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- Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 19: The New Institutionalism in Strategic Management (Advances in Strategic Management) by Paul L. Ingram on page 136
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- Electronic Media Management, Revised, Fifth Edition by Peter Pringle in Back Matter
- Technology, Television, and Competition: The Politics of Digital TV by Jeffrey A. Hart on page 84
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