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# 91997E1076

**WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1076/97 by Yves VERWAERDE to the Commission. Research funds for the development of high- definition television** 
  
*Official Journal C 319 , 18/10/1997 P. 0225*

  

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1076/97 by Yves Verwaerde (PPE) to the Commission (17 March 1997)

Subject: Research funds for the development of high-definition television

Will the Commission state what amount of Community appropriations is being allocated to research for the development of high-definition television?

Answer given by Mr Bangemann on behalf of the Commission (9 April 1997)

Community funding of research into high-definition television (HDTV) breaks down into several parts. Direct support for the development of digital HDTV is channelled mainly through the Acts programme, in which three projects have a total budget of ECU 25 million, with Community backing of ECU 11.5 million.

In addition, HDTV development is benefiting from the generic technologies emerging from the Community research and development programmes, particularly those relating to micro-electronics, information processing and display screens. The amount of financing linked to HDTV cannot be isolated within the budgets allocated to the development of these technologies as they are not specific to HDTV, but lend themselves to a wide range of applications.

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