High-Definition Television
Subtitle: A Global Perspective
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Iowa State Press
Published: December 30, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780813829258
Subjects: Communications engineering / telecommunications; Media Studies; Radio & television industry; c 1960 to c 1970; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; History: American; High Definition Television (Hdtv); Mass Communication Media And Politics; Television - History & Criticism; Social Science; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Sociology; Europe; Japan; USA; Business Aspects; Television & Video; Case studies; Government policy; High definition television
First sentence: 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.