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Dale Cripps argues that an underserved upper-income audience will pay $100 per month for a super-premium HDTV programming service delivering first-run films and…
At NAB 1988, MIT Professor William Schreiber warned that HDTV receiver and display prices near $7,000 would severely limit consumer adoption, potentially divert…
The second issue of the HDTV World Review assembles leading engineers, scientists, and policy experts to examine scanning standards debates, transmission system…
The Autumn 1990 issue of HDTV World Review covers Zenith president Jerry Pearlman's case for CRT-based HDTV at a $500 premium, Comsat's Intelsat satellite HDTV …
In a May 1994 interview republished in 1999, TVN Entertainment CEO Stuart Levin argues that near-video-on-demand is economically superior to true VOD, citing bu…
Broadcast engineer Mark Schubin corrects a technical misreading of a 1995 paper on digital terrestrial TV transmission, clarifying that the Sari, Karam, and Jea…
Edgar J. Wilson of the European Broadcasting Union's DVB Project Office explains that DVB specifications accommodate HDTV services within the MPEG-2 Transport S…
With the FCC HDTV standard set in December 1996, Dale Cripps examines the massive commercial and cultural transition required to move American consumers from NT…
Dale Cripps argues that HDTV has survived 12 years of naysayers, industry dampening, and political obstruction to finally reach its commercial starting blocks. …
Fisher Broadcasting VP Don Wilkinson confirms plans to launch HDTV on KOMO-TV and KATU in Seattle and Portland as quickly as possible, prioritizing free over-th…
This 1996 editorial defends the ACATS-derived DTV standard against computer industry proposals to strip out high-definition widescreen elements in favor of a re…
Sony Electronics announced plans to introduce a lineup of consumer digital television receivers supporting ATSC digital signal formats, including widescreen HDT…
The Government of India officially adopted DVB-T as its digital terrestrial television broadcasting standard following a unanimous recommendation by a core grou…
The ATSC and Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association issued a joint statement in October 1999 defending the FCC-approved 8-VSB transmission standard agai…
KTLA channels 5 and 31 in Los Angeles will broadcast the Rose Parade on January 1, 2000 in 1080i HDTV with 5.1 surround sound, marking the station's second cons…
CBS Senior Vice President Joseph Flaherty traces the history of high-definition television from RCA's 343-line experiments in 1935 through the ITU's formal HDTV…
Unity Motion began 24-hour HDTV satellite broadcasting on September 26, 1998, marking the first around-the-clock high-definition programming available across th…
A June 1999 survey of New York-area electronics retailers reveals widespread misinformation among sales staff about HDTV availability, with clerks citing wildly…
A field visit to the newly opened Best Buy in Gainesville, Florida revealed a Panasonic 55-inch HDTV display, a $1,699 DTV-ready 32-inch CRT, and a 12-cube vide…
Negotiations between major film studios and developers of the 5C Digital Transmission Content Protection standard remained unresolved in October 1999, threateni…
Engineers and consultants including Mark Schubin and MIT Professor William Schreiber respond to a July 1999 HDTV Newslist mailing, arguing that 8-VSB faces seri…
Zenith Electronics released laboratory measurements showing significant multipath and ghost-cancellation improvements across first-, second-, and third-generati…
In August 1999, the Seattle Seahawks and KING-TV Channel 5 produced the first live local sporting event televised in HDTV, simulcasting a 1080i HDTV signal alon…
Sinclair Broadcast Group VP Nat Ostroff argues that CEMA's July 1999 FCC filing proposing a Mobile Multimedia Broadcast Service on UHF channels 60–69 reveals a …
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association president Gary Shapiro issued a statement in July 1999 defending the ATSC's 8VSB modulation standard against Sinc…
UK commentator Dermot Nolan argues that CEMA is acting as an enabler for competitors to North American DTV broadcasters by promoting COFDM over 8VSB, drawing pa…
Harris Corp. released a study arguing that switching from VSB to COFDM modulation for DTV would cost stations many times the previously estimated $50,000, inclu…
Jan Pazral, chief engineer at WXXI Public Broadcasting, traveled to Baltimore in August 1999 to observe DTV field tests comparing 8-VSB and COFDM reception. His…
NxtWave Communications introduced the NXT2000, a multimode VSB/QAM receiver chip delivering error-free indoor and mobile reception of broadcast digital signals …
Motorola, in collaboration with Sarnoff Corporation, introduced the MCT2100 demodulator and FEC chip in August 1999 to address multipath interference plaguing e…
Sinclair Broadcast Group's Nat Ostroff reports completion of urban and fringe-area reception tests comparing COFDM and 8-VSB modulation in Baltimore, predicting…
This 1991 issue of HD World Review surveys competing digital HDTV proposals — including Zenith/AT&T's Digital Spectrum Compatible HDTV, the Advanced Television …
Richard M. Wolfe of WBNS-TV draws a direct historical parallel between the FCC's politically pressured shift of the FM band in the 1940s — which set FM radio ba…
Director Robert Fleet and producer Alina Szpak used a Sony HDCAM camcorder and HD editorial services at American Production Services in Los Angeles to produce t…
A Bear Stearns equity research report analyzes a Sinclair Broadcast Group demonstration in Baltimore showing COFDM consistently outperforming the U.S. 8VSB stan…
CBS and Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America announced the most extensive HDTV primetime programming package in broadcast or cable history, featuring 12 hours…
HDTV Newsletter Online: CBS DTV Field Test KYW-DT Philadelphia, Brazil COFDM Report, CEA DTV Figures
The April 2000 HDTV Newsletter reports on a CBS DTV/HDTV field test at KYW-DT in Philadelphia and Brazil's rationale for choosing COFDM over VSB. CEA's Gary Sha…
Advanced Television Publishing frames HDTV as a cultural and technological milestone, promising viewers a return to grace and elegance in the new century. The p…
UCLA Extension announced a series of consumer electronics short courses for winter and spring 2000, covering topics from turbo codes and digital TV compression …
HDTV set-top boxes from Panasonic and Mitsubishi shipped to dealers in December 2000 are for showroom display only, not public sale. Matsushita/Panasonic suppli…
Sinclair Broadcast Group staged a live COFDM demonstration at the NAB convention in Las Vegas, transmitting HDTV and SDTV signals from a mountaintop DTV station…
The FCC issued its Report and Order on January 19, 2001, settling the long-running COFDM vs. 8-VSB modulation debate by confirming 8-VSB as the U.S. DTV transmi…
American Production Services completed editorial work on 'Nicolas,' the first American feature produced entirely with Sony's HDW-F-900 24p CineAlta HD camcorder…
The FCC approved AOL's $103 billion acquisition of Time Warner with conditions, clearing the merger's final regulatory hurdle one year after its announcement. T…
Japan's JEITA forecasts shipments of BS digital TV receivers and tuners will reach 8.6 million units by 2003, approaching the industry's goal of 10 million unit…
The Consumer Electronics Association filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on October 11, 2002, challenging the FCC's mandate requiring d…
HDTV Magazine Tips List contributors debate whether current HDTV displays marketed as 1080i actually deliver true 1920x1080 resolution, with industry technician…
The FCC adopted a phase-in plan requiring digital TV tuners on nearly all new television sets by 2007, while major studios began weighing in on competing high-d…
Dale Cripps argues that poor retail demonstrations are the last major bottleneck blocking widespread HDTV adoption, contending that no amount of digital feature…
The HDTV Newsletter's daily programming guide for Sunday, August 31, 2002 lists that evening's high-definition broadcasts across ABC (720p), CBS, Discovery Chan…
HDTV Magazine's programming guide for Tuesday, October 1, 2002 lists prime-time HDTV broadcasts across ABC, CBS, NBC, and The WB, including season premieres and…
This HDTV Magazine schedule listing covers HD programming available on Thursday, October 3, 2002, across ABC, CBS, The WB, Discovery HD Theater, and HDNet. Feat…
CEA President Gary Shapiro criticizes broadcasters for failing to aggressively promote HDTV, calling 2003 a tipping point year for the digital television transi…
Cablevision launched Voom, its HDTV-focused direct broadcast satellite service, nationwide on October 15, 2003, offering up to 39 high-definition channels inclu…
The ATSC released its Advanced Common Application Platform (ACAP) Candidate Standard, harmonizing DTV and CableLabs OCAP specifications to enable interoperable …
Four Tucson network affiliates launched digital television transmissions in September 2003, while ESPN and EchoStar announced a distribution agreement bringing …
This October 2003 news digest covers major HDTV and digital television developments including Cablevision's VOOM satellite service launch, a CEA survey projecti…
HDTV Magazine's Saturday programming guide for July 12, 2003 lists prime time schedules across ABC, CBS, NBC, The WB, PBS, Discovery HD Theater, HDNet, and othe…
Dale Cripps invites readers to critique HDTV news coverage for misleading statements, framing public confusion as the industry's most damaging market impediment…
Publisher Dale Cripps offers a Thanksgiving editorial thanking key figures and organizations driving HDTV adoption, including Mark Cuban, HBO, Showtime, CBS, AB…
PBS broadcast 'Concert for George,' a 2002 Royal Albert Hall tribute to George Harrison featuring Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, and Tom Petty, in h…
A May 2004 roundup covers surging consumer HDTV interest driven by plasma displays, FCC concerns about low-income viewers losing over-the-air signals during the…
This April 2004 news digest covers major HDTV developments including the anticipated launch of a high-definition TiVo on DirecTV, new broadcast equipment unveil…
A mid-2004 news digest captures HDTV's expanding footprint, with studies confirming a small but growing audience, new hardware like Gefen's 2:8 distribution amp…
HDTV set sales approached 4 million units in 2003 and were projected to exceed 5 million in 2004, driven by Super Bowl interest and falling prices. New product …
A February 2004 news digest covers Cox Communications launching HDTV broadcasts of San Diego Padres games, ATI introducing a low-cost PC HDTV tuner card, and NE…
DirecTV and DISH Network both carried the NBA All-Star Game weekend in high-definition, including Saturday's Three-Point Shootout and Sunday's All-Star Game on …
This news archive page aggregates HDTV industry headlines from late May and June 2004, covering product launches including Elgato's first Mac HDTV DVR, Brillian…
This news aggregation page compiles HDTV industry headlines from September 2004, covering topics including satellite transponder market forecasts, new camera sy…
Dale Cripps presents the January 24, 2003 HD programming lineup for networks including WB, CBS, and NBC, alongside a January 2004 Bravo HD+ schedule featuring p…
Dale Cripps solicits reader feedback on the future of HDTV Magazine, weighing whether to continue the programming guide or shift focus to news and industry anal…
Dale Cripps criticizes CBS local affiliates for refusing to grant DirecTV satellite waivers to viewers who cannot receive over-the-air signals, particularly for…
Consulting broadcast engineer Don Landis explains that FCC satellite waiver rules prohibit temporary waivers for single programs like the Super Bowl, and that t…
Dale Cripps solicits reader feedback on Super Bowl HDTV viewing party experiences, noting mixed reception quality across the country while his own DISH-supplied…
The 38th Super Bowl exposed the stark divide between HDTV haves and have-nots, with roughly 95% of the 90 million viewers unable to watch in high definition due…
Todd Mitchell reports from the Hollywood Post Alliance Tech Retreat in La Quinta, covering broadcaster responses to the Super Bowl halftime incident, HDTV progr…
HDTV Magazine lists prime-time HDTV program highlights for Friday, February 6, 2004, covering three network broadcasts: '8 Simple Rules,' 'Navy NCIS,' and 'Law …
Dale Cripps announces the launch of an IRC chat channel (#hdtvmag on DALnet) for HDTV Magazine readers, proposed by longtime subscriber Ali Navaie. The channel …
Dale Cripps argues that the public has never had a direct voice in shaping national television programming, and calls on readers to articulate what they truly w…
Dale Cripps outlines HDTV Magazine's membership and fundraising drive while highlighting the community value of its forums, citing reader discussions of NBC's i…
The April 15, 2004 HD Sports Weekly newsletter highlights nearly 20 live HD sports broadcasts for the coming week, including MLB games from Fenway Park, the Lon…
Issue #4 of This Week in HD Sports covers a packed week of HDTV sports programming including eight MLB games, live NASCAR racing from California Speedway on HDN…
Issue #6 of This Week in HD Sports previews a packed week of live HDTV sports for May 13–19, 2004, headlined by NBC's HD broadcast of the 132nd Preakness Stakes…
INHD announces nine hours of live NCAA Baseball Championship Regional coverage in high definition across three games on Saturday June 5, 2004, from Sunken Diamo…