Fox Television to Add HDTV to Primetime by Fall 2004
Summary
Fox Television Network announced plans to transmit at least 50 percent of its prime-time schedule in HDTV by the fall 2004 season, reversing its previous stance against high-definition broadcasting. Rupert Murdoch had told Congressional hearings that HDTV was the key attraction driving the transition to digital television.
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OS ANGELES, June 24 The Fox Television Network, which previously shunned
high-definition broadcasting, plans to transmit at least 50 percent of its prime-time
schedule in HDTV by the season that begins in the fall of 2004, a company official told
federal regulators today.(