Interviews (31)
A consumer survey respondent and industry observer argue that broadcasters themselves are HDTV's greatest obstacle, prioritizing profit margins over quality de…
CableLabs president Richard Green explains why digital compression matters more to small rural cable operators than large urban ones, and discusses TCI's John …
In a 1996 interview with HDTV Newsletter editor Dale Cripps, FCC Chairman Reed Hundt outlined his market-oriented approach to the emerging DTV transmission sta…
CableLabs President Richard Green argues that the cable industry is better positioned than broadcasters to launch HDTV, citing lower infrastructure costs, exis…
CableLabs President Dr. Richard Green discusses the cable industry's push toward high-speed internet access at ethernet rates of 10 Mb/s, describing it as the …
Dale Cripps argues that falling HD equipment costs have made HDTV investment viable for mid-market TV stations, dismissing fears of financial ruin. He contends…
In a September 1999 interview, HD-VISION president Randall Paris Dark argues that falling equipment costs, increased manufacturer competition, and end-to-end d…
HDTV News conducted an exclusive interview with Mark Aitkin of Sinclair Broadcast Group in October 1999, covering developments in the DTV transition. The full …
Zenith Electronics SVP Richard Lewis breaks his silence on the 8-VSB versus COFDM controversy, challenging Sinclair's Baltimore test results and requesting acc…
In an October 1999 interview, Sinclair Broadcast Group's Mark Aitken explains the rationale behind Sinclair's FCC petition to include COFDM in the U.S. DTV sta…
HDTV Newsletter publisher Dale Cripps argues that HDTV must define itself as a premium, high-end viewing experience rather than getting lost in computer-televi…
HDTV Newsletter editor Dale Cripps argues that HDTV will bring the full cinematic potential of film into the home, surpassing average theater quality through s…
Motorola and Nxtwave Communications separately announced new chips in August capable of handling dynamic multipath reception for 8-VSB DTV receivers, potential…
Veteran television engineer Mark Schubin describes how HDTV production transformed from the restrictive era of tube cameras, open-reel tape machines, and limit…
HDTV pioneer and Advanced Television Publishing founder Dale E. Cripps traces HDTV's evolution from a worldwide electronic production standard to a consumer te…
Dale Cripps interviews Dr. John Abel of DataCast about the three camps of TV stations approaching the DTV transition, ranging from committed early adopters to …
Dr. John Abel, President of DataCast, argues that data broadcasting over terrestrial, satellite, and cable signals will allow consumers to receive targeted con…
Dale Cripps interviews Dr. John Abel, former NAB vice-president and president of DataCast Corporation, about the emerging business case for datacasting over DT…
Panasonic's David Wiswell argues that 35mm film remains superior to electronic acquisition for digital cinema, while D5HD compression has been accepted by majo…
Special effects legend Douglas Trumbull argues that HDTV adoption has been frustratingly stalled for 20 years, while praising the shift toward 24-frame electro…
A controversy over whether the U.S. should replace 8-VSB with COFDM modulation has created near-paralysis among consumer electronics manufacturers and broadcas…
Sinclair Broadcast Group Vice-President Nat Ostroff argues that the DTV transition has slowed to a crawl because mandating HDTV as the face of digital televisi…
ATSC Chairman Robert Graves defends the organization's open standards process against COFDM advocates who leaked internal committee documents and circulated in…
Argentina's Secretary of Communications Henoch Aguiar announced the invalidation of the previous government's 1998 resolution adopting the ATSC standard for di…
Dr. Robert Hopkins, former ATSC Executive Director and Sony High Definition facility expert, explains how 24fps HD digital cameras solve longstanding NTSC-to-P…
ATSC Chairman Robert Graves explains the committee's origins, its role in developing the U.S. digital television standard alongside the FCC's Advisory Committe…
Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO David Smith argues that DTV receivers — not the ATSC standard itself — are the core failure point in the digital television transi…
Panasonic Vice President of Digital Technologies Andrew Nelkin discusses the company's signing of the CableLabs PHILA agreement enabling plug-and-play cable-re…
CBS Vice President Martin Franks discusses the growing HDTV programming landscape and the logistical, financial, and technological hurdles preventing full HD s…
CEA President Gary Shapiro credits satellite delivery and DVD as the primary drivers of HDTV's stronger-than-forecast 2.4 million unit sales in 2002, while bla…
Bryan Burns, ESPN's VP of Strategic Business Planning, discusses the decision to launch ESPN HD, citing cable distributor enthusiasm at the NCTA show and the p…