From High Hopes to High Deficit and Back: A Historic Overview of Europe’s HDTV Policy and Reflections Towards the Future of HDTV

Telematics and Informatics, 28, 4 (November), Elsevier Publishing, pp. 283-294, ISBN-ISSN: 0736-5853

17 Pages Posted: 27 Jun 2012

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Nils Walravens

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, imec-SMIT

Caroline Pauwels

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - IBBT-SMIT

Date Written: November 1, 2011

Abstract

This paper describes the standardisation process and introduction timeline of high definition television. The development of the standard is a process that goes back over forty years, but HDTV is only today slowly finding its place in the home entertainment market. This paper explores why the European standard for analogue HDTV was not widely adopted, what Europe’s relation to HDTV means today, and proposes some general lessons that can be learned for the benefit of the development of HDTV’s successor, Ultra HDTV aka Super Hi-Vision.

Keywords: HDTV, High Definition, European policy, standardisation processes, Blu Ray, HD DVD, Super Hi-Vision, Ultra High Definition Television

Suggested Citation

Walravens, Nils and Pauwels, Caroline, From High Hopes to High Deficit and Back: A Historic Overview of Europe’s HDTV Policy and Reflections Towards the Future of HDTV (November 1, 2011). Telematics and Informatics, 28, 4 (November), Elsevier Publishing, pp. 283-294, ISBN-ISSN: 0736-5853, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2093195

Nils Walravens (Contact Author)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, imec-SMIT ( email )

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Brussels, 1050
Belgium

Caroline Pauwels

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - IBBT-SMIT ( email )

Pleinlaan 2
Brussels, 1050
Belgium

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