Digital TV rollout
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Digital terrrestrial network services in the U.S. are, so far, not catching on. Recievers are expensive, and although there are 170 TV stations that accommodate the standard established by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), only about 625,000 ATSC sets have so far been sold. In Europe, by contrast, digital services are hugely successful. For example, in the UK, about 20 percent of homes are receiving digital TV from either terrestrial or satellite transmitters.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2001
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HDTV -- ready for the long drive? Broadcasters and distributors are finally getting -- and giving -- the picture
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High-definition television (HDTV) finally seems poised to penetrate the U.S. mass market.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
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Digital TV comes down to earth
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BBC and other commercial television broadcasters from the United Kingdom are set to make television-industry history anew as a result of their scheduled introduction in winter 1998 of the first digital terrestrial television, or DTTV, service in the world. The new service is designated to satisfy the viewing requirements of audiences in the United Kingdom. The new DTTV service from the United Kingdom will be an industry pioneer in terms of digital sound and image transmission to analog-television-equipment antennas using ground transmitters.
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Is set to make history anew w/ UK's other TV cos due to its scheduled introduction in winter 1998 of world's first DTTV svc
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1998
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